🌳 Under the Awongalema Tree: Interactive Storytelling, Craft & Activities Workshop 🌳

📅 Date: Thursday 7th August

🎨 Ages & Times:

• 3–6 years: 10am–12pm

• 7–11 years: 2pm–4pm

Step into the magical world of The Awongalema Tree, a joyful African folktale that celebrates perseverance, courage, and self-belief. Join workshop leaders Natalia and Matt, with support from Amanda, for a lively, hands-on session packed with:
✨ Storytelling
✂️ Creative crafts
🎲 Fun games and activities

This is a warm and welcoming space where children can play, imagine, and create—perfect for curious minds and active hands!

🎟 Cost: £10 per child
👨‍👩‍👧 Siblings: £5 each
👫 Adults go free
👧👦 Spaces limited to 15 children per session (plus accompanying adults)

Don’t miss this inspiring, interactive experience that brings stories to life—book your spot early!

Email abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 4th August at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 21st July at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 14th July at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Saturday 12th July, 10:00am – 3:00pm
📍 Harmony Woods (The Diamond Wood), Andover

Join Andover Trees United for our monthly Community Conservation Day – a hands-on, creative, and social day in the woods for all ages and abilities.

🛠 What’s Happening:

🌳 10:00am – 1:00pm: Woodland Work Party
Our regular conservation session: help care for the woods through bramble clearing, path maintenance, tree care, and other vital woodland management tasks. No experience needed – just come ready to get involved!

🎨 11:00am – 3:00pm: Carnival Craft-Making with CAS
Drop by our creative corner to make decorations and displays for our Andover Carnival stall! Whether you're crafty or just curious, all are welcome to join in and get creative.

☕ 11:30am – 12:30pm: Tea & Team Break
A perfect moment to stop for a cuppa and a biscuit, chat with fellow volunteers, or introduce a friend to the team.

🌼 Open Day – Bring a Friend!

This event is also an Open Day, ideal for new volunteers, families, and curious community members to see what we do and how to get involved. If you're already a regular, we’d love for you to bring along a friend, neighbour, or family member!

✅ Details:

• All tools and materials provided

• Family-friendly

• No experience needed – just enthusiasm!

• Drop in for an hour or stay the whole day

• Tea, biscuits, and warm welcomes included

📅 Event Summary:

• Date: Saturday 12th July 2025

• Time: 10:00am – 3:00pm (drop-in any time)

• Location: Harmony Woods, Andover (The Diamond Wood)

Let us know you’re coming or just turn up on the day!

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 7th July at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 30th June at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 23rd June at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

🌿 Volunteers Needed for the Wellbeing Fair! 🌿

We're looking for helping hands to support our Wellbeing Fair on Saturday 22nd June, from 8am to 3pm!

Whether you can give an hour, two, or the whole day, your time will make a big difference. We need volunteers to help with:

✨ Setting up in the morning
🎉 Supporting activities during the event
🧹 Packing down at the end of the day

It's a great way to meet people, have fun, and be part of something positive for the community.

Interested? Drop us a message at abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk

Let’s make this a fantastic day together!

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 16th June at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 9th June at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 2nd June at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Our Annual Fundraiser ‘Auction of Promises’ is back!

Friday 23rd May at Wherwell Village Hall from 6.45 PM to 11.00 PM

Join us to support youth provision in Nature at our annual fundraising event. Help us raise funds crucial to our charitable work, take part in a silent auction and a live bidding auction too. Enjoy a delicious supper along with drinks from the bar. Perhaps you’ll make another kind of donation, such as making a cake or offering an hour of gardening, no donation is too small!

Our annual auction of promises event is back! This year you will be helping us to raise funds to pay staff to run children’s nature activities in the wood.

To place a bid, or offer a ‘promise’ for the auction email: michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk

This event is ticketed

Contact Michelle Graham michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk to book your tickets or you the link below to book them on Eventbrite.

• £33 each if booked direct, £35 each if booked through Eventbrite

• Under 18s - £15 each

What’s included:

Welcome drinks
Live music
2-course supper ~ teas, coffee, biscuits
Live Auction - Sid Dajani
Silent Auction throughout the evening
Bar (CASH ONLY! Or settle your tab by BACS at the end of the evening. This keep the prices down)

Program for the night

6:45 Doors open
7:15 Welcome - Silent Auction Opens
7:30 Supper
8:15 Live Auction part 1
9:00 Break - Dessert
9:15 Live Auction part 2
10:00 Last Bids Silent Auction - Bar - Music
10:30 Silent Auction Closes - Bar & Music continue
11:00 Evening ends

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT ON THE NIGHT, YOU CAN STILL BE PART OF THE AUCTION - NO RESERVES - EVERY BID WILL HELP AND YOU MIGHT JUST BE THE WINNER!

To leave a bid or bids with us, message the friend that contacted you about the event or, if you are one of those lovely people who don’t know us but want to help, email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk

THANK YOU! (And of course, you only pay if you are the winning bidder. We will be in touch to let you know.)

Difference Between a Silent Auction and Live Auction

During a silent auction, there will be various tables and displays of items that guests can place bids on by writing their pledges. The bids can be seen by everyone so they can review the situation, check on the highest bid and determine if they want to exceed it in a bid to win. (Silent auctions are like going to a shop where there is just one of everything, choosing which items are the ones you want, and making written bids in an attempt to be the highest and thereby go home with it.) Once the time has run out to make bids, the last person on the list will be the highest bidder and they win the item.

Live auctions consist of guests raising their hand to bid for items in real-time The bidding stops when nobody wants to go any higher - the highest bidder, the last to offer a bid, will win the item. Auctioneers facilitate the live auction with a fabulous stage presence and presentations to sell the items to the assembled guests.

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 19th May at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Identifying Trees in Spring

Join our Intern, Hebe Everington, May’s Wild Harmony Event! A woodland walk and identification activities.

On Saturday, 17th May, from 10:30 AM to 1 PM at Harmony Woods. You’ll enjoy a morning of discovery and connection with nature, as well as learning how to recognise tree species using key features including leaves, buds and bark!

What to Expect:

• A guided woodland walk to observe and learn about native tree species

• Discover key Identifying features, and activities to remember them

• Free event with refreshments provided

Come along, get involved, and be part of this exciting new citizen science journey!

To sign up, please contact Michelle Graham at michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 12th May at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

May’s Community Conservation Day 

Saturday 10th May at Vigo Road Allotments, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

This next session in our wildflower project - Disappearing Wildflowers, we’ll be pricking out seeds that will later bloom in the new meadow at Harmony Woods. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced gardener, this is a great opportunity to learn, connect with nature, and make a meaningful impact in our community.

Bringing Kids Along? No problem! We’ll have a special crafting activity for children running alongside the seed sowing, so they can join in the fun too.

Contact Michelle Graham michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 28th April at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

Biodiversity Walk & Nature Journaling

Join us for our very first Wild Harmony Event – the new name for our citizen science sessions at Andover Trees United! As the Ecology Intern for 2025, Hebe can’t wait to kick off this new initiative with you.

On Saturday, 19th April, from 10:30 AM to 1 PM at Harmony Woods. We’ll enjoy a morning of discovery and connection with nature, as well as exploring the biodiversity of the woods on a guided walk and diving into the art of nature journaling.

What to Expect:

• A guided biodiversity walk to observe and learn about local wildlife

• A relaxing nature journaling activity to deepen your connection with the environment

• Free event with refreshments provided

Come along, get involved, and be part of this exciting new citizen science journey!

To sign up, please contact Michelle Graham at michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk

Easter Storytelling: Wake Up Bees!

📅 Wednesday, 16th April - 10am - 12pm (ages 3-7) & 2pm - 4pm (ages 7-11) at Harmony Woods

Interactive Storytelling and Craft Session

Lady Spring has overslept and it’s just too cold for the magical folk to create their fairy rings in the woods! Luckily a tiny fairy called Daffodil has a plan, but she’ll need to wake up the bees first!

Come and celebrate Spring with a fun, interactive retelling of this traditional Cornish folktale with Amanda Kane-Smith from Merry-go-Round Storytelling. Then create your own bee hotel and finger puppet to take home! This session will also include outdoor games.

With familiar face Matt and Natalia!

Cost: £10 per child (includes snacks and all craft materials). Morning session (10am - 12pm) open to ages 3 to 7. Afternoon session (2pm - 4pm) open to ages 7 to 11. Parents of younger children (under 7) will need to stay and join the fun!

Spaces are limited, so contact Michelle Graham michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk to book.

Volunteer Conservation Day 

Monday 14th April at Harmony Woods, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Join us for our weekly Monday volunteer workday!

Help take care of our community woodland or help grow wildflowers! - dependent of time of year and tasks.

Book: email michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk - please state your name, volunteer session date and time and number of guests.

Booking ensures that we provide the correct amount of kit, refreshments, gloves, plants etc. You must let us know if you can no longer make it.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.

April’s Community Conservation Day 

Saturday 12th April at Vigo Road Allotments, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM

This session marks the start of our wildflower project - Disappearing Wildflowers, where we’ll be sowing seeds that will later bloom in the new meadow at Harmony Woods. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced gardener, this is a great opportunity to learn, connect with nature, and make a meaningful impact in our community.

Bringing Kids Along? No problem! We’ll have a special crafting activity for children running alongside the seed sowing, so they can join in the fun too.

Contact Michelle Graham michelle.graham@andovertrees.org.uk to sign up.

FREE event, no experience needed, all equipment provided.