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Join us for Wildflower Verge Cutting & Planting 2025

22nd Sep 2025

Join us for Wildflower Verge Cutting & Planting September 2025, Jon Growing Hollingdean volunteers. — *Mountfields Wildflower Verge*

Saturday 27 September, Mountfields Triangle, 10am-12pm, Rain or Shine!

Join the Growing Hollingdean volunteers for our annual wildflower meadow cutting on Saturday 27th September 2025. We’ll meet at 10am at the Growing Hollingdean shed on the corner of Brentwood Road and Lynchet Close to collect equipment (or bring your own), before walking down to the wildflower triangle behind the 50 bus stop at Mountfields and The Crestway (in pink). Together we’ll be cutting the meadow with shears and scythes, and planting wildflower plants and bulbs using trowels and gloves. Come along, lend a hand, and help care for our beautiful community wildflower meadow!

Free Event Hollingdean, Brighton this September 2025

“The wildflowers attract pollinators such as bees, flies, moths and flower beetles. Other insects and spiders soon follow, as well as larger predators…” Says Natural History Museum. These wildflowers provide vital food and habitat for Hollingdean’s swifts, buzzards, blackbirds, sparrows and more—so come along, lend a hand, and see what insects you can spot while helping care for our community meadow!

Join us for Wildflower Verge Cutting & Planting September 2025, Growing Hollingdean volunteers.

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Help Us Water the Edible Plants

15th Apr 2025

Hollingdean Park Needs You! Bring a bottle?!

Help water the edible hedge at Hollingdean Park and Community Orchard 2025

The weather has been gorgeous recently but also incredibly dry. This means that all the edible plants we put it on the Community Days over the last couple of months are very, very thirsty. So how about bringing up a bottle of water if you’re passing-it could be an old milk carton or similar – and giving one or two plants a really good drink. The edible planting is along the fence towards the Hollingdean Community Orchard and in the orchard itself.

How best to water the plants

It’s best to give one or two plants plenty of water, rather than lots of plants a little bit as it encourages the plants to keep sending their roots deep which helps them thrive. Also, even if we have some rain over the next week, the ground is still very dry so we still need to water if at all possible. We are working on accessing water regularly from the Family Hub but in the meantime, every bit of water really does help.

Don’t forget to enjoy all the beautiful blossom in the orchard.

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Want to be part of something new in 2025? Help plan and plant Edible Garden beds in Hollingdean Park!

17th Dec 2024

Join us on Sunday 12th January 2025, 11-2pm, share your ideas and hear others, refreshments included

Exciting news, we are building an editable garden at the Family Hub play park in 2025

Get Growing in Hollingdean Park, Everyone Welcome!

Our first date is Sunday 12th January 2025 11am – 2pm. Join us to design and plan beautiful garden beds. Could be currants, raspberries, herbs…. maybe a fruit tree or two…and many other possibilities…… We will be looking at areas to plant, drawing and choosing design ideas indoors at the Family Hub building. As well as enjoying some soup and hot drinks for lunch. Click on the link at the bottom of this post to sign up for the event.

Growing Hollingdean volunteers are partnering with Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, Brighton Permaculture Trust and Hollingdean Family Hub and you! Children are welcome with a responsible adult. We will be outside at times so please bring suitable warm clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty.

Community Design Day

Sunday 12th January 2025 11am – 2pm. Join us to design and plan a beautiful garden outside Hollingdean Family Hub, Lynchet Close, Brighton.

Edible Landscape Training Day

Sunday 9th February 2025, 10am – 4pm. Learn about food forests, with practical planting activities at Hollingdean Family Hub, Lynchet Close, Brighton.

Community Planting Day

Sunday 9th March 2025, 10am – 4pm. Plant trees and plants, at Hollingdean Family Hub, Lynchet Close, Brighton.

Sign up for each event via the ‘Register Now’ button; You will have to register separately for each event day for a Free lunch. Please only register adults attending. Any other questions please email rob@bhfood.org.uk or call 01273 234 810 quoting the ‘Get Growing in Hollingdean Park’ events.

We look forward to seeing you.

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Tree Guardians next meet up is Sunday 6th October 2024, 10am at Lynchet Close shed – everyone welcome!

4th Oct 2024

Growing Hollingdean Walnut Tree 245 Horton Road-Tree Map September 2024

Tree Guardians last met at Horton Road in September 2024

On Sunday 1st September 2024, Growing Hollingdean Tree Guardian volunteers saved a young walnut tree number 245 from being overtaken by bind weed. It lives at the back of Horton Road flats where cardboard was laid round the base and mulch added on top, giving this tree a better chance and take advantage of moisture and nutrients.

Walnuts

Walnut trees can be pruned from mid June to late September, giving air and light to walnuts ripening between September and December. If you would like to see a full grown walnut tree check out the two large beauties near the shops on The Crestway, number 044 and 045. If you are lucky the local squirrel may have left some walnuts for you.

Growing Hollingdean Tree Map

See our tree map for your nearest fruit or nut tree click here. Join us for a walk round, all abilities welcome.

Tree Guardian Volunteers Wanted

Everyone welcome to join us for two hours of light shovelling, weeding, walking, pruning or just for a chat. Get out and feel good this Autumn in your local area, we are so lucky to have green spaces around us. See what Thrive say here…. “Spending time in nature can be good for our health and wellbeing. You don’t need a garden of your own to benefit. A simple planter or time in a park can still work wonders.”

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The wildflower patch at Hollingdean Park is looking beautiful

26th Jul 2024

In July 2024 on Lynchet Close

You are never to young to volunteer! The Apple Pickers pre-school Forest School group sowed wildflower seed in this new bed at Hollingdean Park when the new playground was installed (see in a previous post). All their efforts mean there are beautiful flowers to enjoy now and a host of insect life happily buzzing and pollinating. And later this summer, when the blossoms set seed, next year’s wildflowers will be sown. There will be even more to see next year. All the fruit trees, fruit bushes and plants across Hollingdean will have a better chance of producing good crops next season.

Apple Pickers DIY Forest School

Thank you to the Apple Pickers!

We look forward to meeting you.

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Growing Hollingdean

Growing Hollingdean is a volunteer group of local residents that help develop community growing and wildlife spaces in the Hollingdean area

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