Have you seen the snowdrops appearing all over St Mary’s churchyard? Since 2000, we’ve celebrated Snowdrop Saturday, with local people digging in snowdrops they’ve brought from their gardens. Over the years this has become a popular part of our village and social calendar. As a Fairtrade church we’ve always planned the date to coincide …
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St Mary’s Church, Twyford – Congratulations on your Bronze Eco Church Award!
Eco church is an award scheme designed to motivate and resource churches in the UK to care for the planet as part of their everyday work and witness. Recognising that we were now in a climate crisis, we as a church community were determined to do something about it. By registering as an Eco church, …
St Mary’s Church – Latest ECO developments
We have been talking to ECO groups in the village about the opportunities for nature conservation, and have confirmed that the bank which runs laterally across the churchyard will continue to be lightly strimmed once per year in the autumn, in order not to disturb the wild flowers, particularly primroses, which flourish there and also …
Green Action Week
Green Action Week starts on Sunday 20th September. Several events associated with understanding the scale of the problem and creating a low carbon culture. These will help you gain an awareness of the carbon costs and impacts of everyday activities and the create the motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis. …