april - easter holidays

Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 April

Spring Into Actionshark Egg Hunt

Join our education officer on an Easter Egg hunt with a difference. Children will learn about local ray and shark species, and help gather scientific information for the Shark Trust’s national database on the species that we have in Jersey’s waters. (Real Easter Eggs are also up for grabs!)

Meeting Point: Various

Time: 11:00

Price: £4 per child for NTJ Members

– booking is essential.

Kindly supported by Jersey Electricity

Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 April

Rockpool Rambles

Join our Education Officer for a guided walk to the low-water mark and an exploration of the creatures and their habitats. See what you can find…. All equipment will be provided, advice on clothing etc. will be sent prior to event start, please ensure that children are accompanied by an adult.

Location: La Rocque and L’Etacq

Meeting Point: Carpark below Faulkner

Fisheries, or La Rocque Harbour

Time:

Monday: 11:30

Tuesday: 12:00

Wednesday: 12:30

Price: Free for NTJ Members – booking is essential.

Kindly supported by Jersey Electricity

Tuesday 6 April

Bug Hotels And Easter Egg Hunt

Join our Education Officer in the woods below Hamptonne, to craft mini-bug hotels and take part in a fun Easter egg hunt. Please bring a clean tin can or milk carton for upcycling into the haven for your garden insects. Advice on clothing etc. will be sent prior to event start, please ensure that children are accompanied by an adult.

Location: Hamptonne Woods

Meeting Point: Le Don Sinkins (carpark in Waterworks Valley where large willow toad used to live)

Time: 11:00

Price: Free for NTJ Members

– booking is essential.

Kindly supported by Jersey Electricity

Tuesday 11 and Wednesday 12 April

SPRING INTO ACTION – SEEDBOMBS

Join our education officer to learn about sowing wildflowers for our precious pollinators. Families are invited to Victoria Tower to learn all about pollinators, and select and sow seeds to grow their own at home. Bring home seed bombs or plug plants to grow on and create your own Pollinator Patches (or even Pollinator Pots) that will become part of the growing Channel Island network of patches.

Location: Victoria Tower

Meeting Point: Victoria Tower (please park next to the Jersey Accommodation and Activity Centre and walk the short distance to the tower).

Time: 11:00

Price: Free for NTJ Members – booking is essential. Kindly supported by Jersey Electricity

Thursday 13 and Friday 14 April

Woodland Capers

Join our education officer on an Easter Egg hunt with a difference. Children will learn about local ray and shark species, and help gather scientific information for the Shark Trust’s national database on the species that we have in Jersey’s waters. (Real Easter Eggs are also up for grabs!)

Location: Jardin D’Olivet Woods

Meeting Point: Jardin D’Olivet carpark

Time:

Thursday: 13:00

Friday: 13:30

Price: Free for NTJ Members – booking is essential. Kindly supported by Jersey Electricity

Thursday 13 and Friday 14 April

Spring Walking Festival

Enjoy a series of guided walks around the Island walking to and nearby National Trust sites and properties. Enjoy themed walks such as wildflower walks, nature and bird tours and heritage and town trails. Visitors can enjoy ‘behind the scenes’ opportunities.

Meeting Point: Various

Price: Free for Members, £10 NonMembers per walk

Saturday 22 April

Open Milling

Visit the only remaining working watermill on the Island and experience the whole milling process from start to finish. Meet our very own miller – and bag up your own flour to take home with you – and visit the miller’s wife in the historic kitchen. Tearoom selling hot drinks and homemade cakes open all day.

Meeting Point: Le Moulin de Quetivel

Price: Free for Members; Non-Members £4 Adults, £2 Children; Under 6s free.

Friday 28 April

Annual Dinner At La Mare Wine Estate

The National Trust for Jersey Annual Dinner for members and their guests will follow the Annual General Meeting. Our guest speaker for the evening will be Ptolemy Dean.

Meeting Point: La Mare Wine Estate

Time: 19:00 - 22:00

Price: £45

Thursday 18 May GUITAR RECITAL AT 16 NEW STREET WITH DOMINIC PALLOT

This spring we are delighted to welcome local classical and flamenco guitarist - and former Jersey Young Musician of the Year - Dominic Pallot to 16 New Street. Join us for an intimate programme including works by Brazilian composers Pernambuco and Villa Lobos, classical pieces by Tarrega and Albeniz and a Flamenco set, including pieces by Paco de Lucia, Paco Pena, Sabicas and El Amir.

Meeting Point: 16 New Street Georgian

House

Time: 19:00 - 20:00

Price: £15 for members; £12.50 for nonmembers including a welcome drink

Sunday 28 May to Sunday 4 June

#LOVE NATURE FESTIVAL

The National Trust for Jersey is staging its annual environment festival #LoveNature over the beginning of the May half term. Set in and around St Ouen’s Bay in Jersey’s National Park and at other Sites of Special Interest owned by the Trust, the event coincides with and showcases the open afternoon at Le Noir Pré to see the wild orchids in all their glory. Participants are invited to enjoy a week of all things ‘green’ such as scenic walks, bird tours, dawn chorus and sunset activities, rock pool rambles, bug safaris, and a host of other wildlife activities.

Meeting Point: Various Full programme to be produced in due course

Friday 16 to Saturday 17 June SUNSET

Concerts At Mont Grantez

Enjoy live music in the beautiful setting of the natural amphitheatre at Grantez overlooking St. Ouen’s Bay. Bring a picnic and enjoy fantastic live music as the sun sets. Friday night sees Irish band 'Stray Melody' perform along with musicians from Hautlieu School. On Saturday local bands ‘Rood Mood’ and ‘The Jersey Bounce’ will perform. This is the ultimate way to experience the delights of Jersey at this very special time of year.

Meeting Point: Mont Grantez, St Ouen

Time: 17:30 - 21:00

Price: £10.00 Members; £15.00 Non Members (free parking but we would encourage attendees to walk, cycle or get public transport)

Saturday 1 to Monday 31 July 30 BAYS IN

30 Days

Jump in this July and swim in a variety of bays throughout the month. A fun way of making the most of our beautiful island and the feeling of having achieved something in the summer rather than it just flying by. Sea swimming has proven benefits for health and wellbeing and participants can visit new places or those bays they haven’t visited for years. Sea swimming makes you feel alive and loving life! Join the group swim at the start of the month then decide where and when to swim, joining the final group swim at the end of the month

Meeting Point: There will be a launch event and celebratory swim in St Brelade’s Bay on Saturday 1st July and Monday 31st July. We also hope to stage a mid-month swim at la Rocque. All details to be advertised nearer the time.

Thursday 20 July

Monday 24 July to Friday 1 September

Summer Holidays

The school summer holidays will see the weekly return of Bug Safaris and spiderhunting, Rockpool Rambles and WasteFree Wednesdays at The White House with our Education Officer.

We will also be offering some new exciting activities at our wonderful wild National Trust locations.

Kindly supported by Jersey Electricity.

Individual events will be published on our website during June for booking.

Summer

CONCERT

AT 16 NEW STREET WITH GEORGI MOTTRAM & LUKE BROWN

Classical charting soprano and Classic Brit Award Nominee Georgi Mottram joins Luke Brown in a special concert celebrating show-stopping favourites. From Freddie Mercury and Puccini to The Greatest Showman, Phantom of the Opera and the Sound of Music this concert has something for everyone.

Meeting Point: 16 New Street

Georgian House

Time: 18:00 - 19:00 or 19:30 - 20:30

Price: £12.50 for members; Non-members £15.00 to include a welcome drink

Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September

Heritage Open Day

Many of the Trust’s properties will be open over the course of the weekend. The Open Days offer you the wonderful opportunity to explore and enjoy some of the Island’s finest historic buildings. Special events and activities will be organised at the key sites.

Meeting Point: Various

Time: 10:00 - 16:00

Price: Free

Helping

Nature…

Are you interested in helping to conserve our wildlife and natural spaces. If so we are looking for volunteers to help us conserve our natural environment.