Emily Metcalfe, a Creative Media student at Poole College, reports on Wimborne Green Festival’s apple pressing event.
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Planet Wimborne Green Festival 2025 - Recordings of talks now available
Planet Wimborne is extremely grateful to all the speakers for their inspirational and informative talks and for allowing them to be recorded.
You can now find the following videos and accompanying presentation slides from the 2025 Planet Wimborne Green Festival festival at this link.
Upcoming events
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Please note - the venue cannot accept donations in advance.
Only items listed below can be taken. Please have your items pre-sorted.
Sat, Jan 10 2026, 10:30am - 12pm
Other news
Best ever Wimborne Green Festival comes to a close
Like all good things, the Wimborne Green Festival 2024 has come to a close. And what a week of events we have enjoyed - we firmly believe there was something for everyone. There were some great firsts this year as well - from putting out the community flags (literally) to herald the start of the Festival; to live streaming and recording talks; to running workshops in schools.
Residents urged to let Dorset Council know priorities for next 5 years
Dorset residents are being asked to help shape Dorset Council's key priorities to be delivered over the next 5 years in a big conversation. You can find details of the big conversation here: https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/a-big-conversation.
There are 4 main areas where the Council wants to make a difference:
Community Groups come together to share their passion
Planet Wimborne's successful networking event on Wednesday 24th July saw over 20 local community groups come together to share their passion for the environment. All the groups are affiliated to Planet Wimborne and spoke about what they were doing, taking the opportunity to talk to others and make connections. It was clear Wimborne and the surrounding area has a dedicated army of volunteers, all of who work for the good of the community.