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It’s volunteer week 1-7 June so we want to shout out a BIG THANK YOU to the many volunteers who help to enhance, promote and protect Horsham Park. There are now 20 volunteers who participate in our Wednesday morning group – they cut back overgrowth to keep paths accessible, litter-pick, plant, weed, prune and sow…

We’d like to thank West Sussex County Times for publishing our ‘Campaign to protect the park’. If you didn’t get to see it, here’s what we said: “The Friends of Horsham Park would like to congratulate the Liberal Democrats on their election victory. As the new administration with a good majority, they now have decision-making…

Everyone, everywhere, should be able to grow up, and grow old, with nature. It’s been very clear over recent years how important it is for us all to spend time in nature – not least for our mental and physical health and wellbeing. But the covid pandemic highlighted the inequalities there are around how much…

The opening of the new skate park proved to be a highly successful day.  The sun was shining, extreme sports enthusiasts and families crowded round to watch and gasp at the Team Extreme professional riders showing off their amazing jumps, grabs and spins.  It was a very inclusive day with plenty of time for everyone…

Since last year’s Hedgehog Awareness Week, the park team has installed Hedgehog Highways in Horsham Park Pond’s fencing to help make life a little easier for them. Have you spotted the doorways? Keep your eyes peeled next time you’re in the park          

As members of Horsham Green Spaces we are participating in a long term urban nature-recovery project linking the green spaces in the town via several ‘pollinator flyways’.  The vision is to include school fields, sports fields, allotments, cemeteries, railway lines, verges and, of course, gardens.  The first stage of the project is to map existing…

If you’ve never tried bowls, here’s your chance. Horsham Park Bowls Club has a new game called Bowls Bash that all can play, even if you’ve never played bowls before.  It’s a dynamic game with a fixed number of ‘ends’, which makes it very competitive and fun.  Each game can have either 2 or 4…

  The Friends were delighted to take part in a joint celebration with the Samaritans and the Park Management Team on Saturday 1st April. The event was to celebrate the planting of three silver birch trees and the installation of two new ‘reflection’ benches at the recently created Bulbs for Lives field.  It was also…

  A familiar face in the Human Nature Garden was given a new-look this week after its predecessor was damaged beyond repair. The new shepherd was carved by PIXIE Mushroom sussex chainsaw carvings and funded by grounds maintenance contractors idverde UK from their Community Investment Fund. “The original shepherd was a much-loved character, and I…