St. Stephen's Millennium GreenNews about the St. Stephen’s Millennium Green
The 2024 AGM of the St. Stephen’s Millennium Green Trust will be held on 13th November, 2024 at 7pm. The venue is the Foyer at St. Stephen’s Church, Lansdown. All are welcome.
This is your chance to hear what the Trust has achieved over the past 12 months and to hear about future plans for the Millennium Green including the 25th Anniversary Fort Replace Project. It is also an opportunity to put your questions to the Trustees.
Wine and refreshments will be available after the meeting.
2025 will mark the 25th Anniversary of the Millennium Green as the grand opening of the Millennium Green took place in June 2000. The Trustees have decided that it would timely to replace the timber fort on the Millennium Green and make this our 25th Anniversary Project.
Over the past few years the fort has been showing its age and has needed a lot of patching up to keep it in place and to keep it safe. Many of the timber post are rotting at the bottom and the overall structural integrity is degrading.
The Trustees have decided to remove the old fort and to replace it with a seating area on top of the remodelled mound so that everyone can enjoy the vista. There will be steps through the landscape leading up to the new stone and timber bench which will be circular so that small groups can gather together. A route will lead on through the landscape to a willow house with openings looking out at varying heights, before connecting back to the existing path.
Work should start on this project in November 2024 and should be complete in time for the 25th Anniversary in 2025.
For more information and to donate to this project go to www.millenniumgreen.org.uk/25th.
The reports from the 2023 AGM of the St. Stephen’s Millennium Green Trust will be held on 8th November 2023 are available for download.
The winner of the Spring Photo Competition was @adam_a_wilxpix. Many congratulations to him and many thanks for posting such a wonderful photo.
Judging by the Trustees was not easy with so many excellent photos entered into the competition. You can see all 54 great photos at www.millenniumgreen.org.uk/index.php/comp23.
The ongoing project to renew the paths on the Millennium Green is now complete. Many thanks to Duncan Spooner and his team for their hard work on a wet Friday to get the job completed. This means that the Green is ready for a good number of visitors during Spring and Summer
This means that two planned projects on the Millennium Green are now complete. The replacement of the rotten decking by the pond as well as the path renewal. The next project is the installation of a new 1000 litre rainwater tank which will enable much more use of rainwater for watering on the Millennium Green. The new tank has been delivered and is in place awaiting connection to the gutters. The other project planned for the Spring is to put new playbark down around the fort and the pig.
We are grateful for a legacy and for all the financial support that we get from our supporters to help fund these projects.
The ‘Carols on the Green’ on December 7th was a great success. The weather was perfect for the event with a clear sky and an almost full moon giving a wonderful frosty and crisp seasonal atmosphere.
Over 80 people attended, and the CitySound Voices Bath Choir gave a rousing rendition of favourite carols.
Sales of mulled wine, mince pies, cake, biscuits and seasonal produced went very well. The frosty evening certainly encouraged the sales of mulled wine. Overall the evening made a profit which will go towards the upkeep of the Millennium Green.
Many thanks to the CitySound Voices Bath choir for their excellent singing. Many thanks to Trustees Chris Melbourne, Peter Akbar and Anne Love for organising the event and thanks to all the other helpers. It is our intention to make this an annual Christmas event.
See below for a gallery of photos from the evening.
The reports and the minutes from the 2022 AGM of the St. Stephen’s Millennium Green trust held on 23rd November 2022 are available below.
The winner of the Spring Photo Competition was valmote75. Many congratulations to her and many thanks for posting such a wonderful photo.
Judging by the Trustees was not easy with so many excellent photos entered into the competition. You can see all 85 photos at www.millenniumgreen.org.uk/photos.
The reports and minutes from the 2021 AGM of the St. Stephen’s Millennium Green Trust held on 29th November 2021 are available below.
