Growing Hollingdean

10-12noon, 7th June 2026

Join our volunteers meet at just before 10am at colourful shed on Lynchet Close for a couple of hours of light gardening around our many fruit and nut trees on Hollingdean estate. See our map for your nearest trees here. One of our Growing Hollingdean volunteers will talk through the mornings plan, including with some Health & Safety tips. If you have a young tree near you please, please water it, thank you.

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What we did on the first Sunday in May 2026

Seven volunteers arrived at the shed on Sunday 7th May 2026, to help Jo-seph plant and sew seeds around the bottom of the local tree to create a tree guilds (gardens). We started at the shed, tree number 177, a Red Devil Apple where bulbs, apple mint (Mentha suaveolens) planted earlier in the year. We planted some chives and strawberries while Jo-seph explained all about guilds.

Apple Tree 076 is looking very pretty with its Ground Ivy around the base creating a natural guild

Over the road to numbers 078, 077, 076, 075 and 074 on Brentwood Road we weeded and scatters seeds and planted strawberry plants. We would really apricate it if you are able to water these young plants in the dry weather. Visit our Tree Map here.

Round the corner at Merevale we pulled out the stinging nettles and cleavers from around tree numbers 191 Plum, 190 Apple, and 189 Apple trees. Planted strawberries plants and scattered seeds such as Nasturtiums (Tropaeolum majus), Nigella flowers and wildflowers such as Corn Marigolds.