{"id":12300,"date":"2025-05-19T16:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12300"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:58:50","slug":"12300","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/12300\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Annual Eco Fair at Christ Church – Caring For God’s Acre"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Come and Discover the Plant, Wildlife, and Nature in your local churchyard and grounds!<\/p>\n

Caring For God’s Acre – Christ Church 2nd Eco Fair – FREE ENTRY<\/p>\n

Sat 7th June 2025 12-4pm at Christ Church<\/p>\n

After the success of last year\u2019s first Eco Fair and growing local interest, we\u2019re excited to bring the event back for 2025!<\/p>\n

As part of the national Love Your Burial Ground Week and Churches Count on Nature, our Eco Fair celebrates nature, wildlife, heritage, and sustainable living.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re teaming up with a wide range of local environmental and nature-focused groups who will be showcasing their work and leading engaging activities throughout the day.<\/p>\n

Come along to explore our beautiful churchyard, join in nature-themed events and talks, and enjoy some light refreshments. You’re also very welcome to bring your own picnic and relax on the lawns and in the peaceful gardens. It\u2019s a fantastic day out for all ages \u2013 everyone is welcome!<\/p>\n

Free entry | No booking required<\/p>\n

The day will include:
\n🦋 Bug hunts
\n🪱 wildlife specimens
\n🎋 wild plant tours
\n🎤 nature talks
\n📖 storytelling
\n🎨 children\u2019s activity tables
\n🪧 local wildlife, environmental, and sustainable-living organisation’s displays and talks
\n🎤 local history talks
\n🍔 picnic area
\n🥤🍪 refreshments
\n… and much more<\/p>\n

All welcome! Come and Discover<\/p>\n

We\u2019re looking for eco-focused groups and organisations to join us at this year\u2019s Eco Fair! If you\u2019d like a free display stall or would be interested in running an activity, please get in touch \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you. Contact Daphne Hardwick at daphne@christchurchswindon.co.uk<\/a> or Steve Cox at communications@christchurchswindon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cc-home-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12304,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300\/revisions\/12304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}