Bury's Big Balsam Bash 2025
Bury's 'Big Balsam Bash' took in place between May and early August 2025.
Many different friends of parks groups and parks volunteers, worked together with Bury Council's Parks and Countryside team to help stop the spread of Himalayan Balsam and protect Bury's parks and green spaces.
Bury's Big Balsam Bash will return in Spring 2026.
About Bury's Big Balsam Bash
Himalayan balsam is a non-native invasive plant species that spreads rapidly, outcompeting our native plants and can cause erosion on our riverbanks.
How you can help control the spread
Together with volunteer groups, friends of parks groups and members of the public we are teaming up to control the spread, and limit the damage to the bio-diversity in our nature reserves and parks and green spaces caused by this plant.
To combat the growth of this plant successfully we have put together the 'Bury Community Himalayan Balsam Strategy', by following this plan you can help stop the spread.
Where it is taking place
There will be many group meetings at our nature reserves and park and green spaces in the Bury borough.
Meetings in the borough - Spring and Summer 2026
How you can get involved
You can help by joining one of our organised parks groups or just take part whilst out walking by using our Bury Community Balsam Strategy.
For further details please email us: (subject Bury's Big Balsam Bash)
By getting involved you can help protect local ecosystems and restore bio-diversity, preserving our natural spaces for future generations.
Become a parks volunteer
Volunteers play an extremely important role in maintaining the standards of our parks and countryside sites all year round. It is a great way to get active, learn new skills and make new friends.