Seedling Swap

How are your seedlings coming on? Too many tomato plants?! Come along to a Seedling Swap event at Hassocks Community Veg Patch on Saturday 26th April to swap your seedlings. Or if you don’t have any plants, you can pick some up some seedlings in exchange for a small donation, or just come and say hello! You’ll find Greener Hassocks and Ditchling behind the Age Concern building from 9am-12.30pm.

Volunteer opportunity

On the afternoon of 12 July, 2-4pm, we will be organising a ‘Kidical Mass’: a fun, safe community bike ride. There will be feeder rides from Hurstpierpoint and Ditchling, meeting in Adastra Park. From there a short three to five-mile ride will make its way around Hassocks, ending at Adastra Park.

Your kids need you! All riders under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. So, for now, we need you to do one or two things to make sure this ride happens Firstly, get ready to ride! Get the ride into your diary, get your bikes out of the shed, tune them up (we can help with that), and go on some safe practice rides with your kids. We will send out details on how to register for the ride during May.

In addition, we need people to sign up now to be a steward. We need as many stewards as possible. It will involve one brief training session before July; and then a two-hour commitment on the afternoon of 12th July. Please sign up by emailing greenerhassocksditchling@ gmail.com and we will give you more details.

Save the date

On 6th May, at the monthly Climate Hub Event, the former Chief Executive and now President of Sussex Wildlife Trust will speak about biodiversity. As the national spokesperson on woodland issues for The Wildlife Trusts, a Trustee of the Knepp Wildland Foundation and a long term supporter of Knepp Wildland project, he offers valuable insights into wildlife issues in Sussex. The event will take place at 7.30pm - location TBC.