Updates from the Woods

An update on all the projects currently running, new or upcoming with Andover Trees United at Harmony Woods.

Monday 14th August 2023

Dragon Garden

Saturday 12th August saw the start of the second part of the Dragon Garden, smoothing and sculpting! Thanks to those that help us during the earth moving week, the garden is really starting to take shape. Below is a great aerial shot of the dragon, taken by Leroy Forbes.

With the help of the community on Saturday and during this week, the dragon will be smoothed and sculpted into its final shape. Using hands, rakes and shovels the team has really started to create the lasting shape, ready for planting in October. There are still spaces left to join in with this fabulous project ], all are welcome, check out the end of the blog for more information.

As a thank you to those who contribute to the community-created wood, the completed garden will not be open to the general public, being reserved for the benefit of all who volunteer their time to create and care for the Diamond Wood (including everybody who helped to create the garden), for Sandy’s family and friends, and for schools and groups who book in to run an event or use the ‘people’ facilities.

Summer Club

On Wednesday 9th August the Youth Team and Nature and Community Officer Jo had a lovely prep day at Harmony Woods, ready for the summer club in a couple of weeks! The team practised some of the activities they will be leading, as well as making resources and taking through their roles.

We are really looking forward to everyone joining us and the team are super excited to provide you with a fantastic experience!

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 9th September

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, on 9th September!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Citizen Science: BioBlitz - 26th August

Join us on Saturday 26th August, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods, for our final citizen science session of the summer. It will be another bioblitz, where the aim is to record as many species as possible within the timeframe. It's another opportunity for more bug hunting, wildflower ID, bird ID, and tree ID, and we'll have a pond-dipping station too.

The session will begin at 9:30am, so please arrive by 9:25 to sign in. We will aim to finish around 11:30am.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Dragon Garden Creation - 29th July till 18th August

THE DRAGON GARDEN PART TWO STARTS THIS WEEK!

The idea of a Dragon Garden was formed as a memorial to the late Sandy, a dear friend of Andover Trees United and its members. He was a practising Druid and was fascinated by Dragons. To fit with the local legend, Dan Lobb (our landscape designer, trustee and dear friend of Sandy), has based this memorial dragon garden on the Wherwell Cockatrice.

The event will run in three parts:

Part One: Digging and Shovelling - Saturday 29th July till Monday 31st July

Part Two: Sculpting and Smoothing - Monday 12th August till Saturday 18th August

Part Three: Planting and Celebration - Saturday 14th October

We would love to have your help at any stage of the event!

For more information: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023/6/3/creating-a-dragon-garden
To sign-up please email abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk

Monday 7th August 2023

Dragon Garden

We are creating a new feature in Harmony Woods! Dan Lobb, an ATU trustee and a renowned landscape designer, has designed the garden to be a synergy between the local legend of the Wherwell Cockatrice and Native American Mounds. The Dragon Garden concept was formed as a memorial to the late Sandy Burnfield, a dear friend of Andover Trees United and its members. He was a practising Druid and was fascinated by Dragons.

As a thank you to those who contribute to the community-created wood, the completed garden will not be open to the general public, being reserved for the benefit of all who volunteer their time to create and care for the Diamond Wood (including everybody who helped to create the garden), for Sandy’s family and friends, and for schools and groups who book in to run an event or use the ‘people’ facilities.

This week work continued, using a digger and dumper from Brandon Tool Hire, and our fabulous volunteers have managed to finish all the major earth moving! The area has been completely dug out and all three mounds have been completed, ready for the smoothing and sculpting stage. A MASSIVE thank you to all those who have helped so far!

The next stage will start on Saturday 12th August until Friday 18th August. Families welcome, check out the end of the blog for more information.

Four Fun Fridays

Four fun Fridays is a set of events organised by Test Valley Borough Council, That run every Friday in August, in Andover High Street. There will be a series of performances, interactive works and activities for all to enjoy.

This year’s theme is ‘Nature’ so of course we had to attend again! We spent the day meeting lots of lovely people from the Andover community, creating peace doves, ready to be used on International Peace Day (September 21st) in our annual presession. It was lovely to see so many faces, old and new, and hope that everyone enjoyed their time with us!

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 12th August

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, on 12th August! Help out with the Dragon Garden Creation!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Citizen Science: BioBlitz - 26th August

Join us on Saturday 26th August, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods, for our final citizen science session of the summer. It will be another bioblitz, where the aim is to record as many species as possible within the timeframe. It's another opportunity for more bug hunting, wildflower ID, bird ID, and tree ID, and we'll have a pond-dipping station too.

The session will begin at 9:30am, so please arrive by 9:25 to sign in. We will aim to finish around 11:30am.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Dragon Garden Creation - 29th July till 18th August

THE DRAGON GARDEN PART ONE IS COMPLETE!

The idea of a Dragon Garden was formed as a memorial to the late Sandy, a dear friend of Andover Trees United and its members. He was a practising Druid and was fascinated by Dragons. To fit with the local legend, Dan Lobb (our landscape designer, trustee and dear friend of Sandy), has based this memorial dragon garden on the Wherwell Cockatrice.

The event will run in three parts:

Part One: Digging and Shovelling - Saturday 29th July till Monday 31st July

Part Two: Sculpting and Smoothing - Monday 12th August till Saturday 18th August

Part Three: Planting and Celebration - Saturday 14th October

We would love to have your help at any stage of the event!

For more information: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023/6/3/creating-a-dragon-garden

To sign-up please email abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk

Monday 31st July 2023

Simply Health Volunteer Day

On Thursday the 27th July the API engineering team from the Andover branch of Simplyhealth UK, had a business volunteer day at our allotment on Vigo Road. Simplyhealth allows its employees three days volunteering a year and we were very grateful that they were able to volunteer with us.

The team spent the day doing some much needed work at the allotment, mainly potting up our wildflower plugs and seedlings.Thanks to their fantastic work we are now all set to plant out the flowers at Harmony Woods in October. They also helped by weeding the tree nursery beds and shearing back the hedge!

Photos taken by Abbey Sadler and Jo Oliver-Hawkins

Dragon Garden

We are creating a new feature in Harmony Woods! Dan Lobb, an ATU trustee and a renowned landscape designer, has designed the garden to be a synergy between the local legend of the Wherwell Cockatrice and Native American Mounds. The Dragon Garden concept was formed as a memorial to the late Sandy, a dear friend of Andover Trees United and its members. He was a practising Druid and was fascinated by Dragons. The area will be for the use of Andover Trees United volunteers, and hireable by organisations and private groups.

Work began over the weekend of the 29th of July, using a digger and dumper from Brandon Tool Hire our fabulous volunteers have managed to get a third of the way through the preparation stage of the garden!n The area has started to be dug out and the first of three mounds has been completed. All three mounds will be finished by the end of the week, ready for the smoothing and sculpting stage.

The next stage will start on Saturday 12th August until Friday 18th August. Families welcome, check out the end of the blog for more information.

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 12th August

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, on 12th August! Help out with the Dragon Garden Creation!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Citizen Science: BioBlitz - 26th August

Join us on Saturday 26th August, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods, for our final citizen science session of the summer. It will be another bioblitz, where the aim is to record as many species as possible within the timeframe. It's another opportunity for more bug hunting, wildflower ID, bird ID, and tree ID, and we'll have a pond-dipping station too.

The session will begin at 9:30am, so please arrive by 9:25 to sign in. We will aim to finish around 11:30am.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Dragon Garden Creation - 29th July till 18th August

THE DRAGON GARDEN HAS BEGUN!

The idea of a Dragon Garden was formed as a memorial to the late Sandy, a dear friend of Andover Trees United and its members. He was a practising Druid and was fascinated by Dragons. To fit with the local legend, Dan Lobb (our landscape designer, trustee and dear friend of Sandy), has based this memorial dragon garden on the Wherwell Cockatrice.

The event will run in three parts:

Part One: Digging and Shovelling - Saturday 29th July till Monday 31st July

Part Two: Sculpting and Smoothing - Monday 12th August till Saturday 18th August

Part Three: Planting and Celebration - October

We would love to have your help at any stage of the event!

For more information: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023/6/3/creating-a-dragon-garden

To sign-up please email abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk

Monday 24th July 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

This week saw the last Nature Nurture session of 2023, and for Harrow Way School. The two groups joined together this week, to complete an orienteering course. They used compasses to find specific locations within Harmony Woods. Once at those locations they had to find a letter to be able to spell a word. They found out the word was ‘HEDGE’.

After orienteering, they play some environmentally themed games, their favourite being bat and moth, due to being blindfolded. A real strategic game, it was really lovely to see the children working as a team to avoid the bat, as well as using the space within the circle cleverly.

For the last part of the session, the students got to learn how to make their own fires, using tinder and kindling they could find in the wood. Once they got their fires going, it was time to roast some marshmallows!

9th Andover Scouts Visit

This week we had a wonderful scout evening with the 9th Andover Scouts group. They came to Harmony Woods and had an evening of woodland maintenance. As a team they weeded and mulched along the base of the hedgerow that was planted at the beginning of the year.

For the last part of the session, the scouts got to learn how to make their own fires, using tinder and kindling they could find in the wood. Once they got their fires going, it was time to roast some marshmallows!

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 12th August

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, on 12th August! Help out with the Dragon Garden Creation!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Citizen Science: Invertebrate Collect/Bug Hunt - 29th July

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 29th July, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a session on invertebrates (bugs!). We will be using ‘pooters’ to collect bugs around Harmony Woods and identify them.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Dragon Garden Creation - 29th July till 18th August

ANDOVER TREES UNITED IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE CREATION OF A DRAGON GARDEN!

The idea of a Dragon Garden was formed as a memorial to the late Sandy, a dear friend of Andover Trees United and its members. He was a practising Druid and was fascinated by Dragons. To fit with the local legend, Dan Lobb (our landscape designer, trustee and dear friend of Sandy), has based this memorial dragon garden on the Wherwell Cockatrice.

The event will run in three parts:

Part One: Digging and Shovelling - Monday 29th July till Friday 31st July

Part Two: Sculpting and Smoothing - Monday 12th August till Saturday 18th August

Part Three: Planting and Celebration - October

We would love to have your help at any stage of the event!

For more information: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023/6/3/creating-a-dragon-garden

To sign-up please email abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk

Monday 17th July 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

The last Nature Nurture session with the second group of Andover Young Carers was held at their bungalow this week. The young carers have come to the end of their green craft projects that they have been doing at Harmony Woods. So they decided to play some games including air hockey, pool and uno and a variety of other games.

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 19th August

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, on 19th August! Help out with the Dragon Garden Creation!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Citizen Science: Invertebrate Collect/Bug Hunt - 29th July

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 29th July, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a session on invertebrates (bugs!). We will be using ‘pooters’ to collect bugs around Harmony Woods and identify them.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Dragon Garden Creation - 29th July till 19th August

ANDOVER TREES UNITED IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE CREATION OF A DRAGON GARDEN!

The idea of a Dragon Garden was formed as a memorial to the late Sandy, a dear friend of Andover Trees United and its members. He was a practising Druid and was fascinated by Dragons. To fit with the local legend, Dan Lobb (our landscape designer, trustee and dear friend of Sandy), has based this memorial dragon garden on the Wherwell Cockatrice.

The event will run in three parts:

Part One: Digging and Shovelling - Monday 29th July till Friday 31st July

Part Two: Sculpting and Smoothing - Monday 14th August till Saturday 19th August

Part Three: Planting and Celebration - Saturday 7th October

We would love to have your help at any stage of the event!

For more information: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023/6/3/creating-a-dragon-garden

To sign-up please email abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk

Monday 10th July 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

Mother nature had a different plan for today! Due to the wet and windy weather the last Nature Nurture session with the first group of Andover Young Carers had to be held at their bungalow. The young carers have come to the end of their projects they had designed at Harmony Woods therefore they decided to play some games indoors to escape the downpour. A competitive game of air hockey, pool and uno were amongst the variety of games played. Check out the action shots below!

Between the Barrows - Community Archaeology - June 24th - July 9th

This week has seen the excavation of the section ditch continue. With two more community groups and school visits, the dig site has really developed this week!

Lots of struck flint has been found in the spoil pile and they have managed to uncover the chalk walls of the barrow at the original site from 2016, that is located to the left of the cabin. The new site started this year has reached the clay layer, with possible sightings for the top of the barrow wall!

Check out this Friday’s blog post for the full details of this community Archaeology project.

Photos by Abbey Sadler and Jo Oliver-Hawkins

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 19th August

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, on 19th August! Help out with the Dragon Garden Creation!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Citizen Science: Invertebrate Collect/Bug Hunt - 29th July

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 29th July, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a session on invertebrates (bugs!). We will be using ‘pooters’ to collect bugs around Harmony Woods and identify them.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Dragon Garden Creation - 29th July till 19th August

ANDOVER TREES UNITED IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE CREATION OF A DRAGON GARDEN!

The idea of a Dragon Garden was formed as a memorial to the late Sandy, a dear friend of Andover Trees United and its members. He was a practising Druid and was fascinated by Dragons. To fit with the local legend, Dan Lobb (our landscape designer, trustee and dear friend of Sandy), has based this memorial dragon garden on the Wherwell Cockatrice.

The event will run in three parts:

Part One: Digging and Shovelling - Monday 29th July till Friday 31st July

Part Two: Sculpting and Smoothing - Monday 14th August till Saturday 19th August

Part Three: Planting and Celebration - Saturday 7th October

We would love to have your help at any stage of the event!

For more information: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023/6/3/creating-a-dragon-garden

To sign-up please email abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk

Monday 3rd July 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

The second group of Andover Young Carers had their final session in the Woods this week. Their last session will be at their bungalow. They decided to play some nature related games, including ‘Bat and Moth’ and ‘Wooly Worms’. They also managed to fix and fly their kite.

Between the Barrows - Community Archaeology - June 24th - July 9th

We are delighted to announce that we are finally able to resume our programme of community archaeology - “Between the Barrows”.

Archaeologists from Southampton University have been visiting Harmony Woods each year since 2016 excavating between Bronze Age round barrows, or burial mounds. The exact location of the barrows was called into question, and 2020-2021 saw small groups of archaeologists undertaking test digs to precisely locate one of the ditches. In 2021, while digging out the footings for the main timber supports for the Cabin, the ditch was discovered.

Last year, 2022, the Southampton-University-based team of archaeologists were joined by a small group of ATU volunteers to excavate a cross-section of the ditch. This year, we are once more able to invite schools and the public to work alongside the archaeologists as they excavate a second section of the ditch.

This week has seen the beginning of the excavation of the section ditch. With two community groups and three schools visiting, the dig is well and truly underway! The school groups have also been able to learn about bronze age life with Mr. Square (an example of a Bronze Age skeleton) and Wode/Indigo tie dying. The team and the volunteers have managed to find many worked flints as they have begun to dig further into the barrow.

Photos by Jo Oliver-Hawkins and Abbey Sadler

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Citizen Science & Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 7th & 8th July

Join our Ecology Intern, Laura, on Friday 7th July in Harmony Woods for an evening Bat Walk and Moth Trap setup. Due to the time of dusk the session will start between 8:00 pm till 10:00 pm.

Then join Laura on Saturday 8th July at 8:30 am in Harmony Woods for the moth trap results and breakfast (£5 donation). This will be followed by a bioblitz from 9:30 am till 12:00 pm.

Chris Elmer, our head Archaeologist from Southampton University, will be giving a tour of the Archaeology site from 12:00 pm till 12:30 pm.

Keep an eye on our events calendar for updates: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-calendar

Email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk or wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

Monday 26th June 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

For their last week, Kids on Track decided to do a pond dip! Their goal was to be able to identify five freshwater invertebrates by the end of the session, which they all completed! To celebrate they ventured to the larger pond to see the newts swimming around.

The Harrow Way group had a really busy session! With the boys finishing their den last week, they decided to do tie-dying this week. They designed and dyed a t-shirt each, ready to be washed at home. The girls made perfume after foraging through the woods to find the scents they liked best! After this the group got together to play hide and seek tag!

Secret Car Boot Sale

Marking the end of Green Week… Supporting this inaugural event…

A pleasant time spent at the top of the Chantry Centre Car Park! The Boot Sale Team gathered to organise, display and sell a wide variety of donated items.

Thanks to everyone who donated items, to Jenny, Caroline, Kay, Andrew, Eddie, Terri, Doreen and Liz who gave up their time to be there, we raised £60.20, talked to potential new volunteers and chatted about the wide variety of opportunities and events at Harmony Wood.

Also thanks to Sue who brought potential volunteers to our stall! And to Wendy for helping to get the team together.

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Citizen Science

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Friday 7th July in Harmony Woods for an evening bat walk. Exact times are yet to be confirmed, but due to the time of dusk the session is likely to start between 8 and 8:30pm.

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 8th July at 9:30am in Harmony Woods for a Bioblitz.

Keep an eye on our events calendar for updates: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-calendar or email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 8th July

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, 8th July!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Between the Barrows - Community Archaeology - June 24th - July 9th

We are delighted to announce that we are finally able to resume our programme of community archaeology - “Between the Barrows”.

The Dig is underway! Stay tuned for more updates next week.

Monday 19th June 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

This week, Kids on Track had their fourth session. They finished building their garden furniture by assembling the last palette sofa. After the construction of their last sofa was complete, they also painted it grey to match the other two. They also added personal flourishes with acrylic paint.

The first group of Andover Young Carers also wanted to spend some time with us at the Bungalow this week. They showed us around, we had a lovely afternoon tea and tried to fly a kite. It was lovely to see them in their own environment and enjoying the sunshine.

Andover College Careers Fair

The Andover Trees United team arrived in the land rover and wheelbarrowed their trees into The Lights! The Careers Fair put on by Andover College was lovely. It was great to meet so many other wonderful charities and volunteers, everyone was so friendly and welcoming.

During the course of the afternoon Sharon (Admin Officer) and Jo (Nature and Community Officer) were joined by Natalia, a member of the Youth Team, who was able to explain to the young people what life as a volunteer looks like. The team met so many amazing young people; so many of them had planted trees at Harmony Woods when they were at primary school and were super enthusiastic about how their trees looked now.

We can't wait for these young people to start volunteering with us!

Second Saturday ‘Helping Hands’

The morning of the 10th saw Jo drive over the new wood burner for the Cabin. Ben, along with some friends and the team helped unload, ready for it to be installed in the new Cabin. Dave continued work to the window shutters of the Cabin, fitting bolts and handles.

In the afternoon, the weather was very hot and a series of light, but essential tasks, were organised:

Watering of the large Silver Birch which requires gallons every day in this hot dry spell
Raking and clearing the wood shards put down to manage muddy ground and walkways over winter - to allow grasses and flowers to regrow
Putting up the commemorative artwork made by volunteers on King Charles’ Coronation Big Help Out Day

The afternoon team members included:

Wendy, Jenny, Andrew, Liz, Chelles, Sarah, Henry - joined by founder members Fiona and John. Fiona & John moved to Wales a few years ago but remain in touch, Fiona still volunteering regularly by monitoring the charity’s inbox.

Andover U3A Wildflower Walk

On Wednesday 14th June, Andover U3A came to Harmony Woods to enjoy a morning of wildflowers. The group enjoyed a drink and a biscuit while hearing about the history, purpose and future of Andover Trees United for Nature and Community Officer, Abbey. It was lovely to see how interested they were in the project, asking many questions and enquiring about volunteering.

The group then embarked on their wildflower walk with Intern Ecologist, Laura. She guided them around Harmony woods, introducing them to the wildflowers that call the wood home. She explained their key features and their importance to their environment. The group were already very knowledgeable, but some new knowledge was shared between them. Some great finds for the day were the pyramid orchid, goat's beard and the fully parasitic broomrape. They also spotted many butterflies; including the brown meadow and marbled white.

The morning was enjoyed by all and Andover Trees United would like to thank the U3A for their attendance and their very generous and unexpected donation to the cabin.

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Hazel Coppice Sale

Gardeners, ahoy!

Do you want to help out a local charity and have sustainably sourced hazel poles and branches to support your beans and peas… or tall flowers that just won’t stay upright…

Andover Trees United is selling them for a limited time only at £1 per pole or stick! Freshly collected from Trinley estate after the ATU team had coppiced them.

If you would like to purchase some please contact Sharon.vennall@andovertrees.org.uk

Citizen Science

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 24th June, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a walk and talk on wildflowers. You will learn to recognise some of the species we have in Harmony Woods and understand why wildflower meadows are so important.

Keep an eye on our events calendar for updates: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-calendar or email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 8th July

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, 8th July!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Between the Barrows - Community Archaeology - June 24th - July 9th

We are delighted to announce that we are finally able to resume our programme of community archaeology - “Between the Barrows”.

We need volunteers to assist during school group sessions and our community dig sessions open to the general public.

Morning sessions are 9:30am - 12pm, afternoon sessions are 1-4pm.

Places are limited so please contact abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk to secure your spot. Families are welcome. Non-participating visitors are welcome during the community sessions but we would appreciate you letting us know you are coming.

For more information: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023-community-archaeology

Monday 12th June 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

This week, Kids on Track had their third session. They continued to build their garden furniture by assembling another palette sofa. After the construction of their second sofa was complete, they started to paint them both grey.

The Harrow Way School Group wanted to create some garden furniture as well and continued Den Building! The group making the garden furniture created a sofa out of palettes. The den building team had some disappointing news this week. Unfortunately, due to Harmony Woods being a Community Woodland, their Den they built last time was destroyed by members of the public. However, after feeling a bit disheartened, they did manage to rebuild it and place the signs they created for it in school. They also enjoyed a game of Hide and Seek Tag and helped water the large poplar tree at the entrance of Harmony Woods.

The first group of Andover Young Carers wanted to spend some time with us at the Bungalow this week. They showed us around, played games with us and even a bit of cheerleading! It was lovely to see them in their own environment and enjoying the sunshine.

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Hazel Coppice Sale

Gardeners, ahoy!

Do you want to help out a local charity and have sustainably sourced hazel poles and branches to support your beans and peas… or tall flowers that just won’t stay upright…

Andover Trees United is selling them for a limited time only at £1 per pole or stick! Freshly collected from Trinley estate after the ATU team had coppiced them.

If you would like to purchase some please contact Sharon.vennall@andovertrees.org.uk

Citizen Science

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 24th June, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a walk and talk on wildflowers. You will learn to recognise some of the species we have in Harmony Woods and understand why wildflower meadows are so important.

Keep an eye on our events calendar for updates: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-calendar or email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 8th July

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, 8th July!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Between the Barrows - Community Archaeology - June 24th - July 9th

We are delighted to announce that we are finally able to resume our programme of community archaeology - “Between the Barrows”.

We need volunteers to assist during school group sessions and our community dig sessions open to the general public.

Morning sessions are 9:30am - 12pm, afternoon sessions are 1-4pm.

Places are limited so please contact abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk to secure your spot. Families are welcome. Non-participating visitors are welcome during the community sessions but we would appreciate you letting us know you are coming.

For more information: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023-community-archaeology

Monday 5th June 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

Due to half-term there were no Nature Nurture Sessions this week. Come back next week for more updates!

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Hazel Coppice Sale

Gardeners, ahoy!

Do you want to help out a local charity and have sustainably sourced hazel poles and branches to support your beans and peas… or tall flowers that just won’t stay upright…

Andover Trees United is selling them for a limited time only at £1 per pole or stick! Freshly collected from Trinley estate after the ATU team had coppiced them.

If you would like to purchase some please contact Sharon.vennall@andovertrees.org.uk

Citizen Science

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 24th June, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a walk and talk on wildflowers. You will learn to recognise some of the species we have in Harmony Woods and understand why wildflower meadows are so important.

Keep an eye on our events calendar for updates: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-calendar or email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 10th June

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, 10th May!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Between the Barrows - Community Archaeology - June 24th - July 9th

We are delighted to announce that we are finally able to resume our programme of community archaeology - “Between the Barrows”.

We need volunteers to assist during school group sessions and our community dig sessions open to the general public.

Morning sessions are 9:30am - 12pm, afternoon sessions are 1-4pm.

Places are limited so please contact abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk to secure your spot. Families are welcome. Non-participating visitors are welcome during the community sessions but we would appreciate you letting us know you are coming.

For more information: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023-community-archaeology

Monday 29th May 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

This week was the second session for Kids on Track and they started making their garden furniture out of pallets today. Following instructions and working as a team, the young lads managed to create their first piece, a SOFA! They sanded, glued, nailed and sawed their way to successfully constructing a lovely outdoor sofa.

Photos taken By Jo Oliver-Hawkins and Abbey Sadler

The second group of Andover Young Carers continued their Green Craft sessions with Tie Dying! They used traditional techniques to create exciting patterns on strips of cloth, perfect for wall hangings or a tea towel. They also enjoyed playing a game of hide and seek in the sun.

Keep a lookout for more updates!

School Seed Planting

The Andover Trees United team arrived to talk about wildflowers with several classes at Portway Junior School this week. The children were very excited and full of energy, curiosity and questions.

The children were introduced to field scabious, birdsfoot trefoil, wild marjoram, kidney vetch, foxglove and musk mallow. They used fantastic observational skills to identify each flower and followed this up by playing a game of Wildflower Bingo! Great values of teamwork were observed as the group chose their favourite flower and identified them to win the game.

Each group then planted two trays of seeds that have now been transported back to the warmth and safety of the Vigo Road Allotments. Once the flowers have grown, the classes will be invited up to Harmony Woods to plant their wildflowers out. It was a lovely afternoon, enjoyed by all.

We had a lovely morning at Appleshaw Primary School. We had the real pleasure of working with a group of Year Two children. It was a beautiful afternoon, the sun was beaming down on the undercover outdoor area that we were working in and the children managed to stay focussed on their wildflowers, even with class photos taking place at the same time! The children worked in groups, with mums and grandmothers, to observe and discuss their nominated wildflower, before using wax and watercolours to produce some beautiful realistic images. The children particularly enjoyed participating in creative work alongside their families, and were awed by some of their parents' work.

The children worked hard, sowing their seeds and showed great understanding of the process of germination. This was our final seed sowing session with local schools and the polytunnel at the allotment is now bursting at the seams!

We look forward to the children joining us in the woods in the Autumn to plant the flowers out.

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Hazel Coppice Sale

Gardeners, ahoy!

Do you want to help out a local charity and have sustainably sourced hazel poles and branches to support your beans and peas… or tall flowers that just won’t stay upright…

Andover Trees United is selling them for a limited time only at £1 per pole or stick! Freshly collected from Trinley estate after the ATU team had coppiced them.

If you would like to purchase some please contact Sharon.vennall@andovertrees.org.uk

Citizen Science

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 27th May, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a lovely morning of learning to identify some common birds by sight and song.

Keep an eye on our events calendar for updates: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-calendar or email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 10th June

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, 10th May!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Between the Barrows - Community Archaeology - June 24th - July 9th

We are delighted to announce that we are finally able to resume our programme of community archaeology - “Between the Barrows”.

We need volunteers to assist during school group sessions and our community dig sessions open to the general public.

Morning sessions are 9:30am - 12pm, afternoon sessions are 1-4pm.

Places are limited so please contact abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk to secure your spot. Families are welcome. Non-participating visitors are welcome during the community sessions but we would appreciate you letting us know you are coming.

For more information: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023-community-archaeology

Monday 22nd May 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

This week was the first session for Kids on Track and they started with a pond dip! Using our dipping pond, they took several scoops and managed to identify lots of aquatic minibeasts. Their favourites included; bloodworms, leeches and waterlouse. With the help of the ATU team, they checked the large wildlife ponds to identify the newts. We have Smooth Newts! Also known as Common Newts (Lissotriton vulgaris).

The Harrow Way School Group continued their green craft lessons with Tie-Dying and continued Den Building! The group tie-dying did so with canvas bags and fabric dye, they also started painting palettes that they will be using in next week's lesson. The den building team used a tripod knot to create the frame for their Den. After some deliberation, they decided to use a palette for the base to raise it from the ground, and three other palettes for the walls.

The first group of Andover Young Carers continued with their Fairy Trail creation! They finished most of their fairy houses, ready to paint and varnish next session. They also enjoyed playing a game of rugby in the sun.

Keep a lookout for more updates!

School Seed Planting

The Andover Trees United team arrived to talk about wildflowers with a mixed class of Years R, 1 and 2 at Vernham Dean School this week. The children were very excited and full of energy, curiosity and questions.

The children were introduced to field scabious, birdsfoot trefoil, wild marjoram, kidney vetch, foxglove and musk mallow. They used fantastic observational skills to identify each flower and followed this up producing beautiful wax and watercolour pictures. Great values of kindness were observed as the group studied each other's artwork. They looked stunning. We were incredibly lucky to have a large number of parents and grandparents join us for the afternoon. It was fabulous to see the mixed generations working together.

After a quick stretch of our legs, we moved outside so that the children could plant the seed of the flowers that they had been drawing and painting. Each group planted two trays of seeds that have now been transported back to the warmth and safety of the Vigo Road Allotments. Once the flowers have grown, the class and their family helpers will be invited up to Harmony Woods to plant their wildflowers out. It was a lovely afternoon, enjoyed by all.

Come back next week to hear about the plantings at Portway and Appleshaw.

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Auction of Promises - Friday 19th May

A MASSIVE thank you to everyone that came to the Auction on Friday! The event was a great success, and helped us raise much needed funds for the cabin. We hope that all who attended had a wonderful evening and that you managed to snag yourself a bargain or two!

A special thank you to the Wolversdene Club for the venue, Abel & Cole for providing table nibbles, Jane of Andover Buffets for the delicious food, Julian Chen of New Street Dental Care and Serendipity Vintage for sponsoring the event.

We would also like to thank our compere Dave Allon and our musician for the evening Matty Twigg, we couldn’t have done it without you! You made the evening a great success.

Citizen Science

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 27th May, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a lovely morning of learning to identify some common birds by sight and song.

Keep an eye on our events calendar for updates: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-calendar or email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 10th June

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, 10th May!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Monday 15th May 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

This week, the second group made some lovely paintings using wood as a canvas, continuing their green crafts workshops. They painted pictures of what they thought they might find in the woods as well as things that are important to them.

Keep a lookout for more updates!

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

King’s Coronation ‘Big Help Out’

Andover Trees United, and the people of Andover, took part in the 'Big Help Out' for King Charles III Coronation.

Many lovely people came to volunteer their time at Harmony Woods this morning. Activities included; hedgerow clearing, cabin building, compost toilet maintenance, Landrover washing and wooden disc painting.

We also had a lovely address from the Deputy Lieutenant, Lady Louisa Portal, celebrating the Junior Foresters by awarding them their 'Queen Green Canopy' coins.

Read all about the momentous event here:

https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/blog-list/diggingit2

Citizen Science

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 27th May, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a lovely morning of learning to identify some common birds by sight and song.

Keep an eye on our events calendar for updates: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-calendar or email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 10th June

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, 10th May!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Auction of Promises - Friday 19th May

Our much-loved auction of promises event is back!

Join us at The Hayward Suite At The Wolversdene Club, in Andover, on the evening of Friday May 19th for an evening of delicious food and live entertainment, and help us raise much needed funds to complete our wonderful cabin.

https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2022/5/6/auction-of-promises-xg44m

Monday 8th May 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

This week, the first group continued their fairy trail. They started to design and make their fairy houses using recycled materials, clay, willow and paper mache.

We also had the first session for the third group. They are a larger group and are split into two mini groups. One group is learning different Green Crafts, and the other is learning how to build a shelter. This session the Green Crafts they learnt was all about using nature and natural materials to create art work. The other group created a smaller version of their shelter so they could see what would work as a design.

Keep a lookout for more updates!

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Recent and Upcoming Events

Citizen Science

More information to follow for the next one! Keep an eye on our events calendar for updates: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-calendar or email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 13th May

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, 13th May To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Auction of Promises - Friday 19th May

Our much-loved auction of promises event is back!

Join us at The Hayward Suite At The Wolversdene Club, in Andover, on the evening of Friday May 19th for an evening of delicious food and live entertainment, and help us raise much needed funds to complete our wonderful cabin.

https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2022/5/6/auction-of-promises-xg44m

Monday 1st May 2023

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

This week saw the beginning of the sessions for the second group, who are learning different Green Crafts. They learnt the ancient craft of willow weaving, and created willow bird feeders to take home with them.

Keep a lookout for more updates!

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey continues with Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

Loft Singers - Singing in the Summer

This May Day (Monday 1st May 2023) the Loft Singers and friends performed traditional Beltane celebrations to sing in the summer. They performed traditional folk songs, several arranged by Paul Sartin as part of choirs. The performance celebrated May as the return of the Spring; with the birds singing, leaves greening and sun shining, the day was a glorious one. The singing followed by wine and nibbles, tea and cake.

The singers chose to sing where trees were planted in memory of former choir leaders Sarah Morgan and Paul Sartin. Paul led projects for ATU last summer (Voices in Harmony and Living by the Ash Tree Waters) and he is greatly missed by all - this was a lovely way to remember and connect to him. The singers were delighted that Paul’s mum, Angie, could join us.

Recent and Upcoming Events

Citizen Science - Trees Walk & Talk

On Saturday 29th April we held our first Citizen Science event of 2023. With the help of tree expert Harvey Sullivan, Laura (ATU Ecology Intern) led a group on a lovely walk around Harmony Woods, identifying the British native trees that the wood is home to. With the sun shining it was a lovely morning.

More information to follow for the next one! Keep an eye on our events calendar for updates: https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-calendar or email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

King’s Coronation Volunteer Day - Monday 8th May

The new king has suggested that people spend the bank holiday on Monday 8th May volunteering. Andover Trees United will be running a volunteering day at Harmony Woods from 10am till 1pm. Followed by a Picnic Lunch, please bring your own.

https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023/5/8/kings-coronation-volunteer-day

Saturday ‘Helping Hands’ Workday - 13th May

Come join us for our monthly Saturday Helping Hands Day, 13th May!

To sign up email: wendy.davis@andovertrees.org.uk

Auction of Promises - Friday 19th May

Our much-loved auction of promises event is back!

Join us at The Hayward Suite At The Wolversdene Club, in Andover, on the evening of Friday May 19th for an evening of delicious food and live entertainment, and help us raise much needed funds to complete our wonderful cabin.

https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2022/5/6/auction-of-promises-xg44m

Monday 24th April 2023

Nature In Harmony

Our annual biodiversity survey has started for 2023 with our new Ecology Intern, Laura Morrell. The data collection started at the beginning of the Month and runs weekly till the end of September. Laura has been busy marking out her transects and has started her weekly data collection. She has been recording bird, butterfly, pollinator, wildflower and grass species along eight transects across Harmony and the Diamond Wood.

If you have a good knowledge of data collection techniques and chalk meadow woodland species ID and would like to help, please contact our Intern Laura via email: laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

The Nature Nurture Project

The Nature Nurture Project is a new project run by our Nature and Community Officers, Abbey and Jo. It is a project designed to help local children and young people to connect with nature. It is funded by the HiWCF, and will allow groups of young people to design their own project at Harmony Woods.

This week saw the beginning of the sessions for the first group, who are designing a Fairy Garden Trail within Harmony Woods. They have marked out their trail, sown some wildflowers to plant along their trail and started designing some fairy doors.

Keep a lookout for more updates!

Recent and Upcoming Events

RCS Easter Half-term HAF Days

This Easter Half-Term our Nature and Community Officers and the Youth Team ran some wonderful activities for Romsey Community Services family and teen HAF sessions. From arts and crafts to outdoor nature games and BBQ, the sessions were fun for all involved.

Kids on Track Easter Half-term Activity Day

This Easter Half-Term our Nature and Community Officers ran an orienteering session for Kids on Track, based out at Farleigh School. The young people used compass skills to find the hidden letters in the forest at Farleigh.

Citizen Science - Trees Walk & Talk

Our 'Nature in Harmony' citizen science events are back! Join us on Saturday 29th April at 9:30am at Harmony Woods for a session all about trees.

Please email laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023/4/29/citizen-science-2023-april

King’s Coronation Volunteer Day - Monday 8th May

The new king has suggested that people spend the bank holiday on Monday 8th May volunteering. Andover Trees United will be running a volunteering day at Harmony Woods from 10am till 1pm. Followed by a Picnic Lunch, please bring your own.

https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2023/5/8/kings-coronation-volunteer-day

Auction of Promises - Friday 19th May

Our much-loved auction of promises event is back!

Join us at The Hayward Suite At The Wolversdene Club, in Andover, on the evening of Friday May 19th for an evening of delicious food and live entertainment, and help us raise much needed funds to complete our wonderful cabin.

https://www.andovertrees.org.uk/events-list/2022/5/6/auction-of-promises-xg44m