Wildlife in Action: Volunteer Session
2025-09-27 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Rowntree Park, Terry Avenue, York, YO23 1JQ
Join us for a relaxed, hands-on morning caring for the Wildlife Area in Rowntree Park. Help with seasonal tasks like weeding, scything, and habitat care in a space designed to support biodiversity.
No experience needed — just bring enthusiasm and clothes you don’t mind getting muddy. All ages welcome and tools provided. A great way to connect with nature and support local wildlife.
Suitable for adults (children 11+ with parents/carers also welcome).

Curious & Creative Gardening Tour: Wildlife-Friendly Museum Gardens
2025-09-30 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-10-09 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2025-10-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Yorkshire Museum Gardens, Museum St, York, YO1 7FR, United Kingdom
Learn about the initiatives and interventions York Museums Trust’s Gardens Team have made to make their busy public garden more wildlife friendly. Take a tour around over 10 acres of grounds, discovering inspiration for your own garden or workplace green spaces.
You’ll learn about climate change and biodiversity, discover the importance of insects for the food chain and how to manage your green space throughout the seasons to create wildlife habitat, and adopt a new perspective with some native weeds.

Suited to people aged 12+ with an interest in making green spaces more wildlife friendly. Under 16’s must be accompanied by and adult.
Meet on the hard standing in front of the entrance to the Yorkshire Museum. The tour will take an accessible route around the Museum Gardens.
York Museums Trust opens York Museum Gardens free of charge for all to enjoy. As a registered charity, York Museum Trust encourage visitors to consider donating to enable the Trust to continue maintaining and preserving their gardens and buildings for generations to come.
Booking required and can be done here.
Please note: This event is weather dependant. If adverse weather conditions cause this event to be cancelled, ticket holders will be notified.

Create a Wildlife Haven in your Garden
2025-10-01 10:00 - 11:00, 2025-10-01 11:30 - 12:30 | Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens, Stewart Ln, Stillingfleet, York, Yorkshire, YO19 6HP, United Kingdom
Recently described as “the Mary Berry of gardening,” Vanessa Cook has been managing her garden for wildlife for 40 years. Join her on a guided walk to see the many ingredients that makes her garden a wildlife haven.
Learn how a few small actions in your garden or community space can make it a beacon of hope for local wildlife.
Each walk will be 60 minutes long, from 10:00 – 11:00 and from 11:30 to 12:30. There will be time to enjoy our tea room, shop and plant nursery after you have been on the walk, but please be aware that the garden will close at 13:00.
Suitable for all ages. Blue badge parking is available and there are plenty of benches around the garden.
Meet at the entrance hut. Places are limited, so pre-booking is essential. This can be done here.

Hands on with the gardeners @ York Minster
2025-10-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-09 10:00 - 12:00 | York Minster, Minster Yard, Deangate, York, YO1 7HH, United Kingdom
Meet the York Minster Gardening Team to hear about how they are making a home for nature in the centre of York and join in with a seasonal gardening task such as planting, preparing wildflower areas, making compost, surveying the bird nest boxes and tidying the gardens. A suitable task for the session will be chosen nearer the time.
Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Booking is required for this event. To do so, please send an email to works@yorkminster.org
Event will start by the Sensory Garden near to the Old Palace Library (YO1 7JQ).
Blue Badge parking is available on Deangate.

Plant Propagation Workshop
2025-10-02 13:00 - 15:00 | Homestead Park Pavillion, The Homestead, 40 Water End, York, YO30 6WP, United Kingdom
Join the garden team at Homestead Park for a workshop on dividing perennials.
We will begin with a walk through the park with the park team. We will practise lifting from plants, then return to our glasshouses to divide and propagate them, covering the principles of division and plant aftercare.
You will have a plant to take home – pots and compost will be provided. If you prefer to garden with gloves, please bring a pair with you.
Open to everybody – especially suited to beginners. Booking is required and can be done here.
All under 18s should be accompanied by a guardian.
Meet outside the Homestead Park Pavilion – What Three Words: https://w3w.co/haven.splash.unique

Gardening for Wildlife in Autumn
2025-10-04 10:30 - 12:15 | Room 1, Clifton Explore Centre, Rawcliffe Drive, York, YO30 6NS, Clifton Explore Centre, Rawcliffe Drive, York, YO30 6NS, United Kingdom
Come along to discover how you can really make a difference for wildlife in your garden over autumn and winter by creating a mosaic of habitats and establishing food sources, shelter and water features to increase biodiversity on your doorstep. We’ll explore a range of practical steps you can take in even the smallest of spaces and you’ll create some wildflower seed balls to take home and sow in your outdoor space.
All ages welcome. Booking required and can be done here.

Guided morning walk around Homestead Park
2025-10-11 09:00 - 11:00 | The Pavillion Homestead Park, Homestead Park, Clifton, York, YO30 6WP, United Kingdom
NOTE: This walk has been postponed from it’s original date due to adverse weather conditions. It will now take place on the 11th of October at 9am.
Start the day with a guided walk through Homestead Park. We will explore the colourful and diverse flora and fauna of early Autumn, share stories and insights from the park, and enjoy a few moments of calm and quiet among the trees. Participants will be invited to enjoy a cup of park-grown herbal tea together at the end of the walk (optional).
This will be a great event for new or experienced gardeners, nature lovers, and anyone interested in learning more about their local park.
Booking required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/york-environment-festival-guided-morning-walk-around-homestead-park-tickets-1556864015179?aff=oddtdtcreator
Suitable for ages 12+ (under 18s must be accompanied by a guardian)

Open Garden at the Nose
2025-10-19 14:00 - 16:00 | St Clement’s Church, 15A Scarcroft Rd, York, YO23 1NE
This community garden is for everyone is interested in growing (and eating) beautiful edible plants, some well-known varieties, and other more unusual ones.
Visitors will have the opportunity to find out how community gardening works and how it fits with Planet South Bank’s other projects. Those with gardens of their own can exchange gardening tips, find out about unusual plant varieties or perhaps be encouraged to start growing some food for themselves. Some outdoor activities and stalls for children.
