Author Archives: TrowbridgeEco

1st Sunday of the month 11am – 1pm – GROW at the Gloucester Road Allotments. Come and help tend the community raised beds. 2nd Saturday of the month 10am – 12pm – Go Wild in Trowbridge Park. Meet by the Polebarn Road entrance and help us maintain our space for nature. All welcome and equipmentContinue reading “Regular Events”

Join us as we help to make the streets of Trowbridge more clean and tidy. Meet at 10am on Sunday 22nd March in the public carpark on Bradford Road (near the park). We’re planning a “starburst” as we set of in small groups along the streets nearby. All equipment provided, but do bring your ownContinue reading “The Great British Spring Clean Community Litter Pick Sun 22nd March”

Bring all your items in need of tlc along and our expert team of volunteers will do their best to breathe new life into them! We’ll be open 10 – 2 in the Guide Hut in Trowbridge Park. If you’d just like to see what we do, you’re very welcome to pop in for aContinue reading “Spring Repair Café & Seed Swap Sat 14th March”

Head over to our What’s on page… If you would like to join in with any of these activities (click on heading above to see link to dates), please just turn up on the day or email trowbridgeeco@gmail.com to find out more info. The more the merrier!

On Sat 29th we opened our doors once again to the good people of Trowbridge carrying their items in need of repair! Our brilliant team of fixers repaired 25 out of 30 items and were able to offer advice on home-repairs for other items that weren’t repairable on the day. We mended bikes, radios, clothingContinue reading “Winter Repair Café”

TECo has to date supplied the local community with over 150 blue hearts to encourage people to create or preserve a “wild” area to encourage wildlife. It is part of a national scheme – to find out more head to https://bluecampaignhub.com/ . They say “Bring your local area to life with the BLUE campaign. WeContinue reading “Blue Heart Campaign”

Our team of menders were hard at it again on Sat 28th June. Bikes, clothing, lamps and radios to name but a few items that were saved from landfill. Fix of the day was the metal detector! Our next cafe will be on Sat 27th September.

Thinking of having a party? Prevent disposable partyware ending up in landfill and borrow one of our Party Packs instead! Enough for up to 30 people, they are FREE and come with a choice of tablecloth and bunting. For more information, click on the picture above and follow the link.

Go Wild is a project to create a space for nature in the town park. Volunteers have worked hard in the wild patch to make it a place which attracts wildlife and particularly encourages bees, butterflies and other insects to thrive. We meet in the park from 10 – 12 on the second Saturday ofContinue reading “Go Wild needs you!”

What a fabulous community event the Apple Festival was on Saturday Oct 5th. We joined in the fun and it was lovely to chat to so many people about what we do. The blue hearts flew off the stall and we look forward to hearing if the sunflower and bean seeds grow well next spring!