Background
The people of Lansdown have long cherished the open ground between Richmond Road and Richmond Lane. In December 1999, St. Stephen's Millennium Green Trust bought the western end of the site and the future became secure.
The purchase was made possible by contributions from the Millennium Commission, local businesses and residents. A Millennium Green has been created to serve the people of Bath. The rest of the site has been leased to St. Stephen's Allotments for 50 years.
Keeping this project going costs money. The Millennium Green Trust is responsible for the maintenance of the Green.
Over the past fourteen years of the Trust's existence the Local Authority has supported the Green's upkeep with small grants. The main burden of maintenance is, however, carried out by the community.
You can support the Millennium Green by joining our the 'Fund A Day' Scheme where your donation can pay for one or more day's running costs to maintain the Green. Download a 'Fund A Day' form and then follow the instructions on form in order to make your donation.
You can also make a one-off donation to help towards the running costs of the Green. Download a donation form and follow the instructions on form in order to make your donation.
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Events for 2018
Lansdown Open Gardens Sunday 10th June
The annual Lansdown Open Gardens will take place on Sunday 10th June. As well as gardens to visit there will be plants on sale and the usual delicious homemade cakes and teas available.
Summer Fair and Produce Sale Monday 27th August
As usual the Summer Fair and Produce Sale will be held on the August Bank Holiday Monday, 27th August.
Tea & Talk Saturday 20th January
The illustrated talk "Egypt: Northwards on the Nile" by Alastair Chalmers was a highly successful event and our many thanks to Alastair for his fascinating talk. Over 60 people attended and as well as enjoying the talk, the attendees also enjoyed delicious sandwiches, cakes, and tea. The event raised over £610 towards the upkeep of the Millennium Green.
2017 AGM
Materials from the 2017 Annual General Meeting of the St. Stephen's Millennium Green Trust held on November 22nd are available as follows:
Millennium Green 2018 Calendars
An ideal Christmas present - the 2018 Millennium Green calendar!
Events For 2017
August 28th Monday - Summer Fair and Produce Sale.
The Summer Fair was held on a beautiful sunny Bank Holiday Monday with a big crowd enjoying the Fair on the Millennium Green. The children's sunflower competition brought many children and families onto the Green and as usual the Punch & Judy show was a big hit with both children and adults. In all over £1300 was raised for the upkeep of the Millennium Green.
February 25th Saturday - A Talk and Tea.
The Tea and Talk held on Feb 25th was a highly successful event with more than 60 attendees. David Beeton entertained the audience with a series of anecdotes about life inside the Royal Palaces and afterwards attendees enjoyed tea and cake featuring the usual selection of delicious cakes.
Over the £650 was raised towards the maintenance of the Millennium Green. Many thanks to Joyce Peachey, Di Ashby, Elizabeth Jones, Jenny Sharples and Lyn Jacobs for making yet another Millennium Green event great fun and a successful fund-raiser.
St Stephen’s Millennium Green featured on Gardeners’ World
We were surprised and delighted to see the photograph behind the weather forecaster during a recent edition of ‘Gardeners’ World’ It was a recent picture of the Millennium Green taken by a local photographer and what better endorsement for the Green, our much loved community space, than to be shown on national television.
2016 Annual General Meeting of the St. Stephen's Millennium Green Trust
The following documents are available for download:
Events For 2016
Christmas Wine Tasting & Supper Saturday November 19th
The evening was a great success with 62 guests enjoying the Christmas selection presented by Great Western Wine's Patrick Goudge and a supper prepared by the Millennium Green Events Committee.
The evening raised over £900 towards the upkeep of the Millennium Green. Thanks to all our guests for their participation and to our Events Committee for their sterling efforts.
St Stephen’s Millennium Green Summer Fair and Produce Sale, August 29th
Our Summer Fair on Bank Holiday Monday was a great success with beautiful weather and over 200 attendees. It was a wonderful community event and over £1500 was raised towards the upkeep of the Millennium Green. Many thanks to Lyn Jacobs and her events committee for all their hard work, and to all the other volunteers for their support. Thanks also to all of you who attended and spent so freely on the day!
The Lansdown Open Gardens - Sunday June 5th 2016
A wonderful day for the Open Gardens with brilliant sunshine and a large crowd of visitors to seven magnificent gardens. This was a record year with over 280 visitors and almost £3000 raised for the Millennium Green. Many thanks to all the garden owners who so kindly opened up their gardens, and also many thanks to the Millennium Green Events Committee who made it all possible.
Visit to Bowood House and Capability Brown Garden, May 3rd 2016
After what seemed like weeks of unseasonable weather, we enjoyed the first day of Spring on our visit to Bowood House and Garden. We were there to see the wonderful landscape of Capability Brown whose 300th anniversary is being celebrated this year. In addition, we had a guided tour of the private walled gardens of Lord and Lady Lansdowne and were able to admire the stunning displays of tulips and the very productive vegetable garden and glasshouses.
After lunch, a group of us visited the Woodland Garden and strolled amongst the vast carpets of bluebells. Others were absorbed by the fascinating exhibition in the Orangery of the story of Capability Brown’s development of the parkland during the 1760’s.
'The History of Lansdown Road' an illustrated talk by Dr Amy Frost on Saturday February 20th
This was a highly successful event with a packed room of over 65 attendees. Over £630 was raised towards the upkeep of the Millennium Green. Many thanks to Dr Amy Frost for an extremely engaging talk.