Volunteers do many different things: from litter picking and bramble bashing to tree pruning and hedge-laying; from planting bulbs to preparing a wild flower space; from growing food in a forest garden to weeding flower beds. There are jobs to suit everybody: making tea for the volunteers getting muddy, chatting to people visiting the green space to find out what they enjoy; putting up posters; helping raise funds – there are lots of ways to help.
How to become a volunteer
Groups make arrangements to meet in a variety of ways – the Green Spaces map gives details of how to make contact. Some groups have a regular session – see below:
| Mondays | Happy Mount Park: 9.30-11.30am, at the Sensory Garden |
| Tuesdays | Glebe Garden: Tuesday mornings Lune Bank Gardens: Tuesday mornings Thwaite Brow Woods Conservation Group: May: 7pm on 3rd Tuesday of the month Halton Gardening Group: meets first Tuesday of the month at 10a.m. in the Seminar Room at Halton Mill. |
| Wednesdays | Fairfield: Wednesdays 9.30-12.30 |
| Thursdays | Fork to Fork: Thursdays Thwaite Brow Woods Conservation Group: June, July & August: 7pm on the 3rd Thursday of the month |
| Saturdays | De Vitre Gardens: 2nd Saturday each month Greaves Park: 2.00pm on the 3rd Saturday each month Fairfield: 1st Saturday each month |
| Sundays | Thwaite Brow Woods Conservation Group: September – April: 10am/1.45pm on 2nd Sunday of the month |
Forum
The Green Spaces Forum meets quarterly and is open to members of Friends groups and other interested people. Meetings are at venues near or in a green space and, except at the winter meeting, there is an optional tour of the green space before the meeting.
The next Forum dates can be found here
Minutes of previous meetings can be found here
Lancaster Green Spaces 