Green Festival
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
Thank you to all of the stallholders (listed below) who attended on Saturday 7 June and made the Green Zone another success!
- Mary Broddle’s embroidery.
- Nottinghamshire Beekeepers Association.
- Canopy 2050.
- Dig in Community Allotment, Stapleford.
- Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust.
- Nottingham Energy Partnership.
- Ridewise.
- Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Project Team.
- Broxtowe Borough Council's Environment Team.
A special thank you goes to Yarn Bomb Stapleford who have made all of the beautiful crochet flowers and dressed the green archway and to Sarah Manton a local artist who designed and painted the archway stands. We now have a reusable green archway way for all future events.
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:
- Mary Broddle's embroidery for wellbeing - offering FREE sewing sessions throughout the event.
- Nottingham Energy Partnership
- The Nottinghamshire Bat Group
- RSPB
- British Beekeepers Association
- Dig in Community Allotment
- Ridewise
- Working 4 Wildlife Ltd
- Brinsley Animal Shelter
- NG16 Help Hedgehogs
- Eastwood Town Council
- Accell UK - Raleigh UK
- Broxtowe Women's Project
- Nottinghamshire County Council's Electric Vehicle Team
- Veggies Catering
- Kimberley WI
- The Wee Donkey Company - offering FREE meet and pet the miniature donkeys.
- Friends of Bennerley Viaduct
- Facepainting by Eileen C - offering FREE facepainting throughout the event.
- Pulp Friction - make your own smoothie using peddle power for FREE on their smoothie bike.
- Grazeebo
- Butterfly Conservation East Midlands
- Bear and Sweet Co
- Canopy 2050
- Bikes Love You - book your FREE Dr Bike session by emailing hello@bikesloveyou.org or simply turn up on the day!
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