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Greenspace Festival 2025 - call for volunteers
Calling all DU staff and students!
Recycle your unwanted plants
Help us reach our waste target by donating your unwanted plants when you move out this summer.
Congratulations to our My Greenspace app monthly winners
This month, you've taken the time to upload your #nomowmay photos to earn points on our app.
Greenspace Festival 2025 - save the date
On Tuesday 10 June, from 11:30 to 16:30 at Library Square, near Bill Bryson Library, we will be celebrating all things sustainability and biodiversity at the University, with stallholders from our partners in environmental action, talks from sustainability leaders and much more.
Wildflower planting volunteering opportunity
This May, we are participating in No Mow May, a movement that encourages letting lawns grow to support pollinators and other essential wildlife.
Are you taking part in No Mow May? Find out how you can win...
The Grounds team have dedicated parts of the Durham University campus and 50 per cent of the Botanic Gardens to #nomowmay
By taking part, we hope to support essential pollinators and other wildlife.
Congratulations to our My Greenspace app monthly winners!
You've been busy taking part in our sustainable fashion tasks and uploading photos of our iNaturalist guided walks to earn points and win prizes.
City Nature Challenge 2025 x DU Greenspace
Join us for one of our guided walks and support the global citizen science project.
Wildflower plant sale, Botanic Gardens, Durham University
Spring is here and it's the perfect time to transform your lawns into wildlife havens by taking part in No Mow May. You can also support biodiversity by planting wildflowers in your garden boarders or planters.
Greenspace calendar Easter term 24-25
Get involved this term!
Greenspace calendar April 2024 - 2025
Join the Greenspace movement in April!
Congratulations to our monthly My Greenspace winners!
Congratulations to our My Greenspace app monthly winners.