{"id":122,"date":"2013-01-15T20:33:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T20:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorverton.pinwood.org.uk\/?page_id=122"},"modified":"2024-10-08T12:17:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T12:17:04","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pinwood.uk\/thorverton\/?page_id=122","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Events<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

MARCH<\/strong><\/p>\n

Annual willow cutting is scheduled for the Millennium Green this month. \u00a0Please bring your loppers! \u00a0Anybody is welcome, so please come along with your family and friends, if you can. Weavers, sculptors and gardeners may enjoy experimenting with cut willow branches.<\/p>\n

APRIL<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Millennium Green AGM in April is open to the public.\u00a0 We encourage you to share suggestions and comments with the Trustees at this time.<\/p>\n

Re-seeding the wild flowers.\u00a0 In 2013, Mr. Olly White’s Class 2 pupils from Thorverton Primary School gathered in the Millennium Green to reseed the wild flower area. \u00a0Over 23 students watched Gillian Bathe mix native seeds and butterfly-attracting seeds with sand and explain how to rake and then broadcast the them over the planting area. \u00a0The students listened attentively, flinging and raking with great gusto. \u00a0In a month or two, they returned to the site to see which seeds have flourished.<\/p>\n

JUNE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Archery on the Millennium Green.<\/p><\/div>\n

Family Fun Day<\/em> takes place on both the Memorial Hall grounds and the Millennium Green. There is hot and cold food and a bar. Entertainment include includes such activities as live music and singing, a children’s dance workshop, homecrafts competition, stalls, bouncy castle, duck fishing, coconut shy, Kirton archers and a climbing wall plus a dog show and dog hurdling (open entry), skittles and welly wanging. \u00a0Free entry, most activities are \u20a41.<\/p>\n

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\nThorverton School Art and N<\/em>ature Event <\/em>was organized for the Thorverton Primary School children.\u00a0 With the assistance of Jennie Garne, Thorverton’s resident naturalist, moths, beetles, butterflies and two types of larva were identified along with a mature grass snake.\u00a0 Paintings and drawings by the children were the culmination of this event.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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JULY<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Comma<\/a>“Moth Trapping”, on the Thorverton Millennium Green is an evening event. Come along and see what moths are attracted to the moth trap.\u00a0 \u00a0Two Elephant Hawkmoths were the highlight of trapping one year. As many as 80 moths and 37 different species have been recorded.\u00a0 Seventeen new species were added<\/p>\n

\"3527.Elephant<\/a>Two Elephant Hawkmoths were the highlight of this year’s moth trapping on 25 July, 2015.\u00a0 Eighty moths were recorded and 37 different species.\u00a0 Seventeen new species were added to the list of Lepidoptera found at the Millennium Green.<\/p>\n

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AUGUST<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Seven<\/a>“Tiger Hunt at Thorverton Millennium Green” in August is a search for what hides in the grass, bushes and trees. \u00a0We’re looking for tiger moths, caterpillars, beetles, spiders, butterflies and more.\u00a0 Free cakes and soft drinks<\/span> available.\u00a0Everyone welcome.<\/span> \u00a0Be part of Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count and Moth Night in association with Atropos and Butterfly Conservation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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FRIENDS OF THE THORVERTON MILLENNIUM GREEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Anyone who cares about the Millennium Green is invite to join the work detail a every 4th Saturday of the month<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Nettles and low-hanging branches are frequent “casualties” resulting in more well-manicured seating and viewing areas as seen on the left.\u00a0 Bring your secateurs and a lunch for about 1-2 hours of work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/a>Event Guidance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Events that do not require closing any part of the\u00a0Green for access by the public and which are appropriate are usually welcome. The\u00a0Trustees need to be consulted because they are responsible for safety of others and\u00a0assessment of appropriateness.<\/p>\n

The Trustees can occasionally give permission for\u00a0Events requiring exclusion of the public from part of the Green (but not the public\u00a0footpath) particularly if they are in some way of advantage to the Green.<\/p>\n

Please use the\u00a0email form on this site to contact the trustees. The appropriate person will respond to\u00a0you for further discussion of your request. contact.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Past Events<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Opening of the Green<\/strong>\u00a0by Angela Browning MP, Moths and Butterfly\u00a0Identification events each summer led by Jenny Garne, Tree O\u02bcClock international\u00a0competition on tree planting led by Ros Brimacombe, our own Winter and Spring Watch,<\/p>\n

Tree Planting<\/strong> – Occasional extra trees have been planted, the latest being a lime tree in memory of Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick<\/p>\n

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