Urban Wild is a City-wide festival celebrating local wild places and the connection, creativity, and community that surrounds them. The festival invites everyone to explore the city’s green and blue spaces through a wonderously wide range of activities through the week, including our own Wild Wonders - Bees Bugs and Beasties session.

Come and join us at any time between 10.30-12.30 on Tuesday 27 May to enjoy:

A welcome return visit from Lizzie and Les, Puppet Back-up (seen here at last year's Pollinators event)
Dead hedge building - using the stakes and other materials that you can already see in place
Face painting
Bug hunt
Seed planting
Nature and Pollinator trail and quiz
Bug hotel replenishment

Refreshments provided free of charge, with a generous contribution from the Co-op in City Gateway, Swaythling.

Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. If the weather is bad, we can relocate some of the activities to the Scout Hut, Brickfield Road. For this special occasion, we also have use of the toilets at the Scout Hut. Our thanks to the Scoutmaster.

We'll also have a table (near the Hawthorns) for the final Urban Wild on the Common celebration on Sunday 1 June.

09 May 25 - Play Park Launch

Installation of new play equipment at the Rec is almost complete. Come and join representatives from the specialist developers, Kompan, the Council and of course ourselves, to celebrate the re-opening of the play area from 3pm onwards.

Meeting dates for 2025

Here are the dates for the next block of public meetings:

2 July 2025

3 December 2025

18 March 2026 (AGM)

We're expecting these to be held at the Scout Hut Brickfield Road, at 7.45pm. Meetings are open to everyone, and we look forward to welcoming you. (But please double-check beforehand, as occasionally dates may need to change.)

For Gardening Group dates and other details, please follow this link.

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