Another successful Planet Wimborne Green Festival has come and gone. From the sun-blessed Minster Green Fair on the opening Saturday to the sell-out finale with The Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant at Queen Elizabeth School, this annual green-themed week has delivered again. And once again, Festival organisers were grateful for the support of local businesses, Wimborne Minster Town Council, and Wimborne BID.
At the Festival’s official opening, silver-medal-winning Paralympian, Jack Eyers, spoke about the importance of clean rivers and seas to his sport of canoeing. Deputy Mayor Cllr Wheeler encouraged us all to take small steps to reduce our impact on the environment. Revd Andrew Rowland blessed the Festival, and Town Crier Chris Brown focused on the impact of climate change. The Quarterjacks then led a procession from the Minster Green to the Square, with Chris riding in a cycle-powered trishaw. As in previous years, the apple pressing and juice sampling were very popular, and there was a constant buzz around the stalls on the Green; inside the Minster were refreshments and well supported donations of medical kits to Ukraine Relief and unwanted tech to DonateIT.
Events during the week drawing a full house, were a talk on care for our local rivers, and a bird-ringing demonstration at Deans Court. With its strapline of ‘Buy Better, Be More’, the 2025 Green Festival couldn’t have ended on a more appropriate note than Patrick Grant’s impassioned plea for us all to buy less, buy better, and buy local for the benefit of both people and planet.
Save the date: Planet Wimborne Green Festival 2026, October 10th–17th.
