Upcoming Events

 

Eco-Concious River Photography Workshop

Braunton Countryside Centre Caen Street, Braunton, Devon, United Kingdom

Join us for a fun eco-conscious photographic session as we turn water from the River Caen into ‘bluetiful’ blueprints. In this creative and educational workshop you will use a historic photographic process, the Cyanotype, to learn more about the river’s history, botany, and biodiversity whilst creating camera-less images on postcards. This easter workshop is aimed […]

£4

River Wildlife Sculpture Workshop

Braunton Countryside Centre Caen Street, Braunton, Devon, United Kingdom

Get your hands dirty in this clay sculpture session as we use basic sculpting techniques to create 3D models of river wildlife. In this creative and educational workshop you will use natural riverside clay to learn about the importance of river habitats to wild species, whilst creating an anatomically correct and beautifully detailed animal figure. […]

£4

No-Dig Gardening Workshop

Community Roots Cornwall Field of Dreams, Porthtowan, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Join the Farm Net Zero team for an evening of discussion and practical activities, focused on no-dig gardening. Come along to the productive, sustainable and beautiful Community Roots Garden, to get some top-tips on how to successfully grow vegetables in a no-dig system. Whilst reducing carbon emissions, you can see benefits to soil health by […]

Free

River Conversations with Friends of the River Exe

Great Western Railway Staff Association 3 The Royal Avenue, Exmouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Join Dr Sarah Ward, our Co-Creation Specialist, at this 'River Conversations' assembly to discuss ideas about what actions we can take together to save the River Exe. This event marks the beginnings of the Friends of the River Exe conservation group, which has been created in response to current outrage about the state of our […]

Free

Ponds and Wetlands Workshop

The Real Food Garden Inches, Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Join the Farm Net Zero team for an evening of discussions and practical activities, exploring the benefits of ponds for the environment. Come along to the beautiful and productive Real Food Garden, near Wadebridge, to find out about how ponds are major carbon sinks, mitigating climate change as well as providing some of the most […]

Free

Ernesettle Coronation Carnival

St. Aidan’s Church 42 W Malling Ave, Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Join our Fisheries and Rivers Team at this family-friendly village carnival. You'll have the chance to: Learn more about our Plymouth River Keepers project Learn how to be watertight Learn how we can all help better protect our rivers   This event is taking place at Ernesettle Green and St Aidan's Church. No need to […]

Free

Tamerton Foliot May Carnival

Wadlands Meadow Seven Stars Lane, Tamerton Foliot, Devon, United Kingdom

Join our Plymouth River Keepers team at this family-friendly village carnival. You'll have the opportunity to: Meet the team and learn more about the project Learn about the wildlife that lives in nearby streams Learn how we can all help to better protect the environment Learn more about the event here: https://www.facebook.com/tamertonfoliotmaycarnival Location: What3Words ///depend.lakes.save […]

Free

Dartmoor Community Conversations: Slowing the Flow

Online

Join us for an online interactive session to learn about techniques that communities at risk of flash flooding can use to improve their flood resilience. Flood resilience actions can vary from community flood groups to flood warnings to slowing the flow through natural flood management. The evening will include talks on these different subjects and […]

Free

Bringing Rivers to the Poly

The Poly 24 Church St, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Join us at this Café Sci event hosted by Cornwall Science Community. Come along for an evening of talks, discussion and film, to learn about some of the charity’s projects restoring and protecting the county’s rivers and wildlife, and how being a citizen scientist with the charity makes a big impact for the short and […]

£3.50

River Roadshow @ Bridport Community Charter Fair

Millennium Green Bridport, Dorset, United Kingdom

We'll be Bringing Rivers to Bridport for the first stop in our River Roadshow. The Bringing Rivers To You roadshow will be touring riverside towns across the Westcountry, to bring the joys of rivers into busy public locations. Come along to enjoy an immersive and interactive experience where you can learn stories about your local […]

Free

Marine Engagement Day – Seaweed Printing

Kennack Sands Ruan Minor, Cornwall

Join us at Natural England's Marine Engagement Day at Lizard National Nature Reserve  Photographic artist Josie Purcell (who also happens to be our coms manager) will be showing you how to make 'bluetiful' prints on the beach with seaweed, sand and sunshine, while also helping you learn about the links between our rivers and the […]

Free

River Roadshow @ World Ocean Day on the Hoe

The Hoe Plymouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom

We’ll be Bringing Rivers to Plymouth for World Ocean Day as part of our River Roadshow. The Bringing Rivers To You roadshow will be touring riverside towns across the Westcountry, […]

Free