Date/Time
11 October 2025 - 18 October 2025
All Day
The 2025 Theme was ‘Buy Better, Be More’.
The text below was used for last year’s festival (See Green Festival 2026 for information on this year’s one.)
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Come along to Planet Wimborne’s annual Green Festival to meet local groups and hear about all the great environmental activities going on in the town and surrounding area.
The Festival is going from strength to strength and we believe we have something for everyone: from the Minster Fair on the first Saturday to craft workshops, walks and talks spread throughout the week. (Some of the events are ticketed, even though many are free – see links further down this page for tickets.)
The Green Festival will be opened at 10:30am on Saturday 11th October (on Minster Green) by Paralympic silver-medal-winning canoeist Jack Eyers, with Wimborne’s Deputy Mayor, Cllr Simon Wheeler; Town Crier, Chris Brown; and Planet Wimborne Chairperson, Linda Bunting.
We are excited to announce that Patrick Grant, from the BBC series ‘The Great British Sewing Bee will be speaking at Queen Elizabeth’s School on Saturday 18th October.
The 2025 Green Festival Programme
The free, festival brochure with full details of the programme is available to view/download (links below) or a free fold-up version will be available from the East Dorset Information Centre in the High Street or the Fair Ground shop.
Programme summary can be viewed here: 2025 2 Page Programme Summary
Full brochure (36 pages) can be viewed here: 2025 Green Festival Programme
Map of Wimborne can be viewed here: Wimborne Map
Check our Planet Wimborne Facebook page for updates: https://www.facebook.com/PlanetWimborne/
Come and say ‘Hello’ – we’re looking forward to seeing you!
How is the Festival Funded?
Planet Wimborne is a group of passionate volunteers but we need donations to help us put on this festival. So please consider making a donation when you come along.
We are extremely grateful to the following for their support:
Dacombes of Wimborne
Teachers Building Society
Wimborne BID
Wimborne Minster Town Council
Radio Wimborne
Pink Egret
‘When Less is More’ with Patrick Grant
Saturday 18th October 2025 at 5pm
QE School
Patrick Grant from the hit BBC series, “The Great British Sewing Bee”, has a lot to say about clothes: how many we buy, how we value them, what they’re made from, and importantly who made them and where. He’s an outspoken advocate for radical change in the fashion and clothing industry, for moving beyond sustainable to circular and regenerative.
Fresh and Handmade Lush Bath Bombs
Join the Lush team to make a beautiful and fragrant Lush Bath Bomb. This workshop is for young people aged 8 to 18 years old.
FREE EVENTS
Tickets for the following events are free, but as numbers are limited, please book either online (see the link for each event) or collect from the Fair Ground shop in the Corn Market.
Donations to help us cover costs would be appreciated.
Friends of Uddens & Cannon Hill Woodlands Walk
Sunday 12th October 2025 at 10:15am
Join the friends for a walk around the woods. They are local residents that maintain the woodland for the benefit of the wildlife and local people. Hear about the projects they run and maybe consider joining them.
Rivers for Wimborne
Monday 13th October 2025 at 7pm. Allendale House.
Join us for talks on the state of our local rivers and the work that is going on to support them.
Wimborne BID and Wimborne War on Waste – Steps to a greener business
Tuesday 14th October 2025 at 12.30 until 14.00. Wimborne Methodist Church Hall
Please join us for Wimborne BID and Wimborne War on Waste’s free steps to a greener business event.
Recover, Recycle, Reuse
Wednesday 15th October 2025 at 8pm. Hilda Coles Centre, Museum of East Dorset.
Have you ever wondered where all your, and the rest of Dorset’s, food waste goes, and what happens to it? And what about road-sweepings, wood and soil waste?
Lush Green Hub visit
Thursday 16th October 2025 at 1.30pm
Join us for a tour of Lush’s Green Hub. Lush’s Green Hub is their commitment to, and investment in, the circular economy. They close the loop on their packaging and water; re-use, repurpose and repair materials and welcome staff and community with open arms into the world of zero waste.
Wonderful Wildlife of Wimborne
Thursday 16th October 2025 at 8pm. Hilda Coles Centre, Museum of East Dorset.
Join us for a talk by Dr George Green, a trustee of Dorset Bird Club, as he shares with us his many years of experience birdwatching in our local area.
Bird Ringing at Deans Court
Saturday 18th October 2025 at 9.30am. Deans Court.
This is a great opportunity to join the Wilding Wimborne team and check the birds that are found locally to us
River Allen Listening Experience
Saturday 18th October 2025 at 2pm. Café @ The Allendale
Take a short walk along the River Allen. Listen to the water and the sounds of wildlife above and below the surface. Explore creative responses to what you hear in and around the river.