Events & Entertainment, Wimborne | Posted on August 12th, 2025 | return to news

Wimborne Green Festival to sprout in October

The festival runs from 11–18 October, with the opening ceremony on the Minster Green at 10.30am on 11 October.

Planet Wimborne Green Festival will take place in the town from 11–18 October.

As in previous years, this celebration of all things green and environmentally friendly will bring together community groups, local organisations and businesses, churches and schools to put on a varied programme to inspire and equip people to live more sustainably and take better care of our precious and fragile planet.

The 2025 theme is ‘Buy Better, Be More’ and headlining the festival at its finale event will be Patrick Grant from the BBC’s hit series ‘The Great British Sewing Bee’. A successful fashion designer with bespoke tailoring and ethical clothing businesses, as well as a TV personality and author, Grant will be speaking at Queen Elizabeth School in Wimborne on Saturday 18 October, with a focus on buying less and better — and being happier in the process.

Activities during the week include creative workshops, a visit to Lush’s Green Hub, a sustainable food tour round some of Wimborne’s restaurants, a children’s poster competition, film night, climate café, inspiring nature walks and talks — and a whole lot more.

Paralympic gold-medal-winning canoeist Jack Eyers will be at the official opening of the festival on Saturday 11 October at 10.30am on the Minster Green. Launching proceedings with him will be Wimborne Minster’s deputy mayor, Cllr Simon Wheeler, accompanied by Town Crier Chris Brown and Planet Wimborne Chairperson Linda Bunting.

Visit www.planetwimborne.org/wimborne-green-festival for details.

Fold-out programmes will be available from East Dorset Information Centre on the High Street and from Fair Ground in Corn Market.