Our upcoming events

All of our events are local to our project area in Nottingham, they are free and led by wild.NG volunteers. If you would like to host a local event for our local community, please do get in touch. You may have a specialism or skill to share and inspire.

Please ensure you reserve your free place (unless otherwise specified) by clicking on the event image.

We will continue to always host free events. If you wish to donate to support the delivery our events and local wildlife please click on the link below. 100% of your donation goes to our project and helping our local wildlife.


Meet the Neighbours: May Blossom
May
1

Meet the Neighbours: May Blossom

Join us for a relaxed event to get more familiar with the remarkable Hawthorn (aka May Tree). We will meet on the evening of Mayday / Beltane to share stories about this familiar shrub - including its value to wildlife, folklore, and human uses such as food and medicine. We’ll taste hawthorn products together, and have a go at some hands-on activities.

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Early Spring Pavement Gardening
Mar
15
to Mar 16

Early Spring Pavement Gardening

Fancy a spot of pavement gardening this spring? Could you volunteer up to an hour of your time to help cut back or remove last years growth on your street? We hope you can join us as part of our Poison Free Pavements campaign. We welcome you and your neighbours to join us and register your interest and street here.

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Swift Homecoming Parade
May
19

Swift Homecoming Parade

Join us for our first ever Swift Homecoming Parade in Nottingham. This short community walk will take place in Carrington and we are delighted to be joined by pupils and community from Claremont Primary School. Please bring smiles and placards!

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Pavement Botany Walk
May
16

Pavement Botany Walk

We will be holding the first of this season's pavement botany walks on Tuesday 16th. Join us as we examine the often-overlooked wildflowers that colonise our streets, and chalk their names to celebrate them and help others notice them.

There will also be an opportunity to find out more about our #poisonfreepavements campaign.

All welcome - an ideal event to bring kids too

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wild.NG Bat Detecting
Aug
26

wild.NG Bat Detecting

Join our wild.NG bat experts Michael Walker and Lorna Griffiths to detect bat populations in our project area. They’ll be bringing with them bat detectors for you to tune into the frequencies of different urban bats and listen to the echolocation and hunting sounds.

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Swift Street Talk and Tour
Jul
10

Swift Street Talk and Tour

Join wild.NG for this great event about our urban swifts and the project in our area. You will discover the fascinating wonder of this enigmatic superhero bird, its life cycle, migration and its nesting/breeding behaviour and observe local swifts in the area. Talk at St Johns followed by tour to view swifts in area.

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Meet the neighbours: Linden Trees
Jun
22

Meet the neighbours: Linden Trees

Join us for the first "Meet the Neighbours" event - getting to know our more-than-human neighbours in the city and and taking a deep dive into their histories, ecology, folklore and uses. Led by local artists and plant enthusiast Becky Beinart, with input from Nottingham City Tree Officer and local resident Alex Begg.

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Bat Walk
Sep
9

Bat Walk

Join wild.NG for this late summer dusk walk to tune into the echolocation of our urban bats. Equipped with our hand held bat detectors, this event will be packed with important and fascinating bat facts led by our local bat experts. Suitable for all ages and families, join us at Woodthorpe Park for this great event, and discover how we can all help to improve our urban bat populations.

This event is free. However, we we welcome an optional donation of £3 per person, which will go directly to making and installing bat boxes in the wild.NG area.

Please book early to avoid disappointment.

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Urban Tree Tour
Jul
17

Urban Tree Tour

Walking the streets of Nottingham to discover the wonder and beauty of our urban trees, and importantly learn about canopy cover, the challenges facing our street trees and how as a community we can help take care of our local trees.

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Our wild.NG Streets
Jul
11

Our wild.NG Streets

Join the wild.NG team for an inspiring event to create more wilder streets where we live. A neighbourhood level event, we will be hosting talks and encouraging new ideas and connecting together as a community to make a real difference.

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Art in the Garden
Jul
10

Art in the Garden

Join Michelle Reader, artist and member of wild.NG for innovative creative activities to create pollinator-inspired sculptural plant markers from found materials. Visitors will also get to see her spectacular wildlife-inspired sculptures made from waste alongside the art of many other artists as part of a creative day at Windmill Community Gardens. No need to book.

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Swift Street Tour
Jul
7

Swift Street Tour

Join INSTAR Trish, Nick and Tim of Swift Street together with Michael, Lorna and Nick from Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, for a walk about tour to observe the aerobatic wonder and behaviour of swifts nesting in across our community. They will also introduce you to the breathtaking facts about this superhero bird and also about swift street as a project and offer advice about creating your own swift street. Suitable for all ages, families welcome.

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