Volunteering at the Tree Nursery
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Our focus changes seasonally, but our twice-weekly volunteering sessions regularly includes things like moving materials like compost, woodchip using wheelbarrows, weeding around the trees in their pots and around site, taking cuttings of plants to be propagated, potting trees into bigger pots, watering trees in their pots, collecting tree seeds, sowing seeds in trays, writing labels, turning the compost and maintaining tools + equipment.
We are looking for volunteers to join in our regular volunteering sessions at Hackney Community Tree Nursery. This is where we propagate and nurture trees for planting out across the borough. The Nursery also contains an orchard/forest garden and small apiary maintained by volunteers. You can drop in for volunteer sessions at the Tree Nursery on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am till 3pm. We break for refreshments around 12 and you can bring a packed lunch if you’d like. Tea and coffee are provided. If it’s your first time attending one of our volunteer sessions we recommend arriving at 10am so you can be given a tour of the site and a safety induction.
Community Work,Gardening,Practical Work & DIY,Environmental,General and Helping
Gardening
No skills needed. All abilities welcome. Just a love of nature and a willingness to muck in.
We will teach you how to grow, plant and care for trees. At the Tree Nursery you will be working outdoors, enjoying a small unspoilt corner of London which has become a haven for wildlife. You will also be putting something back into your community by helping green up estates and combatting climate change by increasing the number of trees in urban spaces. The role can be as flexible as you want.
If it’s your first time attending one of our volunteer sessions we recommend arriving at 10am so you can be given a tour of the site and a safety induction. After this you are welcome to drop in and out whenever you can
E9 5PF
Hackney Marshes Centre, Homerton Rd, London E9 5PF
Located next to the Hackney Marshes centre. The buses 308 & W15 stop outside.
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