St. Stephen's Millennium Green
Anne Love a trustee receives the award from Bath In Bloom Chairman Stephen Brooks. From left to right, Lance Payton a volunteer who also opened his garden this for the Lansdown Garden Open Day and coincidentally won Gold, in the small garden category. In red, Jonathan Nash MG chairman, far right John Gibbon chief gardener and architect of the Millennium Green’s success.
The Assembly Rooms: Bringing a Georgian ball to a building fit for the 21st Century Assembly.
2025 BATH National Trust
Tom Boden, National Trust’s General Manager for the Bath portfolio will be talking about the restoration and reinvigoration of Bath Assembly Rooms. With the doors now closed until 2027, a £17million project is underway to restore the Rooms to a building fit for 21st century assembly, whilst also creating a brand-new visitor attraction that will add to the Georgian story of Bath. Tom will share his passion for history and Bath, as he talks about the changes taking place inside the Rooms and how the new experience is being developed. He’ll share fascinating facts from the research that shows Bath to be a diverse and thriving city which will come to life when the building reopens to visitors.
MONDAY 13th OCTOBER 2025 7:15pm-8:30pm
St. Stephen’s Centre, St. Stephen’s Church Lansdown Disabled access available
TICKETS are £12.50, include a glass of wine and are available in advance or if not sold out, on the door
All profits from the event go to the upkeep of the Green.
Meet old and new friends on the Green with the marvellous Manhattan Jazz Duo!
Date: Saturday 13 September 2025
Time: 4pm-8pm
Tickets: £15 *includes a drink of your choice
A selection of wine, beer, soft drinks and delicious snacks will be available on the green
The Manhattan Jazz Duo comprise veteran jazzers Paul Mason on saxophone and Will Macleod on piano. They will be supported by a double bass for our Jazz on the Green concert.
Sadly the weather looks wet for Saturday afternoon so the concert will be held at the nearby St. Stephen’s Centre, Lansdown Rd.
Ian has been chairman for 13 years and was previously a trustee for 4 years, so has worked tirelessly for the Millennium Green for 17 years. In that time he has overseen the development of “Talks with wine” Carols on the Green and of course the Lansdown Open Gardens which have become a regular summer feature. The Trustees and the garden owners who opened their gardens for the Lansdown Open Gardens, celebrated Ian’s retirement with a summer BBQ in the garden of our new chairman Jonathan Nash.
Ian giving his retirement speech after receiving a small token of our appreciation.
Visitors enjoyed 6 lovely gardens and an allotment, tea and cake and the plant stall on the Millennium Green in all we raised £4,000 for the upkeep of the Green.
Tickets Now Available! Lansdown Open Gardens 7th June 2pm – 5:30pm
Please mark Sunday 7th June in your calendars for the Lansdown Open Gardens. Six beautiful local gardens will be open, lovely plants will be available to buy on the Green and tea and delicious homemade cake will served in the convivial St Stephen’s Centre. Tickets are £6 and are available on the Green, at St Stephen’s Centre, or in advance here:
Was the subject of the “talk with wine” on March 17th. It was a fascinating topic, with many different aspects to the renewal, turning an ancient building into a warmer, light filled space with specially designed amenities for the choir. Over 50 people attended this excellent talk and many commented that they would visit the Abbey and now look out for the different features, which they had previously been unaware of.
Work has started on the new Lookout which is expected to complete in 2-3 weeks. During the building work the Green will be temporarily closed as heavy equipment will be in use. The Millennium Green Lookout replaces the old fort and is the largest project undertaken on the Green since 2000. The Lookout will enable beautiful new vistas for all, a willow playhouse for children and is a substantial investment for which we are still raising funds.
If you would like to contribute to this key 25th Anniversary Millennium Green project with a donation, please follow the link below
www.millenniumgreen.org.uk/25th.
Due to the weather the ‘Carols on the Green’ on December 5th had to be moved to St. Stephen’s Church but the event a great success. The two choirs, St. Stephen’s Primary School choir and CitySound Voice Bath choir were excellent. The carols together with the mulled wine and mince pies put everyone into the Christmas spirit.
At the ‘Talk with Wine’ on November 25th, Sheila Gundry from Froglife gave a fascinating talk on toads and other amphibians to an audience of 70 people. She also covered the very important Charlcombe Toad Rescue Patrol. The event generated a healthy profit which will go to the Millennium Green.