🌼 Help Bee Friendly Warwick Create a Wildflower Meadow! 🐝

Will enable us to create a 200 metre floodplain meadow an extremely valuable habitat type and biodiversity hotspot

Warwick & Leamington Spa

Location
Warwick Percys Allotment
Portobello Way
Warwick
CV34 5FX
Date and time
18:30 - 19:30
Wednesday, 29th of July 2026
Who this task will support
Wild Plot
This project is for Bee Friendly Warwick (you've helped us in the past; it's been great!) to create a wildlife meadow on an old allotment we started renting this year. The allotment is not near a power source, or anything really; it's a lovely spot! We need help strimming (we have two battery strimmers), hand-raking what we've strimmed, and bashing an awful lot of Himalayan Balsam. Once the area is strimmed, we should be able to bring in petrol scarifiers to level the soil and sow wildlife seed. There may well be a stage 2 for the project - to sow seed. The site floods A LOT. So it is tricky to do anything between November and February. We'd like to get it strimmed by mid-September. Ready for the next stage. Your help would be very much appreciated.

Join us for a rewarding conservation mission with Bee Friendly Warwick as we tackle one of the UK's most invasive plants – Himalayan balsam.

We'll be helping clear balsam from a section of floodplain, giving native wildflowers the space they need to thrive. This work will help create a beautiful wildflower meadow, providing vital habitat and food for bees, butterflies and other pollinators while improving local biodiversity.

Himalayan balsam spreads rapidly and crowds out native plants, so every stem we remove makes a real difference. It's surprisingly satisfying work and no previous experience is needed – we'll show you what to look for and the best way to remove it.

What to bring Sturdy footwear (the ground may be uneven or muddy) Long sleeves and trousers recommended Gardening gloves if you have them (some spares may be available) A drink to keep hydrated

Come along, enjoy some fresh air, meet fellow GoodGymers, and help transform this area into a haven for wildlife. Every pair of hands will make a difference!

Let's pull together to help nature bloom! 🌸🐝

NB: This is on an allotment and there are no toilet facilities Free parking is available at the entrance gates to the allotments. Sara, the event organiser has promised some vegan snacks and some water.

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  • Tim HURRELL

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Location
Warwick Percys Allotment
Portobello Way
Warwick
CV34 5FX
Date and time
18:30 - 19:30
Wednesday, 29th of July 2026
Who this task will support
Wild Plot
This project is for Bee Friendly Warwick (you've helped us in the past; it's been great!) to create a wildlife meadow on an old allotment we started renting this year. The allotment is not near a power source, or anything really; it's a lovely spot! We need help strimming (we have two battery strimmers), hand-raking what we've strimmed, and bashing an awful lot of Himalayan Balsam. Once the area is strimmed, we should be able to bring in petrol scarifiers to level the soil and sow wildlife seed. There may well be a stage 2 for the project - to sow seed. The site floods A LOT. So it is tricky to do anything between November and February. We'd like to get it strimmed by mid-September. Ready for the next stage. Your help would be very much appreciated.
Walkable

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Ideal for beginners

Warwick Percys Allotment
Portobello Way
Warwick
CV34 5FX

Stacey R
Led by Stacey R

I joined GoodGym to keep active while giving back to the community. I enjoy the mix of running and helping out on meaningful projects

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