Workshop: Build a Wild Bird Nesting Box
This practical workshop invites you to build a wooden bird, bat or solitary bee nesting box, ready to be placed in your garden.
You will learn how to construct habitat boxes from recycled timber to be both functional and beautiful. We’ll also look at how to attract wildlife into your garden and create a safe space for birds to nest and breed in urban and suburban gardens.
This session will cover:
Basic carpentry skills
How to attract wildlife to make your garden more bird-friendly.
How to site a bird box
Conditions for the placement of your bird box
This session is ideal for anyone who wants to learn basic carpentry skills and what attracts birdlife into your garden,
Meet Jack
Jack is a Garden Education Officer at Walworth Garden, teaching students on our Level 2 Practical Horticulture Skills Diploma courses. He lives in South London and is interested in building ecosystems to benefit people and wildlife.
Price: £85/ Free for Southwark residents
Free places are available for Southwark residents aged 19+. Each resident can claim 1 place per academic year (Oct 23- Jul 24). To check whether you are eligible, please click here.
To claim your free place, click ‘Book Here’ below, and enter code ‘SOUTHWARK23’ under ‘Redeem Coupon’.
You will then be charged a £10 deposit in order to claim your place, this deposit will be refunded to you after you attend the workshop.
Please note that you will be required to fill in a Southwark Council form, including some personal information, in order to confirm your place on a workshop. Your place will not be confirmed until this has been completed in full.
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