I am taking great delight from watching the young blue tits on the garden bird feeders this autumn. I like to think that that they emerged from one of the nest boxes made at a Green Martinstown event last year, when families could put together a bird box and take it home to put up […]
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Upcoming Events
12th October 2024 Soil: Foundation of Life – Supper Evening with Professor Mark Kibblewhite Village Hall 7:00pm £17 per person – tickets from the village shop – click here for details 5th December 2024 Green Martinstown Open meeting at the Manor house, Martinstown. 7pm All welcome 8th February 2025 – 10am to 12-noon Dance with […]
Supper Evening 12 October 2024 – Soil Foundation
Letter from Elizabeth – Bees Beatles and Butterflies
Upcoming Events – August 2024
Beetles, Bees and Butterflies – with Naomi Wilkinson, BBC TV presenter (and daughter of Martinstown residents Katie and Peter Wilkinson) “Naomi is a television presenter who has been working non-stop in children’s TV since 1999. Whether it’s hosting shows for preschoolers or adults, Naomi is always happy to be thrown in at the deep end, […]
Events Diary – June 2024
Open Meeting Friday June 14th, 6 – 7.30pm. Martinstown Village Hall. Open to Members and Valley residents. Updates on activities, light refreshments and short interesting presentations on local natural history. A chance to meet up with members and the Core Group, ask questions, get involved in our projects and join our growing band of Greeners! […]
Valley and Valence June 2024
Events DiaryOpen Meeting Friday June 14th, 6 – 7.30pm. Martinstown Village Hall.Open to Members and Valley residents. Updates on activities, light refreshments and short interesting presentations on local natural history. A chance to meet up with members and the Core Group, ask questions, get involved in our projects and join our growing band of Greeners! […]
BRING BACK OUR BUS SERVICE
GREAT NEWS!! There is real a chance that the X51 bus service that presently runs along the A35 between Dorchester and Bridport might be re-routed back through Winterbourne Steepleton and Martinstown providing much needed public transport. A trial run is being considered for this summer, but it is up to us to make sure First […]
Village Hall Supper Evening – 28 October 2023
On Saturday evening 28th October 2023, Green Martinstown hosted its third Supper Evening at the Village hall. Our guest speaker this year was John Calder of the Dorset Climate Action Network. John is Project Manager for the Great Big Dorset Hedge and he spoke about the project and its success. Over the last year the […]
The Green Living Project – 2023
The Green Living Project is a process of ongoing practical education on different daily living topics, using the Green Living Guide, created in 2019 from an original document by Transition Towns Totnes. A group of Green Martinstown members met together as a GLP, pilot group once a month for 7 months with the aim to […]