Horsham Park is home to several conservation projects created by the friends and other volunteers to support wildlife, improve habitats and inspire community involvement.
Below are some of the conservation projects that the Friends of Horsham Park have been involved with:
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Climate change bed
What Is the Climate Change Bed? The Climate Change Bed was created by the Friends of Horsham Park in 2021 as an experiment. With our district facing more frequent droughts due to climate change, we wanted to see whether a planting scheme could survive,…
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Bee bed and bug hotel
Tucked near the outdoor gym pod and Pavilions in the Park, the bee bed is a spot that many visitors walk straight past. That’s a shame, because it has a great story behind it. It has even earned the park a national award. The…
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The Meadow
The Meadow is an area of the park between the football pitches and the skatepark. The grass in the rest of the park is cut every two weeks, but this area has been left to grow into a meadow. Mown paths guide people through…