Shore Leave Haslar

31/05/2026

Pop down to support this launch event on Saturday after you’ve been to Haslar Open Day and been to Shore Leave. Another great local organisation.

⏰ Not long to go! ⏰

Just a reminder that our Gosport Community Support Launch Event is happening next Saturday, 10:00–13:00 at YourSpace, High Street, Gosport 🎉

Join us this Volunteers Week as we celebrate and thank over 50 fantastic volunteers who have joined us to continue supporting our community 💙

Pop in to meet the team, find out more about what we do, and enjoy a relaxed morning with tea, coffee and refreshments ☕

We’ll also have a cake sale raising vital funds, so feel free to bring a little cash if you’d like to support us 🍰

Everyone is welcome - drop in anytime, we’d love to see you there!

22/05/2026

Shore Leave are happy to support this event and will be open selling craft, plants and tea, coffee and homemade cake.

☀️ HASLAR OPEN DAY ☀️
📍 Saturday 6th June
⏰ 10am – 3pm (Last admission at 2:30pm)
🚗 FREE Parking
The day is a great opportunity to come and explore not only the 62-acre Solent-side grounds and organisations and charities based here, but also see the exciting changes that are taking place, including works for Solent View apartments and a new look for the main entrance.
Make a day of it with lunch at or nip into for a pick-me-up!
Taking part in the day are:
https://www.facebook.com/haslarheritagegroup
https://www.facebook.com/ShoreLeaveHaslar
https://www.facebook.com/Hub4Stuff
https://www.facebook.com/TheCreekHaslar/
https://www.facebook.com/CoffeeQuarters/
https://www.facebook.com/LeeBookShop/
https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Senior-Move-Partnership-100064100167655/
https://www.facebook.com/SerenityCareSolent
🌐 Open from 10am, with FREE parking.
Last admission at 2:30pm | Close: 3pm.
Visit the Royal Haslar Website www.royalhaslar.com and plan your Haslar Day.

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A piece of British history. Make it your future. Call it your home. Royal Haslar is a unique waterfront development of apartments & family homes.

18/05/2026

18/05/2026

Thank You so much to the lovely people from JHG(S) who came to the garden today to help us out with weeding. It was very much appreciated. The amount of weeding they have managed in a morning would have taken us a good week. Will post more pictures as I get them. And especial thanks to Krish for providing us all with Nepali Pilau Rice and other goodies for lunch; it was so tasty. Think we all want the recipe.

14/05/2026

14/05/2026

Following our Open Day yesterday we have found a single earring. If you recognise it please get in touch.

09/05/2026

A guide to the Bumblebees we may see in the garden.

May is here and so are the Big Eight 🎱🐝

Of the UK’s 24 bumblebee species, these eight are the most common. This month, some queens will produce their first daughters, the workers, while others will welcome new males 💼🚹

👑 Bumblebee queens begin to emerge from hibernation in spring, when rising temperatures and longer days awaken them from their winter snooze in the soil.
💤 When a queen emerges, she spends some time resting in order to wake up properly.
🌷 Once fully awake she feeds on flowers to gain energy.
🏠 Then begins the search for a suitable nest site: holes in the ground, long grass, bird boxes and beneath garden sheds.
🌼 Having chosen her nest site, the queen will feed on more flowers and lay her first batch of eggs.
🐛 Little white larvae hatch, feed on collected pollen, and then develop into adult workers.
💼 These smaller females carry out work inside and outside the nest.
👑 Queens remain inside the nest, laying more eggs for the next batch of workers.
🚹 Towards the end of a nest, males are produced and leave. They do not collect pollen. Instead, they spend their time feeding on nectar and trying to mate with queens from other nests.

Have you spotted any bumblebees this spring? How many species have you seen so far this year?

🔎 Brush up on your bumblebee identification skills: https://ow.ly/77wB50YMpXP

06/05/2026

“UPDATE REGARDING OUR OPEN DAYS”

We are pleased to let you know that from our May Open Day we will be staying open until 2 pm.

We hope these extended hours will enable more people to enjoy the wonderful Memorial Garden. Please spread the word.

Thank you

24/04/2026

It was a pleasure to welcome Brigadier Guy Ratcliffe and his wife Maggie to Shore Leave Haslar along with Eric Birbeck and Ann Ryder yesterday. They enjoyed a walk around the garden and saw the Sequoia tree which was planted in 2000 when Guy left the Tri Service hospital. It was donated by Mrs Jean Corney and was 3ft tall and 12 years old.