Come and have a fun day or even a whole weekend with Protect Earth in a beautiful part of the country! The landowners are offering free meals and free accommodation for volunteers. See below for accommodation details.
What is happening?
This farm is a large (18 hectare) site comprising a wide mixture of habitats including grassland, scrub, hedgerows, woodland and ponds. It is already good for wildlife – but the landowners would like to make it even better by creating more habitat. With Protect Earth’s help the landowners want to plant another 1400 native broadleaf trees on this occasion. Next year we hope to create a new wildlife corridor and a wildflower meadow here.
We appreciate volunteers who are able to come for part of the day, a whole day or even the whole weekend, and children are welcome. We love it when the local community gets involved in their area, and also welcome guests from further away. It allows us to make new friends, catch up with friends we've made, and learn what people love about their communities while talking to them about enriching local biodiversity.
Where: near Helston, Cornwall
Date: 13/01/24 - 14/01/24
Time: 10.00 - 16.00
What do I need to bring/ know?
No previous experience is necessary, we’ll train you up and provide all the necessary equipment. Please come dressed for the weather.
We will provide tea, coffee, and biscuits to keep you going, but please bring a refillable water bottle as there will be water available to top up.
There is plenty of parking here.
No dogs at this event please.
Full details will be sent out a week before the event, including the address and meeting place.
Whenever possible we encourage volunteers to car share, use public transportation, or even cycle, to keep emissions down and avoid stressing parking space. If you need a lift, or can offer one, please contact us and we can try to arrange that for you.
What is the accommodation like?
Accommodation is free in return for your tree planting efforts. This is not a guest house. You are welcome to stay in the landowner's farmhouse, ladies sharing a large bedroom and men sharing the lounge for sleeping. Please bring a mat/airbed and sleeping bag. There are three shower rooms, and a toilet near each 'dorm'. Free lunch and a cooked evening meal are offered on Saturday and Sunday along with a buffet style, help yourself breakfast for every night you stay. There are pubs nearby in Manaccan and Helston for lunch and dinner on Friday and Monday. Nights offered are Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Tree planting is Saturday and Sunday only, leaving you a free day in Cornwall if you want to stay on Monday night.You will need to contact us to book accomodation and inform us of any dietary requirements when you book your event tickets. Please let us know which nights you want to stay.
What happens Protect Earth needs to cancel?
Bad weather is difficult to plan for. In general, we will continue to plant if it’s raining, but if it’s looking dangerous e.g. named storms, or the ground is frozen, we will have to cancel an event. We will try and notify you as soon as we possibly can, and you’ll be invited to the rescheduled event.