Newsletter

Just in case you didn’t get a chance to put them in your new 2025 diary, here is a reminder of the Green Ilminster Talks coming up in the next three months: 22nd January – James Chapman, Somerset Council Woodland creation: guilt mitigation or carbon sequestration?  James is a Tree Strategist at Somerset Council and […]

Just in case you didn’t get a chance to put them in your new 2025 diary, here is a reminder of the Green Ilminster Talks coming up in the next three months: 22nd January – James Chapman, Somerset Council Woodland creation: guilt mitigation or carbon sequestration?  James is a Tree Strategist at Somerset Council and

Hi there, Hope you all had great Christmas fun over the past 2 or 3 days whatever your chosen way of celebrating might have been… I thought I’d just check in with you quickly to see how many people might be planning on coming for a walk tomorrow? If you could let me know one

Seasons greetings to you all! Welcome to the final Green Ilminster newsletter of the year. It’s difficult to believe that another year is drawing to a close and winter is upon us once again. I am going to resist the temptation of talking about how glum the world might feel and how it’s easy to

We will be meeting as usual this Saturday at 11:00am – rendez-vous also as usual the Market House. We will continue our walking around Ilminster to take in trees we have surveyed and maybe add some new ones. Our aim is to have enough information to create a Tree Walk around Ilminster from which we

Ben Thorne, a Senior Farm adviser from the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) will be talking to us  about what can be done to help reduce the frequency and severity of local flooding events. Details of this event to be held at the Ilminster Arts Centre are shown in the poster. Doors open 6:45.

Chairs welcome Hello all and welcome to Green Ilminster’s Autumn Newsletter. Its difficult to believe that it’s been five years since Green Ilminster formed, and what a five years It’s been! We have grown into a vibrant, passionate and determined organisation which is lucky enough to have some of Ilminster’s most brilliant and inspirational folk

Chairs welcome Hello all and welcome to Green Ilminster’s Autumn Newsletter. Its difficult to believe that it’s been five years since Green Ilminster formed, and what a five years It’s been! We have grown into a vibrant, passionate and determined organisation which is lucky enough to have some of Ilminster’s most brilliant and inspirational folk

Hi there, We’re going out on Saturday week to review all of the trees that we have added to the Woodland Trust’s Ancient Tree Inventory. Over the past  6 months, we have located about 25 very special trees within walking distance of the town centre that we want to celebrate. These will form the basis

We’re looking forward to the first of our Green Ilminster Talks next week – Steve Mewes from Somerset Climate Action Network at the Ilminster Arts Centre on Wednesday 20th March at 7.30 (Refreshments from 6.45). Do please come and support us if you can – if should be a good evening amongst kindred spirits! And

Just a quick note to let you know that we are holding our AGM at Sweet Surprise at 6.30pm on 5th March, followed by  at The Dolphin at 7.30pm. If you are coming to the AGM it is upstairs at Sweet Surprise in Silver Street, accessed by the side door in the alleyway. Also, another