What's on in the countryside

Discover our growing variety of seasonal events happening across Surrey's countryside.

2025

January

Tree planting volunteer events this winter

The Tree Planting Team at Surrey County Council are seeking volunteers for their winter tree planting events to help plant new trees and meet the Council's 1.2million tree planting target! No experience needed, just wrap up warm, bring a spade and join in!

Date: Various until February
Place: Various locations across Surrey
Time: Usual times are 10am to 1pm or 1pm to 3pm

If you are interested in volunteering please register through this Eventbrite link.

Tree planting in Coulsdon

The Tree Planting Team at Surrey County Council are seeking volunteers to help with planting in Coulsdon. No experience needed, just wrap up warm, bring a spade and join in!

Date: Tuesday 14 January
Place: Church Lane Drive, Coulsdon, CR5 3RG
Time: 10.00am to 1.00pm

If you are interested in volunteering please register through this tree planting in Coulsdon link.

Countryside visitor survey engagement events

We are always looking to listen and learn from our visitors about how they enjoy Surrey's countryside spaces, including what they value most about their visits and how we can improve their overall experience. Our countryside visitor survey is running until 30 May and we will be holding in-person engagement events at various locations where you will have the opportunity to meet with staff from the Visitor Services Team and find out more about the survey.

Events are scheduled for:

Date: Thursday 30 January
Place: Sheepleas, St Mary's Church car park, KT24 6AP
Time: 10am to 1pm

and

Date: Saturday 1 February
Place: Newlands Corner, Albury Downs car park, GU4 8SE
Time: 9am to 12pm

We will be running events throughout the spring so please visit our visitor survey web pages for further details.

February

Tree giveaway at Surrey Libraries

Collect a Free Tree from a Surrey Library. In support of Surrey County Council's 1.2m Tree Strategy, to plant one tree for every Surrey resident by 2030, Surrey Libraries are pleased to be giving away free trees at the following libraries on:

Date: Saturday 8 February.
Place: Esher, Horley, Horsley and West Byfleet Libraries.
Time: 9.30am to 12.00pm (West Byfleet giveaway starts at 10am).

The trees are native, broad-leaved species and come with a stake and tie, ready for garden planting. We will also provide a leaflet containing information on how to plant and care for your tree to give it the best start in its new home.

For further details please visit the Surrey Libraries events web pages.

Tree planting in Horley

The Tree Planting Team at Surrey County Council are seeking volunteers to help with planting over three days in West Park Farm, Horley. No experience needed, just wrap up warm, bring a spade and join in!