About the event

Who is this for?

For young people aged 18-30 interested in spending time outside, doing some nature recovery work and learning about rewilding!

What to expect

Together with Surrey Wildlife Trust's Youth Action Committee, we're going to use brash to create naturally spiky guards around all of the oak saplings!

About Maple Farm

Maple farm is a 40 acre rewilding project on the border of Surrey and Sussex. Youngwilders have been working on the site for four years! We are taking crucial steps to encourage the natural regeneration of scrub, restore grassland on the site, and improve the river and floodplain habitat on the site. For the bird lovers amongst us, the site has become a stronghold for the critically endangered nightingale thanks to its amazing scrub habitat.

Event Details

Date: Saturday 14th March 2026
Time: 10:00 - 4:30pm
Location: Charity Buddy, Rosemary Lane, Cranleigh, GU6 8EZ
Group Size: Approx. 25

Food

Snacks, tea and coffee will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch!

Getting there

Via Train

We will providing lifts from Billinghurst Train Station at 10am and returning to the station at 4:30pm. It is a 15 minute drive from the train station to the site :)

Please get in touch if you have any questions re getting to the site via public transport.

Via Car

If you are able to drive to the site, please let us know in the order form as we will be trying to encourage car sharing wherever possible!

Accessibilty

The site is accessible via a heavy gate followed by a rocky slope. There is a clearly trodden path through the first field and around the edge of the meadow field, but no paved paths on the site and the fields are largely flat with slight slopes, bar the hilly left field. 

There are some benches scattered around the site and there is a wooden structure (the outdoor classroom) with seating and limited protection form the elements located at the furthest away field. 

There is very limited phone service on site, and the only toilet is located by the carpark before you enter the site.