Events

Community Balsam Bash: Daleraven Beck

All are welcome, no experience necessary and no equipment needed. Volunteer with us for a rewarding, fun and invigorating way to spend your day! Booking required.

Volunteering

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A group of volunteers standing around a wooden bench, extracting seeds from a variety of native berries stored in buckets and plastic containers.

22nd – 15th May

Eden Community Tree Nursery FRIDAY drop in session

Drop in on Friday mornings and help grow trees and get some fresh air.

Gardening
Volunteering
Adults 18+
Wheelchair-friendly

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16th May

Seedling Saturday

A PACT event. Bring seedlings and plants (labelled) to swap or donate. Take seedlings and plants for your garden, yard or allotment.

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17th May

Bottle Shaking Festival

Join the fun and activities at Cold Springs Community Nature Reserve, Penrith. Join the bottle shaking parade in a traditional celebration of the sites 'Holy Well'.

Family activity
Child-friendly

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A group of volunteers assembled around wooden table at the Penrith Community Tree Nursery, removing seeds from locally sourced berries and native species.

19th May

Eden Community Tree Nursery TUESDAY drop in session

Drop in on Tuesday afternoons and help grow trees and get some fresh air.

Gardening
Volunteering
Adults 18+
Wheelchair-friendly

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Tree Nursery open day graphic with photo of saplings growing in black plastic pots

19th May

Open Day and Tree Party

Inspired to create a haven for wildlife after watching David Attenborough’s Secret Garden series, but don’t know where to start? Come along to our Open Day and let us help you!

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23rd May

Bank the Balsam Branthwaite!

Come along and find out more about this pervasive invasive and let us inspire you to have a go at bashing some balsam yourself.

Volunteering

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27th May

Eden Stories - FREE Spring Webinars

Join us for a series of online ‘deep dives’ into the Eden river catchment... The march of invasives, flood resilience, water quality and partnership power.

Talk

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4th June

Invasive plants and how to tackle them

A talk by Ali Penny from Eden Rivers Trust. A free event organised by Sustainable Stainton as part of the Great Big Green Week

Talk
Action against invasives

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6th June

The Great Stainton Balsam Bash

Sustainable Stainton and PACT need volunteers. Help them remove invasive Himalayan Balsam from Stainton’s old Quarry; a wildlife haven whose trees and orchids need your help!

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10th – 13th June

Lend a Hand Days at Engine Lonning

It's all hands on deck at Engine Lonning as we attempt to clear an invasive and non-native flowering plant called Himalayan Balsam this summer.

Volunteering

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17th – 11th June – July

Lend a Hand Days at Engine Lonning

It's all hands on deck at Engine Lonning as we attempt to clear an invasive and non-native flowering plant called Himalayan Balsam this summer.

Volunteering

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Community Balsam Bash: Daleraven Beck

Eden Community Tree Nursery FRIDAY drop in session

Seedling Saturday

Bottle Shaking Festival

Eden Community Tree Nursery TUESDAY drop in session

Open Day and Tree Party

Bank the Balsam Branthwaite!

Eden Stories - FREE Spring Webinars

Invasive plants and how to tackle them

The Great Stainton Balsam Bash

Lend a Hand Days at Engine Lonning

Lend a Hand Days at Engine Lonning

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