11-01-2014 : Floods? What floods? Clear skies and clear ditches at Tolworth Court

With the recent torrential downpours, nothing could be more appropriate for volunteers to get stuck into than ditch restoration to help water drainage at Tolworth Court sports ground and enhance habitat.

Volunteers lined the ditch, forming a production line of efficient digging 'machines'!

07-12-2013 : Festive Rhodo bash at Kingston Hill

Our last biodiversity event of the year proved overwhelmingly popular as lots of students, local residents and Environment Trust volunteers turned out to help rid our grassland of invasive rhododendron. 'tis the season of goodwill and this lot certainly did their good deed for the day at Kingston Hill.

Getting into the festive spirit, the gang posed with santa hats on before they set to work!

30-11-2013 : Ditch restoration at Tolworth Court scores highly for habitat.

A new venue, and a new task, but the same old gutsy determination from our volunteers was evident on Saturday as the ditches at Tolworth Court sportsground were given a new lease of life.

George puts his back into it, digging down to find the watercourse

16-11-2013 : Waving a wand over the pond

When volunteers turned up at the Kingston Hill pond on Saturday they not only cleared it of overgrowth, but transformed it and the surrounding area into a healthy and supportive habitat for all sorts of wildlife.

Chris led the charge as volunteers dug out overgrown sedge

18-10-2013 : ZSL Eel forum

On Friday 18th October our Middle Mill eel trap monitors joined volunteers from other trap sites around London at London Zoo for their annual Eel Forum to discuss this season's results and plans for the future.

Joe Pecorelli thanks all volunteers for their work this season

Autumn 2013 : Dorich House orchard fruit identification

It has been a long-standing mystery what the fruit trees at Dorich House actually are, but thanks to a bumper harvest and some RHS expertise, four varieties are a mystery no more!

Name that apple!

09-10-2013 : Tea party gets KU garden growing again!

As the seasons turn, so does our attention...to preparing our community garden for winter. A tea party was the order of the day to celebrate this lovely growing space on campus and get a few gardening tasks ticked off.

Have you discovered our community garden yet?