Low Carbon: Cheshire Wildlife Trust prepares to stage One Earth Festival at Bickley

By Sarah Griffiths on Jul 2, 09 12:11 PM in News

THE annual and highly popular One Earth Festival takes place at its new venue this Sunday from 11am-5pm.

After a long and successful stint at Grosvenor Park, Chester, the event will this year take place at Bickley Hall Farm, Bickley, near Malpas, the home of Cheshire Wildlife Trust.

"We have been working to make the farm visitor-friendly since we moved here in December 2006," said Jan Shone, acting head of people and wildlife at the Trust.

"Now that we finally have facilities in place, we wanted to invite everyone to come and visit us, to experience wildlife and the natural environment for themselves in a really fun and interactive way, and to explore the wonderful site we have here, that would normally be off limits to casual visitors."

With free entry, the festival will feature art and environmental activities including face-painting, nest box and dragonfly making, live music and food from local producers including Cheshire Ice Cream.

The activities will be based in two large barns, which are also home to a set of historic milking parlours.

Across the site there will also be pond dipping, mini-beast hunting, visits to native breed cows and sheep and guided walks.

Visitors can explore the wildlife- friendly garden and newly planted orchard, and are encouraged to take a picnic and stay for the day.

For further details, visit www. cheshirewildlifetrust.co.uk or call 01948 820728.

The picture shows Jane Shone of Cheshire Wildlife Trust.