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A Big Plant with a Stick up the Middle

Ore Community Centre 455 Old London Road, Hastings

EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS. Tree life - an introduction An introductory talk by artist and tree surgeon, Jim Roseveare. Using specially selected timber we will look at the fascinating inner world of trees. How is wood made? How long can a tree grow? How does a tree adapt to its environment?  The Woodland Trust Tree Charter petition will be available to sign - the charter for trees, woods and people. Our right to the benefits of trees and woods.  

FREE ENTRY

Fungi Walk with Geoff Dann in Alexandra Park

Alexandra Park St Helen's Rd, Hastings

A walk in Alexandra Park with Fungi expert Geoff Dann learning about mushrooms. Alexandra Park is very interesting from a mycological point of view, partly because there is such a wide variety of trees, including many conifers which attract a big range of symbiotic partners. Two nationally rare species fruit every year, and I’ve seen well over a hundred over the years I’ve been dog-walking there, including at least 30 edible species. We’ll cover everything we find that I am able to identify in the...Continue Reading "Fungi Walk with Geoff Dann in Alexandra Park" →

FULLY BOOKED
Home Ground Kitchen

Surplus Supper Club

Home Ground Kitchen Gotham Alley, Hastings, East Sussex

A Pay What You Can supper club using only surplus food from local sources. Tackling food waste and climate change is a topic high on all our agendas. Now you can combine it with an evening socialising with neighbours, supporting a grassroots project and eating delicious food. Welcome to the first instalment of Home Ground Kitchen's fully surplus supper club, using ingredients saved from landfill to produce three courses of tasty delights. HGK's goal is to bring our community together through food and this Pay...Continue Reading "Surplus Supper Club" →

Pay what you can - booking needed
Woodland event

Rewild Communities at Robsack Wood

Robsack -Meet outside One stop - 2 Bodiam Drive, St Leonards-On-Sea. One Stop, 2 Bodiam Drive, St Leonards-On-Sea

Discovering, protecting and enjoying our local natural space. An opportunity for the communities of Hollington and Robsack to discover, explore and protect their local woodland spaces We will have conservation and woodland management tasks and activities for the whole family. We aim to help make the woodland space a safer and more enjoyable place for families to enjoy. We will also attempt to work together to protect and support the ecosystem of the woodland beyond this event. We will have an opportunity to enjoy the...Continue Reading "Rewild Communities at Robsack Wood" →

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Warrior Square Station Community Garden open day

St Leonards Warrior Square Station Saint Leonards-on-sea

A special session at Transition Town Hastings' community garden with a guided tour. Come along and say hi to the team tea and cake will be served! Open to all to join with a friendly, relaxed, group of volunteers.   I walk past your garden on my way to work in Kings Road, and I have to say it truly brightens my day! Thank you all for your efforts, and I shall, if it is agreed with your chalk boards, help myself now and again....Continue Reading "Warrior Square Station Community Garden open day" →

FREE

Norman Goes Green – Green Market at Tommy’s Pizzeria

Tommy's Pizzeria 28 Norman Rd, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom

The second monthly Green Market at Tommy's will see local traders selling sustainably made and low waste products. From plastic free toiletries, recycled and organic cotton clothing to vegan treats. To take place in the courtyard at Tommy's Pizzeria from 10am–1pm. We will have recycling collection points for the following items: - Torn tights and hosiery - to be sent to Swedish Stockings to recycle - Broken inflatables - to be sent to Wyatt & Jack to be made into bags and accessories - Small...Continue Reading "Norman Goes Green – Green Market at Tommy’s Pizzeria" →

FREE

DIY Solar Charger Workshop

OPEN 19 Grand Parade, St Leonards On Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom

If you are interested in knowing more about renewable energy systems, this one day, very practical workshop, will allow you to create a product to charge your phone (and other USB devices) from the sun, that you can take home at the end of the day. You will learn what energy is and what it can do, and gain a hands-on understanding of the electrical basics: current, voltage, resistance, power, and series and parallel circuits. During the workshop you will build your own solar panel...Continue Reading "DIY Solar Charger Workshop" →

£75

Community Street Audit

Meet at lower junction of London Road and Ashburnham Road

A chance to learn how to evaluate the quality of your streets and spaces from the viewpoint of the people who use them, including safety, air pollution, and ease of walking. Hosted by Hastings Green Party.

FREE

Female Pirate Printer Demonstration

Goat Ledge Promenade Lower Promenade, Warrior Square, St Leonards, East Sussex

This demonstration at is a homage to an experimental printmaking project in Berlin that uses urban structures like manhole covers, grids, technical objects and other surfaces of the urban landscape, to create unique graphical patterns on streetwear basics, fabrics and paper. Every piece is hand printed, on-site in the public space, as a footprint of the city. A tribute to the Group called Raubdruckerin which interestingly means ‘female pirate printer’ in German. Raubdruckerin comes to Hastings through local Artist Louise Whitham Demonstration times: 11.00am -12.00  and 2.00-3.00 pm ...Continue Reading "Female Pirate Printer Demonstration" →

Woodland event

Rewild Communities in Hollington

Hollington woodland (Tile barn wood) Hollington Skate Park, Wishing Tree Road North, St Leonards on sea

Discovering, protecting and enjoying our local natural space. An opportunity for the communities of Hollington and Robsack to discover, explore and protect their local woodland spaces We will have conservation and woodland management tasks and activities for the whole family. We aim to help make the woodland space a safer and more enjoyable place for families to enjoy. We will also attempt to work together to protect and support the ecosystem of the woodland beyond this event. We will have an opportunity to enjoy the...Continue Reading "Rewild Communities in Hollington" →

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