The Wildlife Garden at Bay Pond Nature Hub

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Bay Pond Nature Hub

About the project

An enormous 12% of our county is covered in gardens!  

Our aim is to connect land across the county for nature, and we can’t do this without Surrey’s gardeners! Whether you have a patio or a paddock there are ways you can make your space into somewhere that wildlife can thrive, and our wildlife garden at Bay Pond can show you how. 

We want our visitors to go home with the ideas and the confidence to take action for wildlife in their own space, so the Trust is running regular volunteer groups and hosting Community Garden Days throughout the year.

These days will offer a chance for local people to come along and learn some new skills while helping us to propagate plants and create some of the key features – a pond, a hugelkultur bed, and of course, the most important ingredient of all for a wildlife garden, the compost heap!

Wilder Wednesdays

Free drop-in sessions every Wednesday from 10am-2pm - Book below.

Come and help us create the garden! Dig, plant, build, prune, mulch, compost and more. Tasks include, but definitely not limited to: Making new growing areas (learn to do this without the hard work of deturfing), building upcycled structures (a greenhouse and garden furniture), moving established plants, growing new plants from seed and cuttings, making a pond and a bog garden, and lots of other fresh-air fun.

Roots Parent & Child Club

Get grubby and get growing - join us to help create a wildlife garden buzzing with life - Book below.

Come along to ROOTS and play, plant, sow and grow with us.  Get connected to the seasons and fill yourself full of ideas to carry out together in your garden at home. These are weekly parent-and-child sessions for 2-5 year olds.  Grandparent/other carer-and-child combos welcome of course. 

Shoots After School Club

SHOOTS is our after-school club for 7-11 year olds - come along and get growing - Book below.

Each week we will get involved with different jobs in the garden, from digging a pond to creating a flower bed, sowing seeds, potting on seedlings, turning compost - there is always plenty to do. We'd love your help to create this space for wildlife - and we'd love you to take ideas home and turn your own outdoor space into something amazing.

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