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Stourvale Great Big Green Week

Various events in and around Shipston, to raise awareness of Environmental Issues and Solutions.

Watch this space for various events coming soon, including : a Family Town Trail; a Visit/Walk around Cornmill Meadows;  2 chances to Visit a local Regenerative Farm; 2 Opportunities to take part in a ‘Wonderful Weeds Walk’;  a visit to a Solar Farm (Stratford on Avon’s GBGW);  an Illustrated Talk about Swifts’ Conservation.

Get in touch if you’d like to know more, especially if you can volunteer to help in any way.

Greenweek Organizer

Stourvale Action for the Environment (SAFE)

Saturday 8 June - Saturday 15 June 2024

Various locations, Shipston on Stour, CV36

Get directions on Google Maps

01608 661288

Event Listing:

Shipston Town Trail Sat 8 Jun

An exciting launch to our week of events in Shipston on Stour.
Join in our Town Trail any time between 10:00 and 3:00 on Saturday 8th June.  Pick up a map from one of the 6 Bases around the town.  Collect a sticker to put on the map at each...

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Stourvale Great Big Green Week
  • Family friendly
  • Free event
  • Outdoor event

Various places around the Town Centre, Shipston on Stour, CV36 4AJ

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Blackdowns - A Farm for the Future (morning tour) Sun 9 Jun

Visit this local Regenerative Farm to see how farming can restore nature and feed people!
Two opportunities for this fascinating tour of about 1.5hrs on Sunday 9th June, for a max of 20 people on each tour:    Farmer Fiona Nourse will explain what steps she has taken to keep...

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Stourvale Great Big Green Week
  • Outdoor event
  • Ticketed event

Blackdowns Farm, Tankards Hill, Stretton on Fosse Moreton in Marsh, GL56 9QY

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Blackdowns - A Farm for the Future (afternoon tour) Sun 9 Jun

Visit this local Regenerative Farm to see how farming can restore nature and feed people!
Two opportunities for this fascinating tour of about 1.5hrs on Sunday 9th June, for a max of 20 people on each tour:    Farmer Fiona Nourse will explain what steps she has taken to keep...

in person event
Stourvale Great Big Green Week
  • Free event
  • Ticketed event

Blackdowns Farm, Tankards Hill, Stretton on Fosse Moreton in Marsh, GL56 9QY

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'Our Wonderful Weeds Walk' Tue 11 Jun

Foraging walk with local Medical Herbalist Katie Beswick(MNIMH) from little bird herbals.
Discover more about the plants that survive in the town’s streets and the wild spaces around us and how foraging helps us tune in to the seasons and deeply connect with our environment.
Join us for a 1...

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Stourvale Great Big Green Week
  • Free event
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Little Bird Soaps, The Alleyway, Shipston on Stour, CV36 4AJ

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'Our Wonderful Weeds Walk' Thu 13 Jun

Foraging Walk – with local Medical Herbalist Katie Beswick(MNIMH) from little bird herbals. Discover more about the plants that survive in the towns streets and the wild spaces around us and how foraging helps us tune into the seasons and deeply connect with our environment. Join us for a 1 hr walk around...

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Stourvale Great Big Green Week
  • Free event
  • Outdoor event

little bird herbals (and soaps), The alleyway, Shipston-on-Stour, UK

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Come to Cornmill Meadows! Sat 15 Jun

This is Your Wildlife Meadow! 
Come and see how the fields, hedgerows and riverside are being transformed into a space for wildlife about a mile from the centre of Shipston.  Hear how the Town Council, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and others (including volunteers) are working together to improve bio-diversity, restore nature...

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Stourvale Great Big Green Week
  • Family friendly
  • Free event
  • Outdoor event

Cornmill Meadows, London Road, Shipston on Stour, CV36 4HZ

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"Swifts are Making a Comeback!" Sat 15 Jun

An illustrated talk about the most remarkable of birds!
Come and learn how these amazing Summer visitors are being championed by enthusiasts across the country, including communities nearby.
Jacey Jackson (lifelong enthusiast and founder of Shipston Action for Swifts) will be sharing her experience of helping to restore the swift...

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Stourvale Great Big Green Week
  • Free event
  • Ticketed event

The Kiln Shed The Whichford Pottery , Whichford, Shipston on Stour, CV36 5PG

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