June has been busy in Leominster whether it is Leominster Festival, Threads through Creation or the election which is keeping people occupied and entertained.
There are the usual Transition Leominster activities coming up in July:
Saturday 6th July, 10.- 12.30 – if TL can cope when they get the election results there will be the Repair Café and Plant Stall
Wednesday 10th July 7pm – Social at the Chequers
Wednesday 17th July 10am – Cycle ride, Corn Square
Choir will break up for the summer, last session 16th July (end of term party – details from lccatlcc@myphone.coop).
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Is anyone interested in a bat walk please let TL know on
Herefordshire Wildlife Trust have a series of events over the summer including Guided Wellbeing Walks starting on Thursday 4th July and Children’s Art Sessions. Click here for more information and to book. The Leominster branch of the Trust are holding a talk on Gardening for Wildlife on Wednesday 10th July from 7.00pm – 8.30pm followed by a garden visit on Saturday 13th July. Full details can be found here.
Leigh Day is a firm of solicitors representing some members of the Hereford community in relation to the pollution of the River Wye. A lot of their clients and the wider community have explained to them that the pollution of the river has really impacted their lives, from loss of access to the rivers and the ecological decline to affecting their livelihoods and property values. Leigh Day are holding a series of events in Hereford and the wider Herefordshire area in mid-July about the pollution and the legal claims. Please click on the link for more information.
The Community Green Spaces Fund will provide up to £7m of funding to support communities to create, restore and enhance their green spaces. Grants of up to £75,000 will be provided to help communities plant fruits, vegetables, and trees, creating orchards and natural play areas for all to access and enjoy. Click on the link for more details and to learn more.
The Restore Nature Now March is taking place tomorrow, June 22nd in London. Coaches are going from Hereford. XR Marches are organising at least 1 coach. Coach tickets are £25 per person with up to 8 discretionary tickets reserved for those on low incomes. To reserve your ticket and get instructions on how to pay email XRmarches3.5@protonmail.com . Please also let them know if you have any access needs. The coach will leave Hereford railway station, HR1 1BB at 6.45am (time tbc) and do a further
Applewood Permaculture Centre have a full programme of courses over the summer including: PEACE Course – Peace Empowerment and Cultural Emergence 2024 – Applewood Courses Introduction to Permaculture Course 2024 – Applewood Courses Budding and Summer Pruning Workshop 2024 – Applewood Courses For full details of all their courses, visit their website.
Spend a day volunteering in the Much Marcle countryside and help protect local wildlife. The Countryside Regeneration Trust are looking for volunteers to meet once a month at Awnells Farm to carry out conservation work and wildlife surveys. No experience needed, training provided. Please register to volunteer and select Awnells Farm.
The Restore Nature Now March is taking place June 22nd in London. Coaches are going from Hereford. XR Marches are organising at least 1 coach. Coach tickets are £25 per person with up to 8 discretionary tickets reserved for those on low incomes. To reserve your ticket and get instructions on how to pay email XRmarches3.5@protonmail.com . Please also let them know if you have any access needs. The coach will leave Hereford railway station, HR1 1BB at 6.45am (time tbc) and do a further pick up at Ludlow Smithfield car park, 25 Lower Galdeford, SY8 1RN at 7.30am
Hay Festival has just finished. One of the speakers was the inspirational Robin Wall-Kimmerer, a mother, scientist, botanist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned her wide acclaim. In conversation with James Rebanks she drew on her expertise and experience as an indigenous woman to show how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices. Later she was interviewed for BBC Radio 4’s Start The Week
Herefordshire Wildlife Trust Ross-on-Wye branch are running another wildlife gardening workshop on 9th June. Click here for more details.
