Derby

Help us to maintain one of the city's Tiny Forest sites.

We'll do some weeding/litter picking/general maintenance at the site and you can see what we got up to at previous sessions here and here.

Please wear suitable footwear (walking boots, old trainers, wellies) and any outdoor clothes that are suitable for the weather that day and bring some gardening gloves. We will be outdoors for the entire session and this Tiny Forest site is quite steep so we will mostly be working on a slope.

Please sign up to the session if you are planning to attend so I know who to expect.

You can meet the GoodGym Area Activator at Alvaston Park car park (the one by the Community Centre) at 6.15pm to walk to the Tiny Forest site or you can meet at the Tiny Forest site at 6.30pm.

Full information about Alvaston Park can be found online here.

The Tiny Forest is located near Archer Street near to Wimorton Recreation Ground. Here is the site location. The surrounding residential roads are mostly permit parking only so it's up to you if you want to park there.

More about Tiny Forests...

There are 208 Tiny Forests across the UK as of December 2023 and over 90 of these are in and around Birmingham. Tiny Forests have been set up by Earthwatch to help combat climate change, urbanisation and our disconnect from nature. The forests are the size of a tennis court and each have 600 native species of trees planted densely together using the Miyawaki method of planting. Tree keepers are needed to be guardians of Tiny Forests and nurture and monitor them. At GoodGym Derby we will be a tree keeper as a collective for the two Tiny Forest sites in Derby. As a group or individually if you are passing by a Tiny Forest site we will aim to: take photos of wildlife sightings, report any antisocial behaviour, clear weeds, pick up litter, report any pests and retag any trees to prevent strangulation.