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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…

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

In partnership with Friends of Horsham Park and Age UK, West Sussex, Brighton & Hove, Whistlestop Arts secured Covid-19 recovery funding from Sussex Community Partnership.   ​The funding has enabled us to research, design and create a Virtual Day Trip focusing on Horsham Park. The main aim is to highlight Covid-19 safe spaces, accessible to…

The Conversation Starter Project (CSP) host free walk and talk sessions in the park every Wednesday morning. Here’s what it’s about:           Who are CSP? The CSP was set up by Founder psychologist Dr Tara Quin-Cirillo in 2021 in response to the pandemic, who was then joined by mindfulness coach Shirley Blanch…

Plans for a permanent, public memorial to Horsham’s Romantic and radical poet Percy Bysshe Shelley are moving a step forward with the development of an artist’s brief and selection process for the artist who will be commissioned to produce the final public artwork. It is proposed that the memorial will be situated in the centre…

The newly built skatepark in Horsham Park is now finished and open, click link below for more details: https://www.horsham.gov.uk/parks-and-countryside/horsham-park/horsham-skate-park

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