Author: Rhiannon Green

And so we celebrate another Summer gone by, and with it another Eco Fair! Though the weather was not ideal, 358 visitors braved the showers and joined us on Sunday August 25th for a wonderful day of good company.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to our volunteers who made sure the gardens were spick and span running up to the event, and helped ensure success on the day. Bob F, Karin, Jon and Steve assisted in the setting up and taking down on the day. Joe, Patrick, Carlie, Evelyn, Sara, and Deb ran a pop-up garden café with the help of others that proved to be a big hit. Gill, Clare, Clancy, Jane and others manned the garden sales kiosk and brought in lots of sales on the day. We’d also like to shout out Pat, who created some beautiful posies on the day, capturing the interest and attention of many of our visitors!

We’d also like to extend our thanks and gratitude to all our stallholders for their wonderful work on the day, epecially considering the not so sunny weather! A big thank you also to Noel of Dutty Vegan who provided our visitors with some delicious vegan food on the day at short notice.

We look forward to what is to come this Autumn, and to many hopeful Eco Fairs to come!

Following the success of last year’s event, the Community Gardens once again hosted this years Plant Swap with Transition Worcester, supported by our mini Eco-Fair.

Featuring stalls from the Worcester Environmental Group, Pack It In, and the Wildlife Trust, over 400 visitors (and many friendly dogs) came to the site and got to enjoy all the activities on offer. One of which was the Craftivism workshop that took place in the craft polytunnel. With plenty of cakes and warm drinks on offer, people were able to exchange ideas and catch up while sharing their love of crafting.

 

Other activities of the day included wood whittling taster sessions, gardening advice from our Head Gardener, tours around the gardens, and lots of socialising.

The event was blessed with some much needed sunshine following a rather chilly start to the Spring, with many attendees at the Plant Fair commenting at how small everyone’s plants were. The money raised will be invested back into the continued running and maintenance of the site. 

Thank you to the visitors who came to support us, and all the volunteers to which we could not have run this without! Bonus thank you to Cheese the special site Robin, for making sure that we set up properly the day before.

More photos from the day (click to enlarge):