Green Westcott/Community Garden

11/06/2026

This film is free to watch online for the next 4 days!

Can we feed the world without destroying it?! Rosario Dawson’s award-winning film The Need To GROW shows the SOLUTIONS — and the real stories of the game-changing innovators behind them.

10/06/2026

Wonderful to see ladybirds keeping blackfly on our broad beans in check!

30/05/2026

"The resilience of the natural world comes from ancient, underappreciated forces known as feedback loops. A positive feedback loop occurs when the outcome of a process has an effect that amplifies the process itself."

Technological interventions face huge financial or practical challenges. Why not embrace the Earth’s feedback loops?

30/05/2026

🆘️🆘️🆘️Urgent Help Needed

Request from Mike Priaulx

Swift calls urgently needed in the Dorking area! Do you have boxes or bricks installed already and can play calls?

Probably the largest colony in Dorking, Regent House adjacent to the railway station, has just been demolished and the resident pairs are looking for a home.

Swifts unfortunately tend to find boxes very slowly if no calls are playing (unless similar boxes are already in use), and the colony and pairs will disperse out of the area. If you can assist or need advice, please let me know.

As demolition took place after the swifts returned it was clearly illegal and the finest minds are working on that aspect, plus getting long-term provision into the new development. However in the short term we need to find a home for the displaced swifts! Many thanks :-)

Lib Dem Chris Coghlan for Dorking and Horley
Surrey Surrey Birding RSPB North West Surrey Local Group Guildford Swift Project The Wildlife Trusts Extinction Rebellion Dorking, Reigate & Redhill

Photo: A.L. Brewer

28/05/2026

Delighted to be included on the trail for Westcott Open Gardens again this year!

11/05/2026

Last week was Awareness week, but there are ways that you can help our prickly friends any time

This Hedgehog Awareness Week, we’re asking people to take the Hedgehog Pledge! We’ve chosen seven practical actions that will have a positive impact on hedgehogs and other wildlife – one for each day of Hedgehog Week.Sign up & take the pledge – pick just one or do one every day of ...

08/05/2026

'The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.'
David Attenborough

Happy 100th Birthday!

27/04/2026

25/04/2026

Wonderful opportunity to visit this fantastic garden in Dorking & buy some plants for your garden

We can't wait to see you today at our annual Spring Plant Sale!

Gates to the garden open at 11:00 and entry is free! Don't miss this chance to help support our incredible volunteers!

Plenty of plants available to buy and some delicious refreshments to enjoy!

24/04/2026

Important advice for how to best help our garden birds...

Get started feeding birds in your garden. Discover if you should feed birds in the summer, what feeders to use, where to put them & how to care for them