PLANNED WORK UNTIL THE END OF THE QUARTER
- (the programme is renewed each quarter)
- Please be at the meeting point by 10.0 am ‘booted and suited’ for the task and the weather
- It is always a good idea to check the website before leaving home as work sites may be changed due to poor weather or work requirements
- Click on the GREEN Underlined text below for more information on meeting place, parking, etc
- **Wellies recommended** = wellington boots may be needed for some tasks but there are usually ‘dry’ jobs
2024
APRIL
TUESDAY 2 – TURNING TIDES, Roffey Place, Old Crawley Road
A new site today. We’ll be helping the volunteers at Turning Tides get their outdoor spaces ready for the residents to enjoy and use to grow fruit and vegetables. Tasks will include pruning back vegetation, constructing one or more dead hedges and clearing rubbish into a skip. Turning Tides is the biggest provider of services for single homeless people in West Sussex; https://www.turning-tides.org.uk/
THURSDAY 4 – CHESWORTH FARM
(School Easter hols)
Fence repairs and ditch digging
TUESDAY 9 – BENS ACRE, Horsham
(School Easter hols)
Parking on the road at RH13 6LW
Skunk Cabbage digging
**Wellies essential**
THURSDAY 11 – BENS ACRE, Horsham
(School Easter hols)
Parking on the road at RH13 6LW
Skunk Cabbage digging
**Wellies essential**
TUESDAY 16 – CHESWORTH FARM
Skunk Cabbage digging, actually working along the Horn Brook to the east of Kerves Lane but we will meet at Chesworth and walk there together. Please do not park on Kerves Lane.
**Wellies essential**
THURSDAY 18 – LEECHPOOL WOOD
Skunk Cabbage digging
**Wellies essential**
TUESDAY 23 – WARNHAM LNR
Ditch and pond digging, fence repairs and path trimming
THURSDAY 25 – SOUTHWATER CP, Southwater Business Park
*** Fishing Lake car park ***
Fishing swim and path repairs
TUESDAY 30 – OWLBEECH WOOD
Bench Planting, boardwalk and fence repairs, Pine Walk red path
MAY
THURSDAY 2 – OWLBEECH WOOD
Boardwalk repairs, River Link orange path and “Lower heath”
TUESDAY 7 – SOUTHWATER CP
*** Station Road car park ***
Path and fence repairs, and ditch digging
THURSDAY 9 – WARNHAM LNR
Path repairs and ditch digging
TUESDAY 14 – LEECHPOOL WOOD
Boardwalk TLC and riverbank reinforcement
THURSDAY 16 – LEECHPOOL WOOD
Boardwalk TLC and riverbank reinforcement
TUESDAY 21 – WARNHAM LNR
Boardwalk and Benches TLC
THURSDAY 23 – CHESWORTH FARM
Path surfacing, New Town path and memorial benches
TUESDAY 28 – BENS ACRE, Horsham
(School Hol)
Parking on the road at RH13 6LW
Himalayan Balsam Pulling
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
THURSDAY 30 – CHESWORTH FARM
(School Hol)
Dock and thistle pulling, and Yellow rattle mapping
JUNE
TUESDAY 4 – WARNHAM LNR
Himalayan balsam pulling
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
THURSDAY 6 – MONKMEAD WOOD, West Chiltington
Himalayan balsam pulling
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
TUESDAY 11 – SOUTHWATER CP
*** Worthing Road car park ***
Orchid count Sloping Meadows
THURSDAY 13 – CHESWORTH FARM
Himalayan balsam pulling
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
TUESDAY 18 – SOUTHWATER CP
*** Stakers Lane car park ***
Orchid count Quarry Meadows
THURSDAY 20 – WARNHAM LNR
Himalayan balsam pulling
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
TUESDAY 25 – SANDGATE PARK, Storrington
Himalayan balsam pulling
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
THURSDAY 27 – CHESWORTH FARM
Himalayan balsam pulling, actually working along the Horn Brook to the east of Kerves Lane but we will meet at Chesworth and walk there together. Please do not park on Kerves Lane.
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
JULY
TUESDAY 2 – BENS ACRE, Horsham
Himalayan Balsam pulling
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
THURSDAY 4 – WARNHAM LNR
Himalayan Balsam pulling
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
TUESDAY 9 – MONKMEAD WOOD, West Chiltington
Himalayan Balsam pulling
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
THURSDAY 11 – CHESWORTH FARM
Yellow rattle seed collection
TUESDAY 16 – WARNHAM LNR
Himalayan Balsam pulling
**Wellington boots, long trousers and long sleeves recommended**
THURSDAY 18 – OWLBEECH WOOD
Path maintenance and seed collection
TUESDAY 23 – CHENNELS BROOK CASTLE, Lemmington Way
(School summer hols)
Bracken clearance (very carefully with prior nesting bird surveys completed)
THURSDAY 25 – OWLBEECH WOOD
(School summer hols)
Bracken clearance (very carefully with prior nesting bird surveys completed)
TUESDAY 30 – OWLBEECH WOOD
(School summer hols)
Bracken clearance (very carefully with prior nesting bird surveys completed)
** Note ** Before joining a HGG task for the first time it is essential that you register as a volunteer and complete our Emergency Contact form and that you have received an acknowledgement