Connect with nature!
The Wild Harrow programme is a series of themed volunteer and training events celebrating the wildlife and green spaces of Harrow.
This programme is delivered in partnership by Voluntary Action Harrow, Harrow Nature Conservation Forum, and Harrow Parks Forum. Together, we are working to promote wellbeing, grow volunteering opportunities, and strengthen local park and conservation groups.
Our activities are inspired by the idea of discovering the “wild” in our beautiful borough. Helping residents connect with nature, learn new skills, and meet others who care about Harrow’s parks and green spaces.
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We would love to welcome you!
Biological Recording 101
Learn how to turn your wildlife observations into valuable data and get to grips with iRecord.
Biological recording is the scientific practice of finding, identifying and recording the presence of living organisms, helping us to understand the distribution, abundance, associations and changes, both in time and space, of wildlife.
The Friends of Headstone Manor Park, 151A Pinner View, Harrow HA2 6PX
People’s Emergency Briefing
A film presented by Chris Packham, is screening in communities and workplaces across the UK to raise awareness and build public support for that government-led briefing.
Holy Trinity Wealdstone 1A Headstone Dr, Harrow, HA3 5QX
The Listening Walk at Headstone Manor Park
Medatative walk, Reflective pauses & Story telling
Conservation Working Party at Stanmore Common
Join us for a fun day outdoors helping to keep Stanmore Common green and thriving with some easy conservation tasks!
Stanmore Common Nature Reserve, Warren Lane, Stanmore HA7 4LB
Fungi Field Recorder Day
On this Field Recorder Day, we invite you to join like-minded nature enthusiasts for a day of learning about, finding, identifying and recording fungi in an informal setting. Naturalists of all levels (from total beginner to expert) are encouraged to attend, share their experiences with peers and help one another improve their knowledge and build confidence in biological recording.
Stanmore Common Nature Reserve, Warren Lane, Stanmore, HA7 4LB
Working Party at Lady Gilberts Orchard
The jobs will include clearing round bases of fruit tree trunks, mulching with bracken (dependant on prior rainfall), removing plants growing over one of the phoenix trees, digging out invasive saplings and pendulous sedges and finishing dead hedges’ tidy-up.
Next to Best Western Plus Grim’s Dyke Hotel, HA3 6SH
Nature’s Harvest (Nature Walk) at Headstone Manor
Join Margaret Huitson of the Friends of Headstone Manor Park on this walk to discover Natures Harvest amongst the Trees and Hedgerows within the Park.
Margaret is a local naturalist a member of Harrow Nature Conservation Forum and has an in depth knowledge of the park.
Headstone Manor Park, Pinner View, Harrow HA2 6PX
Orchard Care Workshop at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Orchard
Come learn about orchard care and management at the fabulous Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital orchard.
This orchard is mixture of veteran and young trees and there will be different practical tasks to get involved in, no experience necessary and suitable for all abilities.
We will be mulching the trees with woodchip and bulb planting to help the orchard flourish.
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Orchard, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP
The Listening Walk at Headstone Manor Park
Medatative walk, Reflective pauses & Story telling
The Copse Nature Walk at Headstone Manor Park
Join Adrian Doyle & Jonathan Barker from the Friends of Headstone Manor Park for a sensory walk through The Copse and experience pure nature and discover more about this 1 Hectare wooded environment.
Christmas Walk at Headstone Manor Park
Join Margaret Huitson of the Friends of Headstone Manor park on this Christmas walk to discover nature in the park. Margaret is a local naturalist and member of Harrow Nature Conservation Forum and has an in depth knowledge of the park .
Stanmore Common: Every Wednesday and every Sunday
Join the warden team doing regular conservation work on Stanmore Common. The meeting place for all events such as guided walks and conservation work parties is the car park in Warren Lane. Bring your own gloves if possible but these can be provided. Toola and instruction will be given by the warden team. Stanmore Common is Harrow’s wildest area so dress accordingly with protective boots or shoes and appropriate clothing which you don’t mind getting dirty or….ripped by brambles!
Newton Farm Ecology Park: Every Saturday morning
Volunteers meet every Saturday morning (except Christmas and New Year) to give some TLC to the boroughs only Ecology Park. There are meadows to maintain, an Osier bed to coppice, and a stream to monitor and keep clean. We also keep paths and seating areas clear for visitors and biorecord the nature we find.
Stanmore Country Park: First Wednesday of each month
We do jobs to make the site better for wildlife such as cutting and raking up the grass to maintain meadows in good condition, and jobs to make the site better for human visitors, such as cutting back bramble from the paths.
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