Events
If you are interested in any of our events, please contact us at info@etnet.org.uk. We will be happy to explain each event. If you would like to submit an event you’d like ETNet to attend, please email events@etnet.org.uk.
Hub (Steering) Group Meetings are held in Eastleigh on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. If you’d like to join the Hub Group, attend a Hub meeting, or share your ideas on sustainable living, please contact ETNET at info@etnet.org.uk, or Stephanie Dibden on 02380 617262.
Sunday 19th February – 10am
Friends of Hocombe Mead: Trees, Mosses and Ferns
Hocombe Mead, Chandlers Ford – Meet at Ashdown Road entrance
Wednesday 22nd February – 1pm – 4pm
BTCV Southampton Green Gym
Nursling Plantation, Chelveston Crescent, Lordshill, SO16 5SD
Get active and improve your fitness with the Southampton Green Gym. We’ll be clearing paths to improve access, cutting back overgrown vegetation and scrub to help maintain valuable woodland and heathland habitats. You are welcome to come along to as many or as few sessions as you wish. To reserve your place please contact BTCV on 02380 402593 or email gg-southampton@btcv.org.uk.
Saturday 25th February – 11.45am – 3.45pm
Willow Sculpture workshop
Kingfisher Room, Itchen Valley Park Country Park, Allington Lane, SO30 3HQ
An introduction to the art of willow sculpture, students will learn how a range of techniques needed to enable them to create a bird or abstract form. This workshop costs £30 – drinks are provided, a cafe is on site, please bring your own snacks/lunch. Please book here. For more information, visit JaxArts.
Wednesday 29th February – 1pm – 4pm
BTCV Southampton Green Gym
Sholing Pit, Botley Road, Sholing, SO19 0NP
Get active and improve your fitness with the Southampton Green Gym. We’ll be clearing paths to improve access, cutting back overgrown vegetation and scrub to help maintain valuable woodland and heathland habitats. You are welcome to come along to as many or as few sessions as you wish. To reserve your place please contact BTCV on 02380 402593 or email gg-southampton@btcv.org.uk.
Sunday 4th March – 10am – 12pm
Friends of the Parks: Tree Thinning
Meet at Knightwood Leisure Centre, Chandlers Ford
Wednesday 7th March - 1pm – 4pm
BTCV Southampton Green Gym
Nursling Plantation, Chelveston Crescent, Lordshill, SO16 5SD
Get active and improve your fitness with the Southampton Green Gym. We’ll be clearing paths to improve access, cutting back overgrown vegetation and scrub to help maintain valuable woodland and heathland habitats. You are welcome to come along to as many or as few sessions as you wish. To reserve your place please contact BTCV on 02380 402593 or email gg-southampton@btcv.org.uk.
Wednesday 7th March – 7.30pm
BTCV Information event and talk: Tackling Non-Native Plants
The Hilt, Hiltingbury Recreation Ground, Hiltingbury Road, Chandlers Ford, SO53 5NP
Catherine Chatters, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust’s New Forest Non-Native Plants Officer, will give an illustrated talk on recent work to control the spread of invasive non-native plants along watercourses in the New Forest. Find out about the similar problems facing us here on the Monks Brook in Chandler’s Ford and Eastleigh and our plans to tackle them. Free of charge (donations welcome) plenty of free parking available. For more information contact Rachel Hardy, Biodiversity Officer, Eastleigh Borough Council. Tel: 023 8068 8352. biodiversity@eastleigh.gov.uk
Wednesday 14th March – 1pm – 4pm
BTCV Southampton Green Gym
Netley Common, Kanes Hill, SO19 6DX
Get active and improve your fitness with the Southampton Green Gym. We’ll be clearing paths to improve access, cutting back overgrown vegetation and scrub to help maintain valuable woodland and heathland habitats. You are welcome to come along to as many or as few sessions as you wish. To reserve your place please contact BTCV on 02380 402593 or email gg-southampton@btcv.org.uk.
Sunday 18th March – 10am – 1pm
Eling and Ashurst Cycle Ride
Green Park, Wimpson Lane
12 mile cycle ride along cycle paths and quiet roads. Coffee stop at Ashurst.
Wednesday 22nd March - 1pm – 4pm
BTCV Southampton Green Gym
Nursling Plantation, Chelveston Crescent, Lordshill, SO16 5SD
Get active and improve your fitness with the Southampton Green Gym. We’ll be clearing paths to improve access, cutting back overgrown vegetation and scrub to help maintain valuable woodland and heathland habitats. You are welcome to come along to as many or as few sessions as you wish. To reserve your place please contact BTCV on 02380 402593 or email gg-southampton@btcv.org.uk.
Saturday 24th March – 11.40am – 3.45pm
Stencilling Textiles workshop
Kingfisher Room, Itchen Valley Park Country Park, Allington Lane, SO30 3HQ
Creating stenciled fabrics is a great way to customize and personalize a wide range of materials. Students will learn how to create a stencil and then experiment with a range of techniques. Bring a new lease of life to an old favorite or create a unique piece of fabric art. A selection of natural materials including cottons and silks will be provided. Please feel free to bring along any additional natural fabrics and paints to experiment with. This workshop costs £30 – drinks are provided, a cafe is on site, please bring your own snacks/lunch. Please book here. For more information, visit JaxArts.
Wednesday 28th March – 1pm – 4pm
BTCV Southampton Green Gym
Sholing Pit, Botley Road, Sholing, SO19 0NP
Get active and improve your fitness with the Southampton Green Gym. We’ll be clearing paths to improve access, cutting back overgrown vegetation and scrub to help maintain valuable woodland and heathland habitats. You are welcome to come along to as many or as few sessions as you wish. To reserve your place please contact BTCV on 02380 402593 or email gg-southampton@btcv.org.uk.
Sunday 1st April
Friends of Hocombe Mead: Easter Egg Hunt
Hocombe Mead, Chandlers Ford
Wednesday 4th April – 1pm – 4pm
BTCV Southampton Green Gym
Lordsdale Greenway, Longleat Gardens, Lordshill, SO16 8EA
Get active and improve your fitness with the Southampton Green Gym. We’ll be clearing paths to improve access, cutting back overgrown vegetation and scrub to help maintain valuable woodland and heathland habitats. You are welcome to come along to as many or as few sessions as you wish. To reserve your place please contact BTCV on 02380 402593 or email gg-southampton@btcv.org.uk.
Wednesday 11th April – 1pm – 4pm
BTCV Southampton Green Gym
Netley Common, Kanes Hill, SO19 6DX
Get active and improve your fitness with the Southampton Green Gym. We’ll be clearing paths to improve access, cutting back overgrown vegetation and scrub to help maintain valuable woodland and heathland habitats. You are welcome to come along to as many or as few sessions as you wish. To reserve your place please contact BTCV on 02380 402593 or email gg-southampton@btcv.org.uk.
Saturday 21st April – 11.40am – 3.45pm
Handmade Paper using Recycled Materials workshop
Kingfisher Room, Itchen Valley Park Country Park, Allington Lane, SO30 3HQ
A fantastic way to reuse old scraps of paper that you would otherwise throw away.
Students will be introduced to a range of techniques enabling them to create a range of handmade papers from recycled and natural material which can then be used to create a wide of range of craft projects. A basic range of materials will be provided, please feel free to bring along any materials that you would like to incorporate. This workshop costs £30 – drinks are provided, a cafe is on site, please bring your own snacks/lunch. Please book here. For more information, visit JaxArts.
Sunday 22nd April – 10am – 12pm
Friends of the Parks: Sycamore Removal
Meet at Knightwood Leisure Centre, Chandlers Ford
Sunday 22nd April – 10am
Friends of Hocombe Mead: Woodland Flowers
Hocome Mead, Chandlers Ford – Meet at Ashdown Road entrance
Sunday 22nd April – 10am – 1pm
Woodland and Park Cycle Ride
Horseshoe Bridge (Boardwalk), St Denys
15 mile cycle ride along cycle paths and quiet roads (off-road trail in Westwood). Coffee stop at Royal Victoria Country Park.
Saturday 12th May – 10am
Friends of Hocombe Mead: Hints and Tips on Photography
Hocombe Mead, Chandlers Ford – Meet at Ashdown Road entrance
Saturday 26th May – 11.40am – 3.45pm
Handmade Wallpaper Borders workshop
Kingfisher Room, Itchen Valley Park Country Park, Allington Lane, SO30 3HQ
Drawing inspiration from the local environment, students will create their own lino block stamp and then use it to create their own unique wallpaper border on lining paper. This workshop costs £30 – drinks are provided, a cafe is on site, please bring your own snacks/lunch. Please book here. For more information, visit JaxArts.
If you are interested in any of the above events, please contact us. We will be happy to explain each event.
Eastleigh Market Stall – We have held successful Market Stalls in central Eastleigh, when members of Highbridge Farm Community Project and ETNet link up to offer freshly harvested local produce for sale – and share information on food growing, recipes and ideas for sustainable living. We’d like to do this again if people are able to help this year.
Hub (Steering) Group Meetings are held in Eastleigh. If you’d like to join the Hub Group, attend a Hub meeting, or share your ideas on sustainable living, please contact ETNET at info@etnet.org.uk, or Stephanie Dibden on 02380 617262.
Carbon Conversations
Small groups of people gather together to follow short course on low-carbon living. If we have six to eight people we can arrange a course in the local area.
Please let us know if you are interested. You can find out more about the courses at: http://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/action/carbon-conversations/.
