Set up in 2024, our North Somerset Council volunteers meet every other Wednesday between 10am and noon. Tasks include weeding, litter picking, maintaining the flower beds and general tidying and maintenance of the area.
For more information, email our parks ranger.
Set up in 2016 with North Somerset Council, the Friends of Grove Park work tirelessly in Grove Park to maintain the rockeries and improve the park for visitors and wildlife. They support events taking place in the park, litter pick, plant flowers, weed and much more. They regularly work with other organisations developing an inclusive and welcoming environment to volunteer in.
Above Marine Lake in Weston-super-Mare, this small garden has been tendered to by volunteers for over 10 years. The gardens were created as part of the field arts trail.
The volunteers carry out litter picking, weeding and pruning of plants. They regularly plant new wild flowers to compliment the more established plants. They also do maintenance tasks such as painting the shelter.
To get involved please contact our parks ranger.
Maltlands park, otherwise known as railway triangle, has a small group of dedicated volunteers who litter pick and carry out small vegetation management tasks.
They also sometimes litter pick the surrounding cycle paths.
Set up in 2021, Mudlarks have been working with North Somerset Council to help promote Weston Marine Lake. They carry out regular litter picks around the lake and help to promote and maintain this important site.
This formal garden can be found overlooking Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare. The park has stunning views across the channel to Wales.
The Friends of Prince Consort Gardens (FoPCG) work in partnership with North Somerset Council to continuously improve this beautiful park. Their recent projects have involved improving the old boating pond to make it a thriving wildlife pond.
The FoPCG also work with Westcliffe house which is a local centre for recovering addicts. They work in the gardens with Bridgwater College to provide horticultural training for their residents.
The FoPCG meet on Saturday morning.
Introduced in 2023, the SEE Monster Garden is the legacy to the SEE Monster project which was part of the UK wide UNBOXED art displays. Plants and trees that were used in the project have been replanted in this garden at the end of Weston-super-Mare seafront.
A pétanque court has also been added.
A new volunteer group has been set up with the our parks ranger to carry out various gardening tasks. These include litter picking, light pruning of the vegetation and weeding.
For more information please contact our parks ranger.
Worlebury Camp is an iron age hillfort occupying 10 hectares of land within Worlebury Hill.
The Worlebury Hillfort Group work with North Somerset Council to help preserve the hillfort area. Volunteer tasks include scrub clearance, grass cutting and litter picking.
To find out more and get involved, please email Worlebury Hillfort Group.
Uphill Hill is a Local Nature Reserve, SSSI and part of the Mendip Hills SAC, and is an important grassland site in North Somerset.
We have a dedicated local volunteer warden who helps keep an eye on the grazing cattle and carries out small tasks around the site to ensure the path is accessible.
There are some larger vegetation tasks to be carried out during the winter as well as the opportunity to be a sheep checker. Sheep checkers keep an eye on our visiting sheep during the winter that graze the species rich bank.
To get involved please email our parks ranger.