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SUMMARY:GBGW 2024 - Nature Discovery Day
DESCRIPTION:Nature Discovery Day\nMill Meadows – 10-2pm\nSaturday 8th June\nHenley’s Great Big Green Week kicks off on Saturday 8th June with a FREE day of activities for anyone and everyone to enjoy. Join us in exploring Nature on our doorstep at Mill Meadows at our Nature Discovery Day! \nWe have drop-in activities programmed throughout the day for all ages – come and take part in the Guided Wildflower Walk\, Tree Trail\, Butterfly & Moth Safaris\, Bug Hunt\, Pond Dipping and more. Keen gardeners can collect free native wildflower seeds or plants at Greener Henley’s stall and learn about our Nature Squared campaign. You can chat with local conservation groups about how we can protect and restore nature locally – why not do some pond dipping with Chiltern Chalk Streams\, or learn why Dark Skies are so important for wildlife with CPRE. \n** BREAKING NEWS ** – Citizen scientist and clean water activist Dave Wallace will be joining us at Nature Discovery Day to talk about why citizen science is so key in the campaign for clean rivers\, and to talk people through the what and how of his river water testing. \nBat\, toad\, moth & butterfly\, bird\, bug\, tree & wildflower experts will also be on hand to reveal the nature living all around us – from beetles and bats to buttercups. Budding photographers can take part in a wildlife photography session\, and if you want to be amongst the first few members of Henley Bat Group\, come on by! \nAcross the meadow\, visitors can pop into the River & Rowing Museum to see Pollution\, an exhibition of local students’ work\, in response to Greener Henley’s Schools Environmental Science Challenge\, alongside work from the wonderful waterside arts and ecology project\, The Beautiful Blue. Both exhibitions run from 23 May to 17 June. \nThe stalls so far confirmed for Nature Discovery Day include:\n\nGreener Henley – that’s us! Your local climate and nature action group will have displays of our Wildlife Working Group\, Swifts\, sign ups for citizen science surveys and lots of info on how to help nature \nOur Nature Squared Stall will have FREE native plants for pollinators when you sign up to plant 1m2 of native wildflowers!\nHenley Toad Patrol\, who help migrating toads\, frogs and Smooth Newts across the busy A4155 Henley Marlow road\, safely to their spawning ground on the other side every year will be there to chat about amphibians\nThames21\, who work with communities to improve rivers and canals for people and wildlife\, will be on hand to chat about the health of our river.\nUpper Thames Butterfly Conservation Group\, who aim to protect our local butterflies\, moths and their habitats\, will lead the butterfly sweeps\nBerkshire and South Bucks Bat Group work to conserve our local bats and their habitats and are keen to help us get a Bat Group going in Henley.\nCPRE\, the countryside charity\, will be letting people know about their Dark Skies campaign\nThe Wildlife Trusts will be chatting about the river as habitat and doing a children’s picture puzzle\nChalk stream volunteers work to conserve\, enhance and raise awareness of this globally important habitat and will lead the pond dipping sessions\nUK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) will be demonstrating how to record your nature discoveries\, plus how you can help pollinators by getting involved in citizen science\nOxfordshire Badger Group will be there with information on celebrating and protecting our local badgers\nAsk the Experts\, where local naturalists will be on hand to help identify just about everything!\nCome and meet: naturalists Richard & Jackie Fortey; moth expert Andrew Padmore; naturalist & wildlife photographer Linda Seward; wildflower expert Sally Rankin; ornithologist Alan Parfitt; tree expert Andrew Hawkins and spider expert Paul Selden\nHenley Town Council will be letting us know about their plans to boost local biodiversity\nDave Wallace is a citizen scientist and clean water activist and will be talking about why citizen science is so key in the campaign for clean rivers\, as well as demonstrating the what and how of his river water testing\n\nActivities planned for Nature Discovery Day from 10am – 2pm include:\nGuided Wildflower walks by local wildflower expert Sally Rankin\, 2 sessions\nBird spotting – Alan Parfitt\,  + R & R have a Bird Bingo sheet they will be giving out.\nWildlife ID/photography demonstration by Linda Seward\, naturalist\, wildlife photographer.\nSelf-led scavenger hunt – Walk the Wildlife trail around Meadows\nButterfly safaris\nMoth identification from previous night’s moth trap\nPond dipping – we will have 4 sessions\nTree trail – 2 sessions \n\n\nOur Nature Discovery Day is just the start of a week-long series of events for Henley’s Great Big Green Week! There is something for everyone to enjoy – talks\, film\, art\, exhibitions\, poetry and workshops that explore how\, together\, we can tackle climate change and restore nature and wildlife in the local area – and beyond! Find out more about what the rest of Henley’s Great Big Green Week has to offer.\nIf you can help with this event\, or any of the events during Henley’s Great Big Green week\, please get in touch.
URL:https://greenerhenley.org.uk/event/nature-discovery-day-gbgw-2024/
CATEGORIES:Great Big Green Week
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SUMMARY:GBGW 2024 - The Gardening Drawing Club
DESCRIPTION:The Gardening Drawing Club: The Basics of Planting\nHenley Library – 2-4pm\nSaturday 8 June\nLet your creativity and love of nature entwine at this FREE family friendly art & gardening session hosted by Henley Library. The Gardening Drawing Club has been developed by Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck\, an artist whose gardening life nurtures her creative practice and whose life as an artist informs her horticulture journey. She seeks to share the joy and benefits of integrating both activities into one another at this workshop and will take you through the basics of growing organic vegetables and herbs\, before you move on to paint and draw impressions from these encounters. \nNo art or gardening experience is necessary – this event is suitable for beginners and the most experienced alike. All organic seeds\, veganic soil\, pots\, art supplies and plant-based painting materials will be provided! \nBook your tickets here \nDATE – Saturday 8 June 2024\nTIME – 2-4pm\nLOCATION – Henley Library\nCOST – FREE \nFind out about all the events happening at Henley’s Great Big Green Week 2024 here.
URL:https://greenerhenley.org.uk/event/gardening-drawing-club-gbgw-2024/
CATEGORIES:Great Big Green Week
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