Ludlow Green Festival

Great write-up of the Festival in the Shropshire Star

Ludlow residents get back to nature for return of green festival Around 2,000 people descended on Ludlow on Sunday for the town's annual festival that raises awareness of the environment.

The 'Create your own World' activity was a big hit at this year's festival. Children could choose from a wide range of houses, people, plants, animals, natural habitats and other items to create their own balanced ecosystem. Well done to everyone who took part!

What a wonderful day we had yesterday! Thank you to everyone who came to join in with the festival from visitors who came to enjoy the day to stallholders, food and drink businesses, local groups and organisations, musicians, and the stalwart team of volunteers who make it all happen behind the scenes! There's too many of you to tag, but we hope you all had a great day.

Stanton at Castle Book Shop is ready for Ludlow Green Festival with a fantastic window display of books on the theme of nature and rewilding! The bookshop will be open from 10am - 4pm on Sunday

Getting close now! The stage is in place ready for tomorrow's Green Festival, ready for a full programme of live music and inspiring speakers!

Wigley's Field Allotments are looking beautiful at the moment! The allotments will be open to visitors as part of Sunday's Green Festival from 10am - 4pm. If you've always fancied growing your own, now is your chance to find out more. To get there, leave the Castle Square via Dinham, go down the hill and cross Dinham Bridge alongside the Millennium Green, then keep right. The allotments are just past the Cliffe Hotel.

One of many exciting free family activities at Sunday's Green Festival - Fun Family Forage Walks with Grassroutes Bushcraft's Paul Jennings will be at 11am, 12.30pm and 2pm. Walks last approximately 45 minutes – meet at the canon to participate – all children must be accompanied by an adult.

The festival will feature a big swap and giveaway run by Shropshire Climate Action. Bring along your toys, books, games, DVDs, CDs, clothes and household items to swap for free or take for a pay-as-you-can donation.

There's something for everyone at this Sunday's Green Festival. Live music, inspiring speakers, delicious local food and drink, open allotments, face painting, a big swap, foraging walks, energy advice, over 40 stalls of local eco-friendly traders and organisations, and a whole host of free family activities. Come on down and join the fun! Sunday 9th July 10am - 4pm Castle Square, Ludlow.

How exciting, less than three weeks to go until this year's Ludlow Green Festival! This year's theme is the World Wide Web of Life - Reconnect with Nature. Lots for everyone to see and do!

Chance to connect to the worldwide web of life in Ludlow next month People are being invited to "reconnect with nature" at this year's Ludlow Green Festival.

Save the date! Ludlow Green Festival 2023 will be on Sunday 9th July.

We will be having an initial planning meeting on Tuesday 31st January, 7.30pm upstairs at the Rose & Crown. All welcome - long-standing volunteers and new faces alike! Please come along if you have suggestions and ideas or would like to get more involved.

Another date for your diaries: Saturday 17th September 11-4pm at Castle Garden…. The first Green Festival in organised by with lots of info and fun activities for the family on all things Green. We will have a stand there and be providing information about energy efficiency schemes, support and advice offered by Lightfoot and and information on MEAs Shropshire Green Doors event which will showcase retrofitted homes in October. will be with us offering sustainability advice to small businesses under and Cool Shropshire and Telford scheme So come along to find out more….. 🌍💚

Do you live in Shropshire and have had your property retrofitted? If Yes - Shropshire Green Door 2022 needs your help.
is looking for some wonderful people to volunteer to open their Green Doors around Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th October to help promote information about energy efficiency, carbon saving and greener homes
If you have had any significant retrofit work done to your property, such as:-
Solar pv/ solar thermal
Air source/ Ground source heat pump
Underfloor heating
Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery
Internal wall insulation
External wall insulation
Extension built of sustainable materials
…and you’d be willing to open your doors, and talk to interested visitors for the day (10-4 or less if you prefer)…they’d love to hear from you.
Owners of new build properties are very welcome to join in, but the emphasis is on retrofit.
will do all the legwork in terms of organising and marketing. The properties will be easy to locate using an interactive map which can be accessed on a smartphone, tablet or laptop. They will produce an information sheet about your property, so that visitors have lots of useful information at their fingertips.
If you are interested DM or email Tony Baker [email protected] 🏡🏠🪟🌍💚

My word what a day! A massive thank-you to all our volunteers, performers, stallholders, customers, plus the mayor that made today so very special. Here's to a mega 24th Ludlow Green Festival, cheers!

Sound delicious!

Find us Ludlow Green Festival today Ludlow Market

Had a bit of fun with some stripey scored Poppy Seed Sourdough...

We've also got...(all Sourdough)

* Fig and Fennel
* Sourdough 1.0
* Rye and Chia
* Porridge Tinny Loaves
* Porridge, Sultana and Cinnamon
* 70% Wholemeal with Linseed and Sunflower

Plus

* Spiced Butter Bean Hummus with Mint and Toasted Sesame
* A selection of vegetables picked from the market garden this morning

FREE energy advice from Keep Shropshire Warm at the Green Festival.

🌿 This week we'll be at the wonderful Ludlow Green Festival!

🌱 Find out how you can make your home more cosy and comfortable ahead of Winter. Our Future Ready Homes scheme will help you cut costs, cut carbon and increase comfort. A representative from MEA will be around to answer any questions about the scheme you may have.

☘️ Apply here: https://mea.org.uk/our-work/future-ready-homes/

Ludlow Green Festival 2022

We're excited to welcome Extinction Rebellion Wyre Forest's Planet Medics to the Green Festival. Street theatre performances at 12.45 and 2.45pm.

South Shropshire Climate Action will be running the Green Festival's 'Climate Question Time', where festival goers can ask questions to a panel of local experts. Different topics will be covered at different times throughout the day:

10.30 How can we spend our money in a sustainable way?
11.30 How can I stay warm at home?
12.30 What's the best way to travel?
2.00 How can we eat healthily and reduce waste?
3.00 How can I increase biodiversity in my garden?

Questions can be handed in at the South Shropshire Climate Action stall in advance, or just come along to a session and join in.

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There's so much to see and do at Sunday's Green Festival! We can't quite believe how much we've packed in to the programme. From live music to electric bikes; Climate Question Time to clothes and toy swapping; open allotments to bushcraft walks; delicious food and drink to LOADS of hands on children's activities; dance and theatre performances to stalls from local environmental groups; Speakers' Corner to a market bursting at the seams with eco-friendly goodies, there really is something for everyone!
A full programme is now available for the day, see here for details:
http://www.ludlow21.org.uk/green-festival-sunday-10th-july-full-programme-now-available/

On the lookout for some new toys? Got clothes or books you're not using any more? Climate Action Hub Telford will be joining us on Sunday for a giveaway and swap event. They will be giving away toys, clothes and books for all ages and household items. You can bring things to swap or take anything for a pay as you can donation.

Dustbirds, Cherrystones, Koppelli and Join The Dots: just some of the brilliant local musicians joining us for Green Festival 2022. The full line-up is as follows:

10.00 - 10.45 Join The Dots
11.00 - 11.45 JJ Ragwort
12.00 - 12.45 Birdbrother
1.00 - 1.45 Cherrystones
2.00 -2.45 Koppelli
3.00 - 3.45 Dustbirds

The patient is sick. The diagnosis: Climate Emergency! But what's the cure? Come and help 'Doctor Green' find out at the Green Festival.

How can you make a pollinator happy?
Find out at the Green Festival! Meet a selection of bees, hoverflies, wasps, beetles, butterflies and moths, learn about the problems they face and the solutions we can offer.

Local business Islabikes will be at the festival, where you can test ride one of their e-bikes or cargo bikes.

Storymine will be running Wildflower Clay Workshops throughout the day at the festival.

Come along for a family friendly activity to highlight the importance of our Wildflower Meadow habitats here in the Uk. Storymine will help you create beautiful pressed terracotta clay tiles highlighting the beauty of our natural world and the importance of our wild spaces. The activity is aimed at children aged 6 plus years.

Storymine's Emma says:
"We have taken inspiration from the Wildflower Meadows that are in decline in the UK. We have lost 7.5 million acres of wildflower meadow and flower-rich grassland since the 1930s according to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew. 1400 insect species rely on them for survival including grasshoppers, crickets and butterflies. They help to maintain a healthy ecosystem with hedgehogs, birds and bats eating the insects that breed in wildflower meadows."

We're delighted to welcome Paul Jennings from Grass Roots Bushcraft to the festival. Paul will be leading nature walks at midday, 2pm and 3pm.

As part of the Green Festival, Wigley's Field Organic Allotments on Halton Lane will be open from 10am until 4pm on Sunday 10th July.

Not long now! This year's Green Festival will feature something for everyone with a bumper programme of free family activities on the theme of saving our ailing planet. Join us on Sunday 10th July and have a go at:

- Helping to prescribe a cure for the planet with 'Dr. Green'
- Making a ceramic tile with pressed wildflowers
- 'Making a pollinator happy'
- Bushcraft walks around the castle
- Test riding an electric bike
- Making an alternative prom dress
- Speaking up on the 'Soap Box'
- Climate Question Time - ask the experts
- and lots more!

You can also enjoy live music, delicious local food and drink, and a lively market featuring 40 stalls of local environmental groups and businesses.

🗣Green Festival ‘Speaker’s Corner’🎤

If you are planning to come to the Green Festival in Ludlow on Sunday, 10th July, we hope you will check out Speaker’s Corner.

Situated by the music stage, Speaker’s Corner offers an opportunity between the music sets for anyone who wants to have their say about the climate crisis, sustainability, …. whatever you feel passionate about to do with the environment.

Slots of a couple of minutes each can be booked in advance for the last quarter of each hour throughout the duration of the festival.

You could fly solo, or you may wish to share the microphone with others.

We would also love to hear some younger voices as well.

If you would like to take this opportunity to have your say, and perhaps win some people over to your way of thinking, contact me and I’ll book you a slot.

But even if you are shy of the limelight, come along and listen to others throughout the day.

Contact Ian Urry at [email protected]

We're starting to get excited now this year's Green Festival is nearly here! The team are busy planning all sorts of activities to make this the best one yet.