Your Clean and Green Newsletter

Welcome to the latest edition of the Clean and Green update.

After a busy start to the year, February was a month filled with energy, ideas, and collaboration. I’ve had the privilege of taking part in a series of roundtable discussions that brought together colleagues from across local government, transport, planning, and climate leadership. Each conversation reinforced something I see every day in Hounslow: that local action, informed by local voices, is at the heart of real climate progress.

A highlight of the month was attending the launch of the Local Power Plan. This new national framework represents a huge boost for community-owned energy, something we will be developing in the coming months. The Government also recently launched its Warm Homes Plan. With so many households struggling with high bills and inefficient homes, this national commitment to retrofitting and upgrading housing stock is urgently needed, and councils like ours will play a central role in delivery.

This edition includes a wide range of updates, including:

Coverage of our e-bike safety campaign and recent pop-up safety event with Voi, supporting the transition to safer, greener travel
Opportunities to help save one of the UK's rarest plant species
And community news from the Friends of Harvard Hill
An invitation to share your views as part of our public consultations on public transport, resilience to climate change and EV charging infrastructure

As always, thank you for your interest, your ideas, and your commitment to making Hounslow cleaner, greener, and more resilient. I hope you enjoy this month’s update, and I look forward to sharing more with you over the coming months as our work continues.

Councillor Katherine Dunne, Cabinet Member for Climate, Environment and Transport at Hounslow Council

Saving one of the UK's rarest plants

Tower mustard is a herb native to the UK which is thought to survive at just 30 sites across England.

We're looking for volunteer citizen scientists across the borough, who will learn how to grow and care for tower mustard from seed at home before joining coordinated planting days at Hounslow Heath this autumn.

Anyone interested in restoring one of the country's rarest plant species can contact the Council’s parks team at countryside@hounslow.gov.uk.

Discover how you can help save Tower Mustard

Spring into action with garden waste collections

Hounslow residents can now renew or sign up for garden waste collections for 2026/27.

The Council’s paid-for garden waste collection service is designed to support residents with front and back gardens, or frequent leaf fall, to keep their gardens tidy and well-maintained throughout the year with regular, hassle-free waste collections.

The service offers convenient fortnightly pick-ups, with up to 25 collections per year (with a two-week break over Christmas), allowing residents to focus on nurturing their gardens.

Residents already subscribed will receive reminder letters or emails with instructions on how to renew.

Register for garden waste collections

Taking the Lead for Hounslow

New rules are now in force to encourage responsible dog ownership across the borough, so we can all enjoy our parks and green spaces safely and comfortably.

They focus on a few simple behaviours: picking up after your dog, keeping dogs on leads where required, carrying bags or a scoop, staying out of dog exclusion areas like play spaces, and walking no more than four dogs per person.

Find out more

Tell us what you think

The council is currently running a number of consultations seeking your views on issues including the proposed new Public Transport Plan, a draft Climate Change Resilience Plan, and plans to introduce more EV charging points across the borough.

Your views are vital in shaping policy to make Hounslow a greener, cleaner place for now and future generations.

Live consultations

Making recycling more flexible

From Monday, 9 March, the Council will begin a six-month trial to give residents greater flexibility when planning visits to the borough’s main reuse and recycling centre at Space Waye.

During the trial, bookings will not be required Monday to Thursday (except Bank Holiday Mondays).

Bookings will still be required on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays.

Find out more

People power transforms beloved park

Harvard Hill Recreation Ground in Grove Park has been given a makeover by volunteers, who successfully completed an ambitious native hedge planting event to boost biodiversity and enhance the park’s natural beauty.

Supported by a grant from the International Tree Foundation, the group planted 50 meters of native hedging along the park’s back wall. The selection included a mix of 350 plants, including acer, blackthorn, hazel, wild cherry, hawthorn, and alder, species chosen to provide year-round interest and habitats for local wildlife.

Volunteers from Hounslow GoodGym were joined by diverse cross-section of the community, ranging from teenagers to residents in their eighties, all of whom pulled together to complete 50 metres of hedging in under two hours.

The project aims to soften the street art on the graffiti wall while continuing the long-term mission of increasing green coverage in this well-used urban space.

Find out more

Mice to see you, to see you mice!

The team at Boston Manor Park are inviting visitors to come along on Saturday, 4 April from 11:30am-12.30pm for a special encounter with the park's resident harvest mice.

Funded by London National Park City and supported by the Ealing Wildlife Group harvest mice team (recently featured in David Attenborough's show Wild London), this project is a unique opportunity to get close to a very rare species that had almost disappeared from West London.

(Photo credit: Michael Van Wegen)

Free event

Special e-bike offers for Hounslow

The council recently hosted a cycle safety pop-up with e-bike hire providers Voi, featuring pop-up helmets and e-bike lessons from Cycle Sisters to help residents feel more confident taking to the roads on an e-bike.

Hounslow residents pay only £1.75 for 30 minutes on a Voi bike. To sign up, go to the link below and look for ‘Voi 4 Hackney & Hounslow (London)’ under the ‘England’ heading.

Claim your 30 minutes of e-bike credit for £1.75

Access a car when you need one

Car clubs are an easy and affordable way for residents and businesses to access a motor vehicle without the need to own one. Vehicles can be hired by the hour or day and are available at any time.

Enterprise Car Club is the current car club operator in Hounslow. From 9 March 2026, there will be 11 Enterprise car club vehicles parked on-street or in Council car parks across the borough, plus additional publicly accessible car club vehicles in private developments within the borough.

How Enterprise Car Club works

Investing in a cleaner, greener future

Last week, the Council published proposals for a 'budget for the future' - and announced plans for significant investment in making the borough's open spaces better for everyone to enjoy. These measures include:

An additional £750,000 to clean up streets and open spaces, supporting pride in place.
More than £3 million invested in parks and open spaces, including improvements to Hounslow Heath, Hanworth Air Park and Lampton Park, alongside habitat recovery, wildflower creation and pond restoration.
Delivery of 22 additional footway renewal schemes through the £2 million Pavement Pledge.

Discover how the latest budget will deliver for Hounslow

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