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DATE  

EVENTS

LOCATION

CONTACT

17/1/24

2024 Year of Biodiversity Launch event

Lost Woods of the Low Weald Project 

7pm for 7.30pm start

Henfield Hall

Sustainable Henfield 2030
8/2/24 INaturalist training. Learn how to use the app to record what you see in Henfield

7pm

Garden Room, Henfield Hall

 
10/2/24 Seed Swap

Morning

Henfield Haven

Henfield Garden & Arts
23/2/24 Henfield Birdwatch. Talk by wildflifephotographer David Plummer and launch of the 25th  Anniversary HBW book

Henfeld Hall

7pm

Henfield Bird Watch
5/3/24 inaturlist presentaion

Parish Council AGM

Henfeld Hall 7pm

Henfield Parish Cuncil
13/3/24 Planting of Heritage Violets Coppers Way Henfeld Parish Council
20/3/24 Talk - Butterfiles and Butterfly friendly gardens Red Oaks Care Home  
14/4/24 Surveying with an ecologist for amphibians Broadmare Common  

22/4/24

 

Earth Day 2024

 Planet vs. Plastics

Find out what you can do - click on photo

earth day  
May  NO MOW MAY   Parts of chosen village Verges to be  left unmown for pollinators  Plantlife
5/5/24 International Dawn Chrous Day    
8/9 June Henfield Garden & Arts weekend VIllage Gardens Henfield Garden & Arts 
8/6/24 Family activity - Bio Blitz - what can you find?

Morning

Tanyard, Cagefoot Lane

 
9/6/24 Family activity - Seed Bomb making 

Morning

Tanyard, Cagefoot Lane

 
26/6/24

Stag Beetle and Bat Walk starting with talk 

A practical evening session spotting bats and beetles in Henfield 

Garden Room

Henfield Hall 7pm

 
3/7/24

Stag Beetle and Bat Walk starting with talk 

A practical evening session spotting bats and beetles in Henfield  

 

Garden Room

7pm

 
July

Community walk with biodiversity theme, in  memory of Cllr Malcolm Eastwood

Walking from Henfield Common near the village to  Sussex Prairie Gardens.

1pm start

 Funds  raised will be for the Brains Trust (brain tumour charity ). Special Butterfly activity at Prairie  Gardens, live music and picnic area. Free entry to Prairie Gardens for those with wristband, who have contributed to the chosen charity at start of walk. Community minibus booked for bringing returners back to the village . 

Henfield Parish Council
30 July

Family Event -  A celebration of our open spaces featuring free arts, crafts, performance and sports, bringing together our community of all ages.

 

Henfield common 10 am .

 

 

17 & 26th 

September

Bat Walk in Henfield Time tbc    

20/9/24

 Barn Owls

Talk by Terry Hallahan of the Sussex Barn Owl Study Group 

Henfield Hall

Henfield Birdwatch
October

Search for Fungi walk - date tbc

 

St Peters Churchyard  
9/10/24

Talk 

Ten Bees and the Stories They Tell - Talk about Bees by expert James Power

Garden Room Henfield Hall 7pm  
1/11/24 HBW annual talk Mark Elliot - Beaver introduction project officer from Devon and Knepp  Henfield Hall Henfield Birdwatch
9/12/24 2024 Year of Biodiversity Final Event . Come and see what we found in 2024

6pm

Garden Room Henfield Hall

 
       
       
       
       
       
       
   

 

 

 
 
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