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Could you be a new Grow Batheaston Trustee?

Earlier this year Grow Batheaston achieved charity status and we are now looking to recruit more Trustees and build the capacity and capability of our board.

Our Trustees will have an interest in environmental issues and/or community sports and/or arts and culture. We are specifically looking for people with experience in the following areas, but we are happy to receive applications from people with a broad range of skills and experience.

1. Legal skills

2. Fund raising

3. Community bases initiatives

4. Land management

climate change, air pollution, biodiversity, community, eco, nature, sustainable, volunteerAli RogersSeptember 4, 2023community, eco, job vacancy

Pond Life - how to create a wildlife pond - by local resident Phil Johnston-Smith

Local resident Phil Johnston-Smith explains the impact that adding a pond has had in his garden is a short space of time.

climate change, air pollution, biodiversity, eco, nature, sustainableAli RogersAugust 16, 2022biodiversity, eco, ponds, wildlife, frogs, newts, toads, damselflies, nature

Eco Together Welcome and Outreach

Eco Together is being run by Transition Bath, based on similar successful projects elsewhere in the country. It brings together small groups of neighbours, friends or colleagues for 5 structured sessions to support each other in making changes that tackle climate change and the cost of living crisis in ways that suit each person best. Eco Together helps people do the eco-activities that have been on the list for a long time and will be very satisfying to complete!

climate change, air pollution, biodiversity, community, eco, nature, sustainableAli RogersAugust 1, 2022community, biodiversity, eco

Spotlight on local resident and volunteer Harry Adams

Local resident and volunteer Harry Adams tells us about what he loves about volunteering with Grow Batheaston

Forest Garden in Batheaston

New Forest Garden to be created in the Secret Garden in Batheaston

The core team at Grow Batheaston are beyond excited to finally be able to start work on a new venture in the village; this is the creation of a ‘Forest Garden’, situated behind the established and much appreciated Secret Garden next to the river and car park in Batheaston.

Energy cost rises - who wouldn't be worried!? By local resident Jan Watterson

No matter how carefully we budget, those sharp hikes in our energy bills will come on top of the other cost-of-living increases that are swirling around us now. But there is help available.

climate change, community, eco, sustainable, powerAli RogersFebruary 10, 2022community, energy, funding

Volunteer with us

We have started a volunteer calendar for projects we are working on that you can get involved in

community, sustainable, biodiversity, climate change, eco, flowers, fruit, natureAli RogersDecember 1, 2021community, Batheaston, volunteer, get involved, planting

Bath & West Community Energy – Installing Renewable Energy and Supporting Communities

In January 2021 Grow Batheaston received a £5000 grant from the Bath & West Community Energy (BWCE) Fund for the Grow Batheaston Store.

climate change, community, eco, fundraising, sustainable, power, solar, wind, hydroAli RogersDecember 1, 2021community, energy, solar power, wind power, hydro power, funding

Wild flower meadows project on the Elmhurst Estate

Details of out next initiative - creating some wild flower meadow area on the Elmhurst / Catherine Way Estate.

How to grow your own mushrooms by local resident Phil Rogers

Local resident Phil Rogers talks about his passion from growing mushrooms!

Introducing your local eco hairdresser - Karen Silk

Karen Silk is a Bath based, eco-sustainable hairdresser offering a one-to-one bespoke service, in a welcoming and relaxed studio with views over Batheaston Meadows.

by local, climate change, community, sustainable, ecoAli RogersJune 6, 2021eco, sustainable, business, green, recycling, natural

30 Oak saplings planted by the children from Oak class - Batheaston Church School

Local Primary school pupils from Oak class got the chance to each plant their very own oak sapling on Bathampton meadows near to New Leaf Farm.

A visit to the Shumei Natural Agriculture Farm at Yatesbury by local resident Jan Watterson

A visit the Shumei Natural Agriculture farm at Yatesbury was bewildering. I thought I knew a fair amount about organic agriculture, but my assumptions about the relationship between growers and crops were turned upside down.

Leafy greens, Root veg, fruit, vegetables, climate change, organicAli RogersMay 4, 2021fruit, veg, organic growing

Slow Flowers - Grown Not Flown

Local resident Cathy Crozier-Cole talks about the benefits of locally grown ‘slow flowers’

air pollution, climate change, flowers, natureAli RogersApril 28, 2021flowers, sustainable

Middle Ground Growers - Your Local Veg Box Scheme

We are Middle Ground Growers, a small ecological farm on 1.5 acres in Bathampton. We are young passionate growers who are determined to change our local food system by producing fresh organically grown and affordable food for all.

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