Green Festival

Broxtowe's Green Festivals

What is a Green Festival? 

Our Green Festivals are a series of events designed to educate and engage with communities, helping them to make more sustainable choices in their day-to-day lives.

The events are free to attend, and with various stalls managed by local people, small businesses, charities and groups, there are plenty of fun activities for all ages - including arts and crafts, music, local food vendors and games.

Green Zone at The Hemlock Happening

Our Green Zone is back at The Hemlock Happening on 7 June 2025 at Bramcote Hills Park.   This year's stallholders are confirmed as:

1. Broxtowe Borough Council's Environment Team:

    • Chat with the Parks and Green Spaces Team about the work they do all year round and pick up some free wildflower seeds (on completion of a short activity). 
    • Visit the Neighborhood Wardens and take part in their fun interactive activity. 
    • Take home an item (or two) from the free preloved stall (clothes, shoes, books, toys) helping to reuse unwanted items that would otherwise have been thrown away.  

 2. Mary Broddle’s embroidery for wellbeing. Learn to mend clothes so you                        don’t have to throw them away in FREE mending workshops from 1-6pm. 

3. Nottinghamshire Beekeepers Association.  Meet your local beekeepers try         on a beekeeping suit, learn why bees are so important, buy some local honey             and look into the world of honeybees in the observation hive. 

4. Canopy 2050.  Find out more about Canopy 2050’s mission to help our local councils to increase the urban tree canopy through establishing mini nurseries, free trees, workshops, talks and educational videos. 

5. Dig in Community Allotment, Stapleford.  Dig In’s aim is to create a sustainable Community Allotment where people from different ages and backgrounds come together to share skills, knowledge and experience of food growing. Come and meet the team to find out more. 

6. Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.  Meet the Wilder Nottinghamshire Network Team and learn how you can get involved and make a difference for nature supporting the 60 years of work that has protected and enhanced some of the most important places for nature in Nottinghamshire.

7. Nottingham Energy Partnership.  A climate change and fuel poverty charity providing home improvement measures to improve the energy efficiency of homes throughout Nottinghamshire.  Speak with our local experts about all things retrofit and home energy improvements as well as advice on available funding to help you.

8.  Ridewise.  Meet the Nottingham based charity that is dedicated to education and support for the environmental benefits of green forms of transport, helping thousands of people each year to gain travel independence, reduce reliance on fossil fuel vehicles whilst helping to break the barriers of isolation, inactivity, mental health and transport poverty by supporting people through active travel.

9. Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Project Team.   Meet the team from Nottinghamshire County Council to talk all about the plans for electric vehicle charge points across the County.

 

Green Festival 2025

Our fourth Green Festival will be back at Coronation Park, Eastwood 12-3pm on 20 September 2025.  Stall bookings are now being taken up until Friday 29 August 2025.  Please email environment@broxtowe.gov.uk for a link to the booking form. 

Confirmed so far are:

  1. Mary Broddle's embroidery for wellbeing
  2. Nottingham Energy Partnership
  3. The Nottinghamshire Bat Group
  4. RSPB
  5. British Beekeepers Association
  6. Dig in Community Allotment
  7. Ridewise
  8. Working 4 Wildlife Ltd
  9. Brinsley Animal Shelter
  10. NG16 Help Hedgehogs
  11. Eastwood Town Council
  12. Accell UK - Raleigh UK
  13. Broxtowe Women's Project
  14. Nottinghamshire County Council's Electric Vehicle Team
  15. Veggies Catering
  16. Kimberley WI
  17. The Wee Donkey Company
  18. Friends of Bennerley Viaduct
  19. Facepainting by Eileen C
  20. Plantizza
  21. Grazeebo
  22. Butterfly Conservation East Midlands
  23. Bear and Sweet Co
  24. Canopy 2050

Watch this space and our social media pages for more updates!

Green Festival 2024 

Thank you to everyone who came along to enjoy the day at our Green Festival in Eastwood on 21 September 2024. It was a great opportunity for sharing knowledge and learning new skills to help us all take care of the environment.

With over 500 attendees and 45 stallholders there was something for everyone including free trees and Dr Bike sessions delivered by Bikes Love You so that residents could fix their bikes up for free! Children enjoyed lots of activities, like face painting, a stilt walker, pedaling a bike to make ice cream and one of the Council’s refuse vehicles. 

Congratulations to all the children who took part in the first Green Festival School Competition .  A special mention to the overall winner from Lawrence View Primary and Nursery School who won £250 towards their eco school activities!

When we come together to act on climate change, we can all make a big impact.

#SmallChangeBigDifference


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