GARDENING gurus have been hard at work preparing to build a show garden inside the Ashton Hall as part of the One Planet Festival, Lancaster's first ever eco festival, later this month.
Garden designer Jennifer Lauruol of Carpe Diem Gardens is working with community gardening project Piccadilly Garden in Lancaster to create a sustainable garden to show how you can grow food in your back yard.
The garden, which is being built usin
g recycled materials, including hanging baskets made from recycled wood and plastic bottles and tree planters made from old builders' bags, will form the centrepiece of the Sustainability Expo eco fair at the Ashton Hall on Saturday, October 11.
All the plants in the display will also be for sale on the day at the Sustainability Expo.
Andrea George, manager of Piccadilly Garden added: "We're very excited to be involved in providing the plants and helping to put the display together at the town hall for the show garden at the One Planet Festival."
The Sustainability Expo, or eco fair, will feature a large number of exhibitors including renewable energy companies, such as wind and solar power, local companies producing environmental goods and services, environmental projects and campaigning organizations, as well as climate change themed games and activities for children.
It will also feature a series of short speaker events, carbon neutral live music, a café selling local food and beer from local breweries.
The One Planet Festival runs in Lancaster, from October 9 to 12.
It aims to highlight issues surrounding climate change, inspire practical action to reduce our environmental footprint and to celebrate the diverse culture, produce and innovations of the Lancaster district.
Co-ordinated by Lancaster's climate change and energy awareness organisation, LESS (Local and Effective Sustainable Solutions), the One Planet Festival will feature a Sustainability Expo showcasing renewable energy technologies, sustainable products, services and projects.
Other festival events include 'Green Screen', an environment themed film festival at The Dukes Cinema, carbon neutral and bicycle-powered music concerts at venues around the city and a series of talks and workshops addressing the challenge of climate change and offering practical solutions, headlined by climate change guru and author George Marshall with his Carbon Detox cabaret.
George Marshall stars in Carbon Detox, the world's first stand-up climate change show at the Dukes Theatre on Saturday, October 11, at 8.30pm. Tickets are £5 and £4.
For more information see www.oneplanetfestival.com
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