Many of the Friends participate in the volunteering sessions run by Ranger Nick Macfarlane on behalf of Waverley Borough Council. These sessions aim to maintain the Park for the benefit of all users and also include conservation tasks for encouraging wildlife.

Volunteering sessions take place on Wednesday mornings, starting at 9am. A break for tea/coffee and home-made cake is an essential feature! Additional volunteer-led sessions also take place, usually Friday mornings from 9:30. Contact the Ranger for details of upcoming sessions.

Volunteering tasks include:

• Hedge-laying along The Avenue

• Fence building, for example erecting dead hedges around the ponds

• Installing benches

• Scrub clearing, to allow young trees space to grow

• Hazel coppicing, to provide material for fencing

• Clearing invasive vegetation from the ponds

• Creation of wildlife habitats, such as stag beetle habitats and a reptile hibernaculum

• Removal of invasive species such as balsam and ragwort

• General estate maintenance, such as removal of old fences, clearing paths, repairing bridges, installing drainage channels

As a reward at Christmas, we have a working lunch of baked potatoes and many home-made goodies.