All week and until the end of the festival the Earth Trail remains in the park for you to enjoy. The first people to go round were thrilled with what they experienced, using words like ‘beautiful, uplifting and moving’. Take your phones and headphones and walk slowly round the route as you journey in words and music from the beginning of time until now.

Tonight (Monday 10th) we welcome Charles Dowding at Resound 7.30pm. This inspirational figure is a phenomenon in vegetable growing and the care of the soil. Not to be missed.

On Wednesday at 6am – for those who can get out of bed – a treat – Ed Drewitt will take us on a walk to introduce us to our local birds. If you have never experienced a walk with Ed you will be amazed at how he will help you to see and feel the life all around us. It is followed by a breakfast at the Langley. Breakfast bookings remain open until tonight.

On Thursday – we welcome Nick Wilcox-Brown, meet outside the library at 6pm. Nick is a professional photographer with a particular interest in nature, who will inspire us in our hunt for the perfect shot. All ages and types of kit, phones, cameras etc all welcome. And don’t forget the local nature photo competition is still open.

And on Saturday, we repeat our sensory walks at 11am and 2pm, meeting at the library. These are a very special opportunity to see the world around us in a different way. Mark, and his team from Westonbirt Arboretum, who lead the walks, create an extraordinary experience of nature for us. Highly recommended!

Booking for all of these can be found on our programme page.

You may also like to check out our final week which features an insect survey with Ed; an Energy academy roadshow with our new Emersons and Lyde Community Energy company – made up of local people, all volunteers at this stage, looking to power up our community with renewable energy; a swift walk and talk with local enthusiast Sarah and our final picnic in the park – for which the weather will be amazing – really – I hope so anyway!