Bovey Tracey Great Big Green Week

Please Note that our main event in Mill Marsh Park involving an array of different stalls and activities will be on 15th June. We hope to see you there!

Firstly, please check the Bovey Tracey GBGW Facebook page here:

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A brief description of the Bovey Tracey GBGW event at Mill Marsh Park on Saturday 15th June:

There will be an array of stalls, tents and teepees set up in Mill Marsh Park to showcase what our local area is doing in relation to environmental protection, and how you can get involved! We are pleased to have collaborators such as the National Trust, Stover Country Park and Make SouthWest as well as many others getting involved. The specific timings of events will be posted nearer the time, but please do come down to Mill Marsh park in the morning/early afternoon of the 15th June to see what we have on offer.

Events happening in our Green Week:

Firstly, MAKE Southwest are hosting two events for our local GBGW. These are:

1. Weave a Willow Swift – Drop-in Session Saturday 15 June, 10:30am – 2:30pm at the GBGW event in Mill Marsh ParkJoin MAKE Southwest and willow-weaver, Vivienne Turner, for a relaxing drop-in willow weaving workshop and leave with a beautiful handmade piece that you can display in your garden or at home.Turn up as and when you please (10:30am – 2:30pm) but please be aware it will take roughly 45 minutes to make a willow swift. This workshop is designed as a meditative activity for adults but can be suitable for 16+. No experience needed – just bring your curiosity and enjoy the peaceful process for willow weaving!
2. GBGW-themed Craft Activity (drop-in)Tuesday 11 – Friday 14 June (10am – 5pm) at MAKE Southwest’s ‘Discover Making’ craft activity area in the Jubilee Gallery

   During the week, our ‘Discover Making’ craft activity area in the Jubilee Gallery will be GBGW-themed! A self-guided activity will be available all-day Tue – Fri for all ages to take part it, but particularly good for an after-school drop-in. We encourage you to leave your crafty decoration behind so we can brighten up MAKE Southwest’s tent at the GBGW event on Saturday 15 June, where you would be welcome to collect it!

Thirdly, the Bovey Tracey and Heathfield Repair Cafe will be running on the 15th June so please do come along to that! Here is a brief description of what they do:

Bovey & Heathfield Repair Cafe offer free repairs for household items – electrical, mechanical, textiles, jewellery, furniture, laptops and bikes.  We are a group of volunteers meeting on the third Saturday of each month in Bovey Tracey Methodist church fixing things for free and supporting our community to reduce waste and build a more sustainable future.

Fourthly, here is some information about what the Bovey Tracey Local Group for Devon Wildlife Trust are doing:

Wild About Gardens

What’s so important about our gardens?  Well, there are over 24 million of them in the UK and the way they are managed can make a big difference for wildlife!

Come and see us at our stall and find out who lives in your garden, the importance of bees and other insects and how you can help your local wildlife.

As well as lots of information and helpful leaflets there will be bee-friendly seed giveaways plus a children’s craft activity.

Bovey Tracey Local Group is a volunteer lead group who promote understanding and awareness of wildlife in Devon, particularly in the Bovey Tracey area through monthly walks, talks and events.

Furthermore, we are pleased to announce collaboration with the National trust at Parke for the duration of the week. Their activities are listed below:

All week at Parke National Trust Site:

Pledge Tree – opportunity for people to make their pledge to nature.

Contribute to the Mossy Carpet – an environmental mass-involvement art project

Wildlife Spotter Sheets, GBGW focused

Environmental gardening tips and advice

Furthermore, they will be hosting the following event:

Sunday 16^th June, 10.30am – 3.30pm, Community drop-in Volunteering Day, come and help us look after the beautiful Parke Estate, we need you!

In addition to these events at Parke, they will also have a stall set up at the GBGW evet in Mill Marsh Park on 15th June with information about Parke and a children’s activity focused on trees.

Restoring Stover Park:

On Saturday 15th June, Restoring Stover Park will be providing information about their cycling initiatives, volunteering in nature opportunities and will be running a series of nature connection activities which we will put up on a board on the day. Please do come along to see the work Restoring Stover Park is doing and if you are at all interested in volunteering in nature!

Bovey and Heathfield Hedgehog Group:

We are pleased to announce that Bovey and Heathfield Hedgehog Group will be hosting an event on 15th June at the GBGW event in Mill Marsh Park! Come along to find out what hedgehogs need; win a hedgehog shelter and eat buns with hedgehog designs!

Bovey Paradiso:

We are lucky to have Bovey Paradiso collaborating with us at the following events both at the Paradiso Gallery East St Bovey Tracey:

Firstly, Trees for Hope Charity will be demonstrating African Drumming and talking about the Charity at 2pm on Saturday 8th June.

Secondly, the arti exhibit Green: Artworks will be running, by local artists dealing with environmental issues, climate change, loss of species and deforestation.

Climate Action Bovey and Heathfield:

Wednesday 12th June, at the Riverside Community centre, there will be a ‘Recycling good practice’ talk from Lizzy Taylor (Recycling Officer Teignbridge DC) and Annette Dentith  (Principle Waste Officer DCC)