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AGM with Bioblitz, Talks, Thanks & Presentations
Sept
12
9:45 am09:45

AGM with Bioblitz, Talks, Thanks & Presentations

BIOBLITZ, TALKS, THANK-YOUS & PRESENTATIONS WITH AGM 2026 - followed by lunch

Saturday 12 September 2026

You’re warmly invited to join us for Andover Trees United’s annual Walks, Bioblitz, AGM & Lunch — a chance to get together, explore the Diamond Wood, celebrate everything we have achieved over the past year, and say a very big THANK YOU to everyone who has helped make it happen.

Your support really does make a difference.

Once a year, we come together to share our achievements, celebrate our volunteers and members, hear about what’s planned for the year ahead, and give everyone the opportunity to share their ideas for the future of the charity.

Bioblitz, TALKS & Thanks | 10:00am–12:00pm

9:45am – Arrive

Please arrive in time for a 10:00am start.

10:00am – Bioblitz led by Ecology Intern 

Join our intern for a guided Bioblitz in the wood, discovering more about the habitats and wildlife of the Diamond Wood. The Bioblitz encourages you to keep your eyes peeled for plants, insects, birds and other wildlife as we explore! This is also a taster session for young people interested in the new nature club starting in October.

10:45am – Tea, Coffee & Refreshments

We’ll return to The Cabin for a cuppa, refreshments and a chance to catch up with fellow ATU members, volunteers and supporters.

11:05am – Annual General Meeting

Our formal AGM will begin, including an update on the charity’s work and achievements over the past year.

If you have volunteered with ATU during the past year, you have voting rights at the AGM, and we encourage everyone to contribute their thoughts, ideas and suggestions about the charity and its future.

11:35am – Presentations, Thank-Yous & Short Talks

Hear from a range of people involved with ATU and discover more about the breadth of our work, our achievements and our plans for the future.

We’ll also be celebrating our volunteers, including King’s Award for Voluntary Service presentations, before welcoming new friends to the ATU community.

Lunch | 12:15–1:00pm

After the AGM, there will be time to look around our displays, chat with the team, ask questions and enjoy a light lunch together.

Please let us know in advance if you would like to stay for lunch and tell us about any allergies or dietary requirements, so we can prepare enough food for everyone.

RSVP

Please let us know whether you’re coming — and whether you’d like to stay for lunch.

Sign up here to confirm your place

If you can’t make it, please let us know that too. All apologies are acknowledged and help us demonstrate the strength of support for Andover Trees United within our local community.

If you have any questions, please contact Abbey at abbey.sadler@andovertrees.org.uk.

Getting There & Parking

Parking is available at the Sports Ground or Enham. If you choose to walk up Anton Lane, please avoid parking around The Green, out of respect for local residents.

COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US

Whether you’ve volunteered every week, supported us occasionally, joined a project, attended an event, or simply cheered us on from the sidelines, we’d love to see you.

Come and enjoy the woods, meet fellow ATU supporters, celebrate what we’ve achieved together, hear what’s next — and help us shape the future.

Thank you for everything you’ve done to support Andover Trees United.

Let’s continue making a difference together.

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Tree Ents Nature Club - October's Session
Oct
10
10:00 am10:00

Tree Ents Nature Club - October's Session

DISCOVER YOUR WOOD! RISK DETECTIVES!

Introductory Session & Managing Risk

Saturday 10th October 2026
10:00am–12:30pm
The Diamond Wood, Andover

For ages 12–15 years
Keen and enthusiastic 11-year-olds may also be accepted.

Do you love exploring, discovering wildlife and being outdoors? Come along to the first Tree Ents & Skylarks Youth Club session, meet your session leader Kanchi and help shape this exciting new nature club!

What will we do?

We'll get to know each other and explore:

💭 What you hope to discover
🌳 What skills you'd like to learn
🌍 Your ideas for helping nature

You'll receive your own Nature Adventure Book to record your discoveries and progress towards the Junior Forester Award.

Then we'll head into the wood for a fun nature challenge! Expect wildlife hunting, exploring and plenty of opportunities to discover something new.

Become a Risk Detective!

We'll also start thinking like real ecologists and woodland workers.

As we explore, we'll look for hazards, discuss what is actually risky in the woods and think about how we can stay safe while still having fun.

You'll use your first experiences of The Diamond Wood to create your own simple woodland risk assessment.

Your Ideas Matter!

This is a tester session, so we want to hear what you think!

Your ideas and interests will help shape future Tree Ents & Skylarks sessions alongside the challenges needed to achieve the Junior Forester Award.

Come and explore, discover and help build the Youth Club from the very beginning!

Costs

  • FREE for ATU Junior Members

  • £30 per seasonal block of six sessions for non-members

The cost includes all six sessions and the seasonal camp out. Payment is made in advance for each six-session block. BOOK YOU SPOT HERE!

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Explore The Wild: Autumn and Winter Wildlife ID
Oct
17
10:00 am10:00

Explore The Wild: Autumn and Winter Wildlife ID

Where Ecology, Creativity and Curiosity Meet

Explore the Wild is a brand new seasonal family nature series from Andover Trees United, designed to help young people and families discover the natural world through hands-on science, wildlife observation, creativity and outdoor exploration. Led by Ecology Intern Kanchi Mehta its a must attend session to truly learn about nature, right on your doorstep!

Running throughout the seasons, taking place once a month, these immersive sessions invite participants to notice nature in new ways!

When: Saturday 17th October | 10am–12pm
Where: Diamond Wood, Andover Trees United (meet at The Cabin)

Purchase tickets.

Pricing:
Adults £4
Children £3
Andover Trees United Members – FREE

Join us for a unique nature session on Autumn and Winter Wildlife ID.

Details:

  • Refreshments included

  • All materials provided

  • Outdoor activity – warm weather clothing recommended

  • Suitable for all the family

  • Free for all Andover United Trees Members

  • Places are limited. Book your tickets via our secure booking system.

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Explore The Wild: Cabinets of Curiosity
Nov
28
10:00 am10:00

Explore The Wild: Cabinets of Curiosity

Where Ecology, Creativity and Curiosity Meet

Explore the Wild is a brand new seasonal family nature series from Andover Trees United, designed to help young people and families discover the natural world through hands-on science, wildlife observation, creativity and outdoor exploration. Led by Ecology Intern Kanchi Mehta its a must attend session to truly learn about nature, right on your doorstep!

Running throughout the seasons, taking place once a month, these immersive sessions invite participants to notice nature in new ways!

November session - Cabinets of Curiosity: Collecting and Displaying

When: Saturday 28th November from 10am–12pm
Where: Diamond Wood, Andover Trees United (meet at The Cabin)

Purchase tickets.

Pricing:
Adults £4
Children £3
Andover Trees United Members – FREE

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Tree Ents Nature Club - December's Session
Dec
12
10:00 am10:00

Tree Ents Nature Club - December's Session

WHO LIVES IN A WOOD LIKE THIS?

Woodland Wildlife Detectives

Saturday 12th December 2026
10:00am–12:30pm
The Diamond Wood, Andover

For ages 12–15 years
Keen and enthusiastic 11-year-olds may also be accepted.

The woods might look quiet... but are they really? Join Tree Ents & Skylarks Youth Club as we become Wildlife Detectives and search for the creatures that call the woodland home!

What will we do?

After our woodland safety check, we'll head out on a wildlife adventure looking for clues.

We could discover:

🐾 Animal tracks
🪶 Feathers
🐛 Insects
🕸️ Spiders
🌿 Signs of animals feeding or hiding

Using magnifying glasses, field guides and our detective skills, we'll investigate who might be living all around us.

Old School vs Modern Tech!

How do ecologists identify wildlife?

We'll put different identification methods to the test, including traditional field guides and modern technology.

We'll discover the strengths and weaknesses of each and find out why real ecologists often use a mixture of both!

How Will the Wood Change?

We'll finish by thinking about the future.

How has the woodland changed already?

How might it change in the future?

And what could happen to the wildlife living here?

We'll share our ideas and start thinking about how people can help manage woodlands for wildlife — ready for our next Tree Ents adventures!

Come and explore, discover and help build the Youth Club from the very beginning!

Costs

  • FREE for ATU Junior Members

  • £30 per seasonal block of six sessions for non-members

The cost includes all six sessions and the seasonal camp out. Payment is made in advance for each six-session block. BOOK YOU SPOT HERE!

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Citizen Science - Bioblitz
Aug
26
9:30 am09:30

Citizen Science - Bioblitz

Join us on Saturday 26th August, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods, for our final citizen science session of the summer. It will be another bioblitz, where the aim is to record as many species as possible within the timeframe. It's another opportunity for more bug hunting, wildflower ID, bird ID, and tree ID, and we'll have a pond-dipping station too.


The session will begin at 9:30am, so please arrive by 9:25 to sign in. We will aim to finish around 11:30am.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

If you’re unfamiliar with how to get to Harmony Woods, you can find instructions on how to get there at the bottom of our Contact webpage.

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Invertebrate collection / Bug hunt
Jul
29
9:30 am09:30

Invertebrate collection / Bug hunt

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 29th July, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a session on invertebrates (bugs!).

We will be using ‘pooters’ to collect bugs around Harmony Woods and identify them.

This is part of our 2023 series of public ecology and citizen science events, which form part of our ‘Nature in Harmony’ project.


The session will begin at 9:30am, so please arrive by 9:25 to sign in. We will aim to finish around 11:30am.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

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Bioblitz
Jul
8
9:30 am09:30

Bioblitz

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 8th July at 9:30am in Harmony Woods for a Bioblitz.

There is the opportunity to join us the night before for a bat walk and moth-trapping. See separate event listing.

This is part of our 2023 series of public ecology and citizen science events, which form part of our ‘Nature in Harmony’ project. You can read about the previous ones on our blog.


The session will begin at 9:30am, so please arrive by 9:25 to sign in. We will aim to finish by 12pm.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

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Evening Bat Walk
Jul
7
8:00 pm20:00

Evening Bat Walk

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Friday 7th July in Harmony Woods for an evening bat walk. Exact times are yet to be confirmed, but due to the time of dusk the session is likely to start between 8 and 8:30pm.

No experience necessary, we will be using bat detectors. You will also be able to see how a moth trap is set up, and there is the opportunity to rejoin us on the Saturday morning to see the moths that have been caught, before a Bioblitz event.

This is the fourth of our 2023 series of public ecology and citizen science events, which form part of our ‘Nature in Harmony’ project. Read about the previous ones on our blog.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

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Wildflower Walk
Jun
24
9:30 am09:30

Wildflower Walk

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 24th June, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a walk and talk on wildflowers. You will learn to recognise some of the species we have in Harmony Woods and understand why wildflower meadows are so important.

This is the third of our 2023 series of public ecology and citizen science events, which form part of our ‘Nature in Harmony’ project. You can read about the first session in April on our blog here.


The session will begin at 9:30am, so please arrive by 9:25 to sign in. We will aim to finish around 11:30am.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

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Bird ID Session
May
27
9:30 am09:30

Bird ID Session

Join our Ecology Intern Laura on Saturday 27th May, 9:30-11:30am in Harmony Woods for a lovely morning of learning to identify some common birds by sight and song.

This is the second of our 2023 series of public ecology and citizen science events, which form part of our ‘Nature in Harmony’ project. The first one, in April, was on tree identification - read about it here.


The session will begin at 9:30am, so please arrive by 9:25 to sign in. We will aim to finish around 11:30am. Bring binoculars if you have them.

These events are free to attend but, to help us know how many people to expect, please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

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Citizen Science Event - Trees
Apr
29
9:30 am09:30

Citizen Science Event - Trees

Our Nature in Harmony citizen science sessions are back! These are monthly ecology-based events for all ages. Led by our Ecology Intern Laura, you will learn about some native British flora and fauna and have a go at some basic survey techniques to see what is present in Harmony Woods.

Join us on Saturday 29th April for the first of these events - a walk and talk on trees. We will start at 9:30am and be finished by 12pm. From then on the sessions will take place on the fourth Saturday of each month until September:

  • Saturday April 29th - Trees

  • Saturday May 27th

  • Saturday June 24th

  • Saturday July 22nd

  • Saturday August 26th

  • Saturday September 23rd

All future sessions will be added to the Events Calendar when confirmed, so please do keep checking. The order of these is still being decided and will be confirmed soon, but will include wildflowers, invertebrates, pond dipping, moth trapping, a bat walk, and a Bioblitz.

These events are free to attend but please register in advance by emailing laura.morrell@andovertrees.org.uk

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Evening Discovery Walk
Sept
24
5:00 pm17:00

Evening Discovery Walk

Saturday September 24th , 5-6:30pm

Come for a very chilled, laid back walk around the woods in the early evening. We will have a look at the foraging species present in the woods and collect some tree and wildflower seeds, followed by a tasting of jellies and chutneys that have made from Harmony Woods fruits. We will have the bat detectors on hand just in case the conditions are suitable for bats (but we cannot promise anything due to the lateness in the season!)

Get in touch if you'd like to come along! Email: alex.marshall@andovertrees.org.uk

Free event. Spaces limited so sign up is essential, suited to all ages and abilities!

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Jun
18
10:00 am10:00

Painting on Wood with Wildflower Walk

Come for a guided walk around Harmony Woods with our graduate intern and be introduced to some of the most beautiful, rare and interesting species present there. We will be walking as one group so it is important that you arrive promptly at 9:50 am, for a 10am start.

Followed by a wood painting craft session.

Use the wildflowers (or whatever you fancy) as inspiration for painting onto some of our leftover pieces of larch and cedar (leftover from last year’s cabin frame build!). You will be able to take your creations and new wildlfower knowledge home with you :)

This is for all ages and abilities! Equipment is provided.

When Saturday June 18th 10 am - 1pm (including refreshment break)

Prices (this is to cover cost of the prepared timber blocks and painting materials).

  • £7 per adult includes painting on prepared timber blocks

  • £4 per under 18s includes painting on prepared timber blocks

Where Harmony Woods

Who everyone

Book your place:

email: serena.read@andovertrees.org.uk

Please note that the wildflower walk is a separate, but complimentary event. We recommend you attend the walk as well as the workshop but this is optional.
It has its own event listing here.

*this event forms part of the Timbershare Project*

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Jun
18
10:00 am10:00

Wildflower Walk

Come for a guided walk around Harmony Woods with our graduate intern and be introduced to some of the most beautiful, rare and interesting species present there. We will be walking as one group so it is important that you arrive promptly at 9:50 am, for a 10am start.

Followed by a chilled-out craft session. (this craft session is separate from the Painting on Wood workshop, although both follow immediately after the wildflower walk. If you would like to take part in the painting workshop, please let us know!)

This is for all ages and abilities! Identification sheets are provided.

When Saturday June 18th 10 am - 12pm (including refreshment break)

Where Harmony Woods

Who everyone

Book your place:

email: megan.broughton@andovertrees.org.uk

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