Havant Borough Big Green Week

Messy Church Goes Wild! Outdoor Church for all the family. Meet God outdoors, love the natural world, experience a sense of awe and wonder there and be eco-aware in all we do for the good of the planet. Crafts and activities for everyone, followed by a meal.

Children, please bring an...

Let’s clean up! Join us for a 2 hour litter pick followed by free refreshments at our Fairtrade pop up cafe.

Visit a rewilded town garden, The Pallant Centre, Lower Grove Rd and St Faith’s Churchyard.  Email Stfaithsgeneralmanager@gmail.com to book for the tour.

Join Roz from The Bouquet Bakery for this special workshop decorating delicious cupcakes in amazing floral designs to create your own edible bouquet!

A chance for you to catch up with what a group of volunteers has been doing to improve the urban garden spaces at The Spring, creating an attractive environment for wildlife, plants and humans alike.  Martin Hampton will lead.

We’re getting together to celebrate wildlife, take action for the environment and have some fun!

Come along with a picnic and meet up with family and friends. Take part in free nature activities, find out what’s going on locally and visit our bike zone to get your bike checked or take...

Brook Meadow Comservation Group will provide visitors with an unsupervised Tree Trail with activities suitable for children (or young minded adults). The tree trail and other information will be available at the entrances to the meadow.

The Tree Trail is a way of introducing visitors to the conservation meadow by finding...

We’ll have displays of art produced in local schools and colleges displayed in the Meridian Centre and also in local libraries and the Public Services Plaza.

We’d love more entries. Please see our website for more information: https://havantclimatealliance.com/2023/03/01/green-week-art-competition-2/

The Parish of Warblington-with-Emsworth is using the Great Big Green Week as an opportunity to encourage its congregations to recycle some household items they might not currently bother to recycle.

In St James, Emsworth, there will be containers at the back of the church to receive old pens/highlighters and old rubber...

The Parish of Warblington-with-Emsworth is using the Great Big Green Week as an opportunity to encourage its congregations to recycle some household items they might not currently bother to recycle.

At St Thomas à Becket Chuch, Warblington, there will be containers inside the church to receive old rubber gloves and used...

Find out what lives in Newlands Meadow and its pond at this family event.

Join the Wildlife Trust and discover the important habitats on your doorstep that help store carbon and create more resilient ecosystems.

The Wildlife Trust outdoor leader will talk about these...

Find out what lives in Newlands Meadow and its pond at this family event.

Join the Wildlife Trust and discover the important habitats on your doorstep that help store carbon and create more resilient ecosystems.

The Wildlife Trust outdoor leader will talk about these habitats and their importance and guide you around...

The Trash Busters, a voluntary litter picking group based in Waterlooville, invite you to join them to litter pick Longwood Park and woodland. We will also be joined by staff from our local Asda. All equipment will be provided and Asda will be kindly providing refreshments. Children welcome with a...

Join Cycle Hayling for a social ride around Hayling to celebrate Green Week, and the £700,000 investment in the Hayling Billy Trail!

It’s open to anyone. It will be around 10 miles, at gentle speeds – and we won’t leave anyone behind.

• 10:00, meet at the Hayling Community Centre.
• Ride down the...

Please join the FatFace Foundation team for a litter pick on the evening of Sunday 11th June 2o23 starting at The Ship Inn, Langstone. Aim to launch at 5pm so meet at 4:30pm. Finishing by 9pm at the very latest.

Weather depending, we plan to host a litter pick PADDLE using...

Creating Chaos are taking part in the big green week in Havant! Creating Chaos is a local charity that supports adults with learning difficulties we strive to help make a positive difference to our local community. We are making simple bird boxes that encourage wildlife back to our streets and...

Capture the scent of summer! Learn the art of blending seasonal essential oils and make your own set of bespoke scented candles.

Join Ecofreaks staff for a litter pick around Havant Town Centre.

Meet at the Ecofreaks Shop

An evening of short films  and presentations on exciting ideas you might like to explore further: Doughnut Economics, B Corps, Economy for the Common Good, the Circular Economy.

Join artist and maker Jemma Corbin to learn a variety of simple printing techniques to make a set of hand-printed cards inspired by the early-summer hedgerows.

Hayling Island Beach Clean

Please join us on the foreshore on Hayling Island, just behind the Esso Garage at 181 Havant Road, Hayling Island between 10 am – Midday on Friday 16th June for a public beach clean. Every bit of litter and rubbish we pick up makes...

Join Havant Borough Tree Wardens for a walk in Johnston’s Coppice, a Hampshire County Council nature reserve, as part of Havant Borough Big Green Week organised by Havant Friends of the Earth and Havant Climate alliance.

The wood covers 20 acres and is designated as a SINC (Site of Importance for...

Join photographer Shaun Jackson for a walk around Berewood learning photography tips and tricks.

Join local willow artist Louise Arthur to make a bird feeder for your garden by weaving willow.

Come and enjoy an exhibition of paintings and crafts, featuring Local Children’s & Young People’s Gallery, ‘Down With Plastic’. Our Fairtrade cafe will be serving tea, coffee and delicious cakes.

Try teas from around the world

Join Jack Compton (Warren Skatepark) and Vicky Halliday (Link Up Leigh Park) for a big litter pick around Warren Park.

Warblington Church (Church Lane, PO9 2TU) will be open from 10am – 3pm.  We will have displays to explain to visitors what we are doing to reach Net Zero Carbon by 2030, as part of the Church of England Net Zero commitment.

There will be information displays inside the church and...

Outdoor self-guided tour of churchyard, looking at trees, tombs and wild places: 

Indoor self-guided activity for children “Fill the Ark”: 

“A Rainbow of Music”, themed around Nature, with a leaflet:  “Wild Church”...

Come and meet Havant Friends of the Earth and Climate Alliance members. Try our games, learn about our cmapigns, especially our call for Warmer Homes which don’t cost the Earth.

Sunday 18 June:

1. A recycling drive, with recycling bins at the front of the shop, to encourage people to bring things along to recycle
2. A planting workshop in the garden behind the shop involving chidren’s activities and learning about native plants.  A small prize to be offered.
3. A Trash Cafe pop up stall...

How can our gardens be made more environmentally friendly?