Events

Wildflower Trail Art Competition

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The Wildflower Trail wants everyone to get creative when out and about looking at all the new wildflowers growing across Adur and Worthing.

The Wildflower Trail are launching the Wildflower Trail Art Competition – Wildflowers and Pollinators, with submissions open from the 1st July 2021, with prizes and exhibitions being organised for springtime 2022. There are four categories, all judged by local professional artists and a special Community Choice award. For more information, visit our website – www.thewildflowertrail.org or email [email protected].

Cortis Avenue Wildlife Garden Now Open

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Good news! Cortis Avenue Wildlife Garden is re-opening to visitors from Friday 2nd July. Our opening times will be:
Wednesdays 11am – 12 noon
Fridays 11am – 12 noon
Alternate Saturdays – 17th July, 31st July, 14th August, 28th August & 25th September

We do have a few Covid related rules, to help keep everyone safe.
A one – way route round the garden
Signing-in at the gate
Social distancing and request to stay in your group
Maximum of 15 visitors at any one time (in addition to our volunteers).
Specific events are ‘on hold’ until we see how things go forward.
Our volunteers have been busy over the past 15 months maintaining the garden – volunteer numbers at any session subject to Covid rules.

The meadow and raised beds are blooming with wild flowers, the pond is looking good, and our hedgerows are flourishing. We had two bee swarms from ‘stranger’ bees, which we have rehomed. Unfortunately, our bees lost their Queen during her mating flight, and we now have a new Queen who has some catching up to do. But we have plenty of butterflies out and about when the sun shines!

So why not come along and check us out – we’d love to see you – just not all at once!

Email: [email protected] Tel: 01903 530780

Eco Open Houses Video Tours

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After the initial huge disappointment with having to cancel last year’s Eco Open Houses event and then a year of wondering how on earth we could still present the event in some form, we’ve made a start on Plan B!

We will gradually be putting videos of some of the venues that would have been open to the public up on our YouTube channel EOH playlist and hopefully one or two new ones that have emerged since, so do look out for them. We hope you will find them inspiring and that they might encourage you to give some things a go that can fairly easily be implemented or incorporated into your lives (if you aren’t doing them already!).

If, having looked at the video, you’d like to take a look at the case study for that property or the event brochure, you can visit the EOH section on our website for more details and links: https://www.ttworthing.org/events/#eco-open-houses

In the light of the Government’s roadmap not quite going according to plan, we also hope that the next step will be to create some bookable Zoom events so watch this space for news of that.

Green Books With Rob Hopkins – 1st July

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Co-founder of the Transition Movement, Rob Hopkins, will be talking to Paul Hannam about his latest book “From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want” in Greening Steyning‘s last Green Books event of the spring season.

Rob is a brilliant speaker and having attended an online event where Rob showed how this works, I was amazed at how hardened sceptics found real value in it.

It’s on Thursday 1 July from 7.30-8.30pm.

To book your place go to:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rob-hopkins-green-books-from-what-is-to-what-if-tickets-156874378489

 

The Future of Offshore Wind Power – 29th June

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Hear all about the ambitious plans to build a new generation of offshore wind farms all around the UK at this months Green Drinks with speaker Will Apps, head of Energy Development at the Crown Estate.

Already, offshore wind powers the equivalent of 4.5 million homes annually and generates over 10% of UK electricity by 2020. But with prices falling steadily this contribution is set to expand substantially over the next 10 years, with a new government target of 30 GW capacity by 2030.

But how will this be done, and what are the challenges involved? Join in the discussion hosted by Greening Steyning on Tuesday 29th June, 7.30pm – 8.30pm.

To book your place go to:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-drinks-the-future-of-offshore-wind-power-in-the-uk-tickets-156882751533

New Transition Network Event – The Universal Basics

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Join the Transition Network for their next event as part of Transition Bounce Forward, What Next project.

The Universal Basics event will explore how policies such as Universal Basic Income and Universal Basic Services could enable us to abolish precariousness and unlock our collective imagination and skills.

Join speakers Tchiyiwe Chihana from UBI Lab Network, Anna Coote from New Economics Foundation and Michael Pugh from Basic Income Conversation.

Monday 17th of May, 7-9pm.

Sign up here

A Great Day At The Farmers’ Market

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How lovely to be able to be part of the The Great Little Farmers’ Market CIC on the Goring Road on 1st May (despite the rain at the end) – it’s been over a year since we’ve been able to do a public event and it was good to be back!

We took donations for plants, seeds, books, preserves and bags and did really well.

Big thanks to Steve, Julia, Sarah, Francoise, Alan and Richard for giving up their Saturday morning to help, and to all the lovely people who stopped to chat and we are most grateful to Sharon Leppard for allowing us to be part of this delightful local event.

TTW at Goring Road Farmers Market 1st May

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TTW are looking forward to running a stall at the great local Goring Road Farmers’ Market on Saturday 1st May from 9am – 1pm.

We will be offering seeds, plants and books in return for donations and of course lots of info and updates about our activities and future plans! This will also provide us with the first perfect opportunity of the year to chat with you all about what you would like to see happening with TTW and how you may be able to contribute in whatever way you can.

Please save the date and we hope to see you there!

Seed Swap In A Box!

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It was such a shame that we were unable to hold our Seed Swap & Spring Fair this year as we always greatly look forward to it and to seeing you all.

In order to ensure that the seeds we have all collected over the last couple of years are not left unused, we shall be making up seed packets and making them available for you to rummage through and choose a selection, in return for a small donation!

We have a variety of both vegetable (salad leaves, heritage beans, brassicas, tomatoes etc) and flower (perennials, annuals, wildflowers etc) seeds available and these will be placed in a box by the doorstep at the left of Henry House, 189 Heene Road, Worthing, BN11 4NN.

Many thanks to Karen Simporis who has kindly offered her doorstep as a collection point!

The seed box shall be there from Friday 2nd April until the end of the month, unless we run out sooner of course. I shall be regularly topping up when needed.

If making a donation please can you place this in an envelope marked “seeds” and put it through Karen’s door (please don’t leave it in the seed box). If you are not sure how much to donate, we would suggest 50p-£1 per packet, but please feel free to give what you wish! It will all help to boost TTW’s ever depleting funds for our general running costs, which our annual Seed Swap event normally helps to cover every year. Alternatively, you may wish to donate via our website here: https://www.ttworthing.org/donate/

Greenpeace – Worthing Promenade Quiz Trail

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Work off all those chocolate eggs whilst highlighting the need for local cycling routes by taking part in the Arun & Adur Greenpeace Worthing Promenade Quiz Trail throughout April!

Cycle or walk the route through Worthing and submit your quiz answers by 1st May for a chance to win a Greenpeace Fairtrade prize bundle.

Route and questions available via Arun & Adur Greenpeace Facebook page post.

Submit answers here: https://tinyurl.com/promquiz