Featured event
How to survey a hedgerow
Date: 21 May 2013
Location: Meet at Sandy Balls Holiday Park, Godshill, SP6 2JZ
Time: 10:30 - 15:30
Cost: Free
Training is being held for members of the local community to enable them to survey their local hedgerows.
Would you like learn more about hedgerow species and how to survey them in your local areas?
The Community Wildlife Plans Project in partnership with Godshill Parish Council and Sandy Balls Holiday Centre are running this workshop to train members of the local community to have the skills to survey their local hedgerows.
We hope to have members of the community involved recording hedgerows. Please wear appropriate clothing for the weather and terrain and bring your lunch.
The workshop is FREE but places are limited. Booking essential via email: communitywildlifeplans@nflandadvice.org.uk or 01590 646654 or contact the project for further information.
Happening Today, 19 May 2013
A date with nature
Date: 29 March 2013 - 31 August 2013
Every day
Location: New Forest Reptile Centre
Time: 10:30 - 16:00
Cost: Car parking donation
Take a peak at birds of prey and reptiles. Grid ref: 270072. Suitable for all. No booking required. Enquiries: 01273 775333.
Come and get a sneak peak of what’s happening in the nests of some of our most spectacular visitors and secretive residents via our live nest-cams, chat to the experts and get the lowdown on our native reptiles, who all live in the Forest.
From our viewpoint: the New Forest as experienced by diverse cultures
Date: 4 May 2013 - 2 June 2013
Every day
Location: New Forest Centre, Lyndhurst
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Cost: Free entry to exhibition
Grid ref: SU301082 Suitable for all No booking required Last entry 4pm Enquiries: 023 8028 3444
This exciting exhibition celebrates the sights, sounds and memories of the New Forest, captured by neighbouring multicultural communities. Come and explore how our experiences shape our connections with the Forest and reflect on your own views of this precious landscape.
See www.newforestcentre.org.uk for more information about the Centre and its facilities.
New Forest Open Art Competition submission period
Date: 8 May 2013 - 7 July 2013
Every day
Location: New Forest Centre
Cost: £5 or £3 for full-time students per piece of artwork
To celebrate this unique place the New Forest National Park Authority has teamed up with the New Forest Centre in Lyndhurst to launch a joint open art competition.
If you are a budding artist, photographer or craftsperson who takes inspiration from the New Forest, we would like to hear from you.
The competition is sponsored by ExxonMobil at the Fawley Refinery and local magazine Park Culture.
Prizes from ExxonMobil at the Fawley Refinery:
- First prize - £500
- Second prize - £300
- Third prize - £100
People’s Prize - £100 and a feature in Park Culture magazine.
How to enter:
Submission dates for artwork – 5 and 6 July 2013.
Application forms, artwork labels and poster
For more information visit the New Forest Centre
New Forest Wedding Group wedding exhibition
Date: 19 May 2013
Location: Dibden Golf Centre, Main Road, Dibden, SO45 5TB.
Time: 11:00 - 15:00
Cost: Free
Free admission to our unique event where you can come and look at our work and discuss your wedding requirements. All 19 suppliers offer different services. Chance to win £200 off your wedding.
Pedalon SouthernXC Regional Championships
Date: 19 May 2013
Location: Crow Hill, Ringwood
Time: 09:00 - 16:00
Cost: £5 - £30 for racers. Spectators free.
Cross Country mountain bike racing. All abilities.
Riders from all over the Central, Southern and South East regions compete for champion title in 27 categories from Under 9s to Elite. Contact: info@southernmbc.com Details: www.southernxc.net
