Discover wildlife-friendly habitats, plant herbs in a pot to take home, explore the heritage of local green spaces, and enjoy arts & crafts.

Buzzing Barnet is a community event that helps bring people together to create more spaces for wildflowers and pollinators across the borough. Their group members will demonstrate various ways to rewild urban gardens, such as adding a small pond and nesting habitats.

The workshop supports participants to fashion “Buzz Stops” - portable pots planted with pollinator-friendly herbs and flowers that people can situate in their gardens and balconies thus providing nectar rich pathways for insects. Please bring a bag to carry your pots back home.

As part of Pollinators, Pathways and the Historic Walks of Finchley, this year’s event will also explore the history of local community gardens and green spaces, looking at how urban development has changed Finchley’s natural landscape over time and how community-led projects are helping reconnect habitats across the area.

Alongside planting activities, enjoy relaxed arts and crafts in a welcoming community setting. Visitors to the workshop will also be invited to engage in arts & crafts from upcycled materials, guided by artist and Archive Manager for the Finchley Society, Alison Sharpe.

The event is organised by East Finchley Town Team, the Finchley Pollinator Project, and East Finchley Community Trust.

Weather Information

The event is outdoors, under robust gazebos

Finchley Pollinator Project

The Finchley Pollinator Project is a community-led group working to improve local habitat for pollinators. Over the last four years they have engaged many of the local organisations, groups and individuals, increasing marginalised people’ wellbeing by engaging with nature through joyful activities which also improve the local area.