Valley and Valence Parish Magazine

Green Martinstown are very excited at the prospect of hopefully acquiring some land adjoining the village. It will be a long process to apply for this. At this stage, if you have experience in legal contracts or writing business plans please contact us. If it goes ahead the use of the field will be in… Read more: Valley and Valence April 2024

Save the Date! Sunday March 10th 1.30 – 3.30 Community Meeting, Martinstown Village Hall. Tea and Cake. More to follow but it is exciting! Save Another Date! Green Martinstown Members Meeting at the Manor House, February 29th 7.00pm Drinks and Nibbles as usual. Please make it if you can as it is about the exciting… Read more: Valley and Valence February 2024

Supper EveningOur third annual supper evening at the village Hall was another splendid well attended event. This year the speaker was John Calder, Project Manager for the Great Big Dorset Hedge – a Dorset Climate Action Network project. John talked about the importance of hedges as a wildlife refuge in the country. They act as… Read more: Valley and Valence December 2023 – January 2024

This year is likely to be the hottest ever recorded, sea ice is melting more rapidly, bio-diversity is falling. The effects of these factors may not immediately seem to affect us but… Dorset COP September 9thGroups and individuals concerned with sustainable, ecological and issues were able to meet and enhance working partnerships. Over 250 attended,… Read more: Valley and Valence November 2023

Hedges, Wildlife, Farms and Government –John CalderSupper Evening with Bar28th October 2023 • 7.00pmMartinstown Village Hall£15.00 Tickets on sale at the village store. Green Martinstown World Renowned Supper Evening. Well perhaps not world renowned but nevertheless developing a formidable reputation for the high quality of supper! Our guest speaker will be John Calder, Project Manager… Read more: Valley and Valence September 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… Read more: The Green Living Project – 2023

The Great Big Dorset HedgeSurveying our hedges in Martinstown Parish has begun!We have a team of 8 Green Martinstowners surveying our precious hedges as part of the Dorset Climate Action Network’s Dorset wide project, the Great Big Dorset Hedge. The survey records what species of tree are in the hedge, its height and depth, the… Read more: Valley & Valance June/July 2023

It’s a sad fact that much of our UK wildlife is struggling due to habitat fragmentation or loss, coupled with the impacts of climate change. So what can we do? Many of our most trusted and knowledgeable wildlife and gardening organisations tell us that creating a wildlife pond can be of immense value to our… Read more: Ponds for Wildlife

As the gardening season gets into full Spring swing here is a reminder that there are three active compost heaps in the church graveyard. Uncooked food and garden waste can be taken there and added to the pile as indicated on the notices. You are also welcome to take a bag or two of finished… Read more: Community Compost Heaps