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Title

Volunteering at the Tree Nursery

Organisation

hackney tree musketeers

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Short Description

Our focus changes seasonally, but our twice-weekly volunteering sessions regularly includes things like moving materials like compost, woodchip using wheelbarrows, weeding around the trees in their pots and around site, taking cuttings of plants to be propagated, potting trees into bigger pots, watering trees in their pots, collecting tree seeds, sowing seeds in trays, writing labels, turning the compost and maintaining tools + equipment.

What you will be doing

We are looking for volunteers to join in our regular volunteering sessions at Hackney Community Tree Nursery. This is where we propagate and nurture trees for planting out across the borough. The Nursery also contains an orchard/forest garden and small apiary maintained by volunteers.

You can drop in for volunteer sessions at the Tree Nursery on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am till 3pm. We break for refreshments around 12 and you can bring a packed lunch if you’d like. Tea and coffee are provided.

If it’s your first time attending one of our volunteer sessions we recommend arriving at 10am so you can be given a tour of the site and a safety induction.

Activities

Community Work,Gardening,Practical Work & DIY,Environmental,General and Helping

Skills & Attributes

Gardening

Skills Description

No skills needed. All abilities welcome. Just a love of nature and a willingness to muck in.

What is in it for you

We will teach you how to grow, plant and care for trees. At the Tree Nursery you will be working outdoors, enjoying a small unspoilt corner of London which has become a haven for wildlife. You will also be putting something back into your community by helping green up estates and combatting climate change by increasing the number of trees in urban spaces. The role can be as flexible as you want.

Time Commitment

If it’s your first time attending one of our volunteer sessions we recommend arriving at 10am so you can be given a tour of the site and a safety induction. After this you are welcome to drop in and out whenever you can

Driving Licence & Vehicle Required

Travel Expenses

Available in multiple locations

Further location details may be provided below.

Contact Person

Goldi Lox

Role Address

Hackney Marshes Centre, Homerton Rd, London E9 5PF

Postcode (See Google maps below)

E9 5PF

Directions

Located next to the Hackney Marshes centre. The buses 308 & W15 stop outside.

Number of volunteers required

How to find out more

Application Process

Application Form

ID Check

Disclosure Barring Service (DBS)

References

Informal Discussion (may include an interview)

Support you will receive

Wheelchair Access

Disability and Access Support

Access info: The site is flat, but the terrain is bump, grassy and woodchipped in places. Our compost toilet has 3 steps. The nearest level access toilet is at the Hackney Marshes Centre. Our two polytunnels are level access. In the winter one of the polytunnels is our main social space. There are two, well organised, shipping containers where tools are stored, both have dim lighting and one step. There is a library space which has two steps. There are hand washing and drinking water facilities on site. There is a microwave and kettle, and tea and coffee is provided. We can provide gloves, and have seating and kneeling pads that can be used around the site if you can’t stand for very long or kneel on hard ground. We regularly have wheelchair users, people with learning disabilities, and people with disabilities affecting their mobility and energy volunteering in the space.