We're delighted to have been chosen for this round of Buckingham Waitrose's Community Matters scheme. When you're next doing your shopping, we would be so grateful if you could pop a green token in the Greener Padbury box - the number of tokens will dictate what share of the reward we receive. This will help us run more free Go Wild in the Woods activity sessions this year. Go Wild has proved to be a very popular and rewarding way of connecting young people and their carers w

Come and find Julie in the forest school area of the Millennium Woods between 10.30 and 12 on Sunday 7th December. There will be gingerbread to eat, natural decorations to make and owl pellets to dissect! Don't forget to scan the QR code owls on the way to find out more about wildlife in the woods...

Greener Padbury is getting festive this weekend - first up, we'll be taking part in the craft fair at Padbury Village Hall on Saturday. We've been busy making beeswax candles as well as jams and chutneys. Please do swing by our stall. On Sunday, between 10,30am and 12pm you will find Julie in the forest school area of the Millennium Woods with lots of fun activities (and some gingerbread cookies too). It's a great opportunity to get out for a family walk and discover the new

On a sunny Friday in November the basic structure for the willow den in the playground was completed. During the first hour the GPG volunteers (Stan, Craig, Vale and Kassie), scoured the Millennium Woods to find a couple of hazel trees in need of being coppiced from which we cut around 15 long branches that were used to fashion the basic structure. These were dug into the ground and tied in at the tops which were then pulled together to form a rough dome. Following this, shor

Put on your hats and coats, pack a hot drink, and head out for a stroll around the Millennium Woods to discover our new nature trail! There are ten QR code owls dotted around the trail, ready and waiting to tell you about the wildlife in the woods. Swing by station 7 between 10,30am and 12pm and you'll find Julie running a drop-in Go Wild session. Here you can help Julie decorate for Christmas, learn more about woodland creatures, and enjoy a festive gingerbread cookie! Make

The eagle-eyed among you will have spotted some very charming owls dotted around the Millennium Woods. But they are not just good-looking owls – they are full of wisdom too! They are part of our new nature trail. Each owl has an individual QR code; scan this and it will tell you about a different aspect of our woodland biodiversity project – for example, why moths are important, how we encourage birds, why we are cutting scallops into the rides, who left that dropping there,

We would love to get a clearer picture of the wildlife is in the Millennium Woods as this will help us monitor biodiversity. Can you help us? It is now possible to report what you see and hear in the woods directly to our website. Click here to be taken to a very simple form and let us know what you've spotted on your walk today - did you hear a chiff chaff, or see a ringlet butterfly? Please tell us! Perhaps you'd like to make this a regular activity? Why not team up with a

Our aspiration was that one day, maybe next year we'd scythe the meadow to the south of the woods, but so enthused were we after our September workshop that we didn't want to down tools. And so, 81,5 scything hours later, it is done. It has been a joyful experience - companionable, peaceful and extremely satisfying - and we hope that our efforts will help the establishment of a wildflower meadow. No toads or voles or mice were hurt in the cutting; no fossil fuels required, ju

We are delighted that Muddy Toddlers has been successful in its grant application to the Co-op Local Community Grant scheme! This great news means that we will be able to continue to offer these sessions free to families in 2026. A plea for your help: please could we urge you to go into your Co-op app and choose 'Greener Padbury Group' as your local cause. This will mean that we stand to receive a bigger share of the grant pot which would mean the world to us here at GPG! If

For those of you who have asked about October half term dates, Julie is unavailable so there will be no sessions this time, but never fear, Go Wild will be back in 2026! But why not take your family for an autumnal walk and play in the woods - you may spot some new wise creatures ready to enlighten you... In the meantime, have a happy Halloween - and here are some tips from Garden Organic on making it a green one.

Live in Buckinghamshire? Passionate about sustainability? GARDEN ORGANIC are running a free 1 hour webinar on how to reduce waste in your community! The webinar will be presented by Rob Whitehouse who has delivered training & projects on waste reduction & recycling for the charity Garden Organic in Cumbria, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk & Worcestershire.  Maybe you're already part of a green group, are the susta

Greener Padbury's AGM give us a chance to thank our growing band of volunteers who are helping make space for wildlife in our village. There has been much community activity in the woods, verges, pond and allotment and we'd love to tell you about it. So please join us on Monday 3rd November in the Springfields Pavilion to hear about our progress and our plans, to meet green-minded neighbours, and to let us know what matters to you. There are loads of ways to get involved, wha

Sometimes it's difficult to see the wood for the trees and you need to come at things from a different angle - in this case, from above! We're very grateful to Peter who came up to the woods with his drone one rather windy Sunday and filmed Padbury's beautiful woods. With the autumnal colours on display, it's the perfect time of year for an aerial view - and for the indefatigable band of scythers in the meadow, the footage provided the answer to the hotly debated question: ha

Greener Padbury were given permission from the Parish Council to improve the small pond near the playground on Main Street. The first...

Our AGM is being held on Monday 3rd November in the Springfields Pavilion and we would be delighted if you could join us. Come along to...

There have been some wonderful sights in the meadow at the south end of the Millennium Wood this year: the beautiful Greater Butterfly...

Back in 2020, navigating the novelty of lockdown, we noticed how peaceful the village was and how both nature and flowers were...

Booking is now open for our new programme of Muddy Toddlers FREE forest school playgroup for children aged 18 months to 4 years. Thanks...

We are running a subsidised workshop to learn this ancient craft in the meadow at the top of the Millennium Woods on Saturday 20th...