Welcome to the Green Weekend 2025!

Welcome to the home page for the Greening Chiddingly Green Weekend 2025, our free annual festival of sustainable living. Events are taking place across the day on Saturday 12th July. From 10:30-14:00, we will be holding our annual Green Jamboree at Farley's Yard in Muddles Green. Expect fun and educational activities for adults and children, plus inspiring ideas for building a greener future. From 14:00-17:00, you can visit Open Farms around the parish to hear about our various nature restoration projects (see our Restoring Nature page). We are delighted that this year's event is sponsored by OHM Energy, an East Sussex-based supplier of sustainable solutions for heating and powering your home and business.

Green Jamboree

The highlight of the weekend is the Green Jamboree. This takes place from 10:30-14:00 at Farley's Yard, Muddles Green, BN8 6HW (what3words: ///prospers.diamond.widen).

There will be a range of activities for all the family. You can try your hand at eco crafts, including spinning, weaving and eco print-making, and meet local producers and makers. You can also take part in our Community Weave, a community arts project that will be exhibited as part of Artwave 2025 in September. 

Younger visitors (and the young at heart) can try their hand at clay modelling, and making bird feeders and wildflower seed bombs.

If you are looking for ideas about how to live more sustainably, you can visit our special OVESCO stall for energy (and money) saving tips and other eco advice .

We'll have stalls from local community groups including Chiddingly W.I. and Chiddingly Horticultural Society. Most importantly, our fantastic Village Shop & Cafe will be open until 14:00 for drinks and light refreshments.

Open Farms

From 14:00-17:00, farms around the village will open their gates to visitors. You'll be able to tour the farm and find out about nature restoration projects there. Please wear suitable footwear as the ground may be uneven.

Peke's Farm is open by tour only. Meet in the parking area by 14:15 for a 14:30 departure. The tour will be led by local ornithologist Charlie Peverett and last ~1 hour. Expect to see woodland/hedgerow restoration and natural flood management on a farm managed for biodiversity.

Stream Mill Smallholding is open 14:00-17:00, so drop in any time. Expect to see pond restoration work and invasive species clearance on a farm managed for biodiversity.

Burchetts Farm is also open by tour only. Meet in the parking area by 15:45 for a 16:00 departure. The tour will last ~1 hour. Expect to see sites for natural flood management on a farm managed for biodiversity.

Details of venues

The venue for the Green Jamboree (10:30-14:00) is Farley's Yard, Muddles Green, BN8 6HW (what3words: ///prospers.diamond.widen).

Locations of Open Farms (14:00-17:00):

Peke's Farm (BN27 4AD)
Entrance at what3words: ///blatantly.juggles.website.
Parking in yard at ///skips.brisk.arch or walkable in 10 minutes from Farley's Yard.

Stream Mill Smallholding 
Entrance at what3words: ///volume.weddings.sped.
Park in layby on Stonehill at ///lend.shipwreck.closes and walk down track to farm (approx. 10 minutes). Please avoid blocking any gateways.

Burchetts Farm (BN8 6HA)
Entrance at what3words: ///subject.unloaded.worthy.
Parking in field at: ///intend.shocked.invisible

Our Google Map shows the locations of venues. Use +/- to zoom in/out. Click on icons for details. To view a larger map, click the box in the top right corner.

Accessibility and Parking

Farley's Yard and the Village Shop are wheelchair accessible and have accessible toilet facilities. Accessibility at Open Farms will vary by venue. If you need further information, please email [email protected]. Parking for the Green Jamboree is available in the overflow car park at Farley's Yard - see the Google Map above. Entry to events is free, but some of the stalls at the Green Jamboree will request a small donation if you participate in activities.

Sponsored by OHM Energy

Sponsorship for the Green Weekend 2025 has been generously provided by our local supplier of clean energy solutions, OHM Energy. Working out of East Sussex, OHM Energy offer a range of cost effective sustainable solutions for heating and powering your home and business, based on a wealth of experience in heating, plumbing, solar thermal, solar PV and heat pump technology. Visit their website for further details.