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…

To mark the Coronation of King Charles III in May, a common Lime tree (Tilia europaea) was planted in Horsham Park. It stands just a few yards away from another Tilia europaea, planted in March 2022 to mark the Platinum Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her Queens Green Canopy. The planting…

On 26 March, our intrepid volunteer litter pickers went, out once again, on a very wet Sunday morning. They did a brilliant job and collected 11 large sacks of rubbish in the one-hour session; the same number of sacks as collected by the Horsham Lions a month earlier.   We are pleased that most visitors respect the…

The Samaritans and Friends of Horsham Park are inviting you to join us on Saturday, 1 April from 11.00-12.30 at the Bulbs for Lives field in Horsham Park.  We hope you have already been to admire the beautiful crocus and by then the daffodils should be in full bloom. This thank-you event, especially for everyone who…

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HDC has commenced the final stage of the Horsham Park Pond project. The works start with the removal of a number of trees that are close to the large willow tree, to give it more prominence and open up the view to the pond. There will also be some work on other trees on the western…

Be part of #BigGardenBirdWatch. Simply choose an hour between 27 and 29 January and count the birds you see land in your garden, on your balcony, or even in Horsham park. Then report what you saw. Even if you saw nothing, it still counts.   Click here for more details