Tree planting at King's

What You'll Do: 

Support King's Climate & Sustainability in planting over 700 trees across the King's sports grounds. 

 

5th of April at the HOP King's College Sports Ground, Brockley Rise, London SE23 1NW, UK

 

12th of April at the New Malden King's Sports Ground, Windsor Avenue, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 5HA. This will be our largest session planting over 750 trees. 

 

The sessions will run all day and you can drop in for the whole session or a couple of hours. 

Why You'll Love It: 

Planting these 200 trees will help improve flora and fauna biodiversity across our sports grounds and help achieve key targets within the King's Biodiversity Action Plan.

What You'll Learn: 

You will learn about biodiversity at King's and how by planting trees we increase our positive impact on the world!

What We're Looking For: 

Please make sure to wear sensible clothing including sturdy, closed toe shoes, wear lots of warm layers and bring a waterproof. Please also bring gloves if you wish to wear these during the tree planting - as we may not be able to provide any.

 

The Climate & Sustainability Team will provide be providing some gardening equipment, such as shovels and watering cans. If you have any gardening equipment, in particular small shovels, please do bring them.

Summary
Volunteering
Volunteer
Animals
Environment
Mental Health
Location of opportunity: 
King's Sports Ground, Windsor Avenue, New Malden, Surrey, KT3 5HA & King's College Sports Ground, Brockley Rise, London SE23 1NW, UK
1 Weeks Minimum
4 Hours / Week
Skills you will develop: 
Collaboration
Interpersonal / Confidence
Mindfulness
Relevant interests: 
Charity / Nonprofit
Farming and Food Production
Renewables and Environment

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