Falmouth Spring Festival 2020

2020 19th – 29th March

Come and join us as we celebrate Falmouth in Springtime!

Sponsored by:

Full schedule falmouth.co.uk Funded and organised by

Welcome to Falmouth Spring Festival 2020, organised by Falmouth BID. I’m delighted that the University of Exeter will be sponsoring the event once again. Widely recognised for its teaching and research excellence, the University of Exeter has two campuses in Cornwall, one in Penryn near Falmouth, and the other at Treliske, Truro. Exeter bring a wealth of talent, creativity and imagination to the table and I look forward to working alongside them to deliver a colourful Spring Festival!

We’re planning a range of lovely activities – Spring Clean Days, Paint the Town Yellow Day, Science in the Pub, guided walks and a host more besides!

For all things Falmouth follow. . .

So whether you’re local, visiting Falmouth from another part of Cornwall or further afield, we hope you have a fantastic time, enjoy the Festival and return to this special part of the world in the near future.

@ FalmouthTownUK Falmouth Cornwall UK LoveFalmouth

Richard Wilcox, Falmouth BID Manager

With support from

Falmouth BID would like to thank Greenyard Flowers for donating daffodils Funded and organised by

Voted for and managed by local businesses, the award-winning Falmouth BID is a not-for-profit resource that, as an integral part of the Falmouth Town Team coordinates destination marketing, festivals, business training and public realm initiatives for the town. The successful BID model has been adopted by more and more UK towns and cities with the number of BIDs standing at over 300.

For more information about the Falmouth BID visit www.falmouth.co.uk/media.

Events and activities are subject to changes without notification and Falmouth BID will not be held responsible in such an eventuality.

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Festival Activities Paint The Town Yellow Day The town becomes ablaze with yellow in preparation for the Festival as local schoolchildren hand out thousands of daffodils to shoppers and businesses through the town.

Date: Thursday 19 March

Falmouth Spring Clean Days The Spring Clean Days are at the core of the Falmouth Spring Festival, which has engaged with hundreds of volunteers including school children, local businesses, staff and students from the universities and residents. Over the years with support from Falmouth Town Council and Cormac’s Parks and Gardens team, we’ve undertaken landscaping, litter removal and planting activities in dozens of areas around the town, sprucing up forgotten corners to colourful and award-winning effect.

Dates: Friday 20 March & Saturday 21 March

Arwenack Street Easter Egg Hunt Join in the fun on Arwenack Street! Come and examine all the windows to find the hidden eggs and be in with the chance of winning a lovely hamper. Pick up your spotting sheet from various businesses throughout the street.

Date: Friday 20 March to Friday 27 March Tel: 01326 210036

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Want to volunteer?

Beach cleaning, painting, gardening - you name it we’ll be doing it.

So, if you’d like to come along and get your hands dirty for a good cause, please get in touch!!!

Venue: Multi-sites across the town.

Tel: 01326 313553

Festival Activities Games & Fitness Have fun, get fit and it’s all free! There will be a variety of games and fitness classes from Ships & Castles Leisure Centre, WeSUP and others.

Join in from midday for free taster sessions and demonstrations.

Date: Sunday 22 March Time: Midday – 3pm Price: FREE Venue: Gyllyngvase Beach

Falmouth Spring Flower Show Falmouth’s 110th display of finest spring flowers, rare and exotic flora, new and heritage daffodils, flora art, photography and a dozen children’s classes will delight visitors to Cornwall’s oldest flower show. Free access to local trade stands.

Date:

Saturday 28 March, 10am – 5pm

Sunday 29 March, 10am – 4pm

Price:

Adults £3, Free for children under 16 and exhibitors

Venue:

Princess Pavilion, Gyllyngdune Gardens, 01326 211222

Contact: Henrietta Boex on 01326 316866

For updates see Falmouth Spring

Flower Show Facebook page

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Festival Activities

Science in The Pub Grab yourself a drink and join academics from the University of Exeter for a bite-sized chunk of science covering a wide range of stimulating topics.

FREE TO ATTEND!

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Peatlands, Primates and Pyromania Venue: Pennycomequick Date & time: Monday 23 March, 6pm 2019 was the year the earth burned. Fire has quickly become one of the greatest environmental disasters threatening ecosystems, local communities and the global climate system. Using the Bornean orangutan as a flagship species, Abi Gwynn discusses the effects of

War of the Worlds: Bacterial Edition

fire on their behaviour and health.

Venue: Beerwolf Date & time: Thursday 26 March, 6pm

Cutting Carbon with Local Actions

We are immersed in a world inhabited mainly by bacteria.

These microorganisms can be found everywhere. And everywhere we find them, they form communities who cooperate, fight and divide labour between different members. Dr Pawel Sierocinski studies what we can learn from bacteria; come along and discover what happens when bacterial communities go to war.

Venue: 5 Degrees West Date & time: Tuesday 24 March, 6pm A workshop exploring the role of local environmental action groups and the different activities that we can all do to help reduce our carbon footprint. This will include cutting our energy consumption, generating renewable energy locally, as well as options to offset our emissions.

Making Space for Nature in Cornish Towns

Seagrass Ecosystems of Cornwall

Venue: Jacobs Ladder Date & time: Friday 27 March, 6pm

Venue: The Working Boat Date & time: Wednesday 25 March, 6pm Seagrass ecosystems are vitally important marine habitats, found across the globe from Australia to Canada. They store carbon, combat ocean acidification and are hotspots for marine biodiversity. Dr Chris Laing will outline the current health of these beds and describe the project he’s working on to help restore them.

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Dr Rosalind Shaw’s research, in close collaboration with Cornwall Council, focusses on the Making Space for Nature project to improve public spaces such as small parks and road verges for wildlife and people. Ros will talk about monitoring these interventions and the challenges of being an ecologist dabbling a toe into social science.

www.falmouth.co.uk/scienceinthepub

Festival Guided Walks Through Falmouth Town

Coasts and Inland Paths

Informative & entertaining 1.5hrs walk through Falmouth’s 350-year history. The people, their stories and a few ghosts, cannibals and murders. Booking essential.

Explore some of the tranquil paths from Mawnan Smith to Falmouth including Bareppa, Tregedna Farm, Budock village, Tregoniggie and Killigrew Park. This is a linear walk. Bring stout footwear and wet weather clothing.

Dates: Mon 23, Fri 27 and Sun 29 March Time: 4pm Price: Adults £5/ under 14s free Venue: Meet at the Maritime Museum, Events Square, Falmouth TR11 3XA Contact: Paul Simmons on 07714 084644 or info@walkitcornwall.co.uk

Tree Identification It’s easier to identify trees without leaves!

Find out how, plus stories of the amazing and significant trees of Falmouth. Booking essential.

Dates: Friday 22 March Time: 11.10am

Price: FREE

Venue: Meet opposite Mawnan Smith Post Office Contact: Mary Weston, marynsophe@aol.com

Riverside Walk

Dates: Mon 23 and Sun 29 March

Pleasant linear walk along Penryn river to Flushing, then ferry back to the Prince of Wales Pier.

Time: 1.30pm Duration: 2hrs

Dates: Fri 20 March

Price: Adults £5/ under 14s free

Time: 11am Duration: 3.5hrs Price: FREE

Venue: Meet at the lower entrance of Kimberley Park, Park Hill, Falmouth

Venue: Meet at Penryn train station

Contact: Paul Simmons on 07714 084644 or info@walkitcornwall.co.uk

Poldark’s Falmouth The characters and storylines in Winston Graham’s 12 novels where the themes of early 19th Century Falmouth – smuggling, shipwrecks, riots and the packet ships – are matched to the sites of Falmouth. Booking essential.

Contact: Mary Weston, marynsophe@aol.com

Tour of Penryn Campus and Tremough House Join us for an informal tour of these Green Flag award-winning campus grounds. To include the walled garden and fruit producing orchard, Italianate garden and terraces - unsuitable for people with mobility issues or wheelchairs due to hilly terrain.

Dates: Wednesday 25 March

Dates: Sat 28 March Time: 4pm Duration: 1.5hrs Price: Adults £5 /under 14s free

Time: Meet at 9.45am for a 10am start Price: FREE

Venue: Meet at the Maritime Museum

Venue: University of Exeter Penryn Campus – meet outside Penryn Campus Sports Centre

Contact: Paul Simmons on 07714 084644 or info@walkitcornwall.co.uk

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Festival Exhibitions, Talks & Shows Jeremy Gardiner: Coastal Landscapes

Rockpooling Session

Jeremy Gardiner has spent the last five years exploring locations on Britain’s south coast from Kent to Cornwall. The exhibition features Gardiner’s new body of work hung alongside a selection of railway and Shell posters, illustrated guidebooks and postcards.

A team of scientists from the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus will be leading this fun, family activity and will help you find and identify species of marine life, each specially adapted for coping with the environment it lives in. If you would like to join us, please email Lou in advance. Appropriate footwear should be worn and children must be supervised by an adult at all times.

Dates: Sunday 22 March Time: 10am - 12pm Price: Free admission Venue: Castle Beach – meet at Castle Beach Café Contact: Lou Misselbrook on l.misselbrook@exeter.ac.uk

Image designed by Jeremy Gardiner

Dates: 23 March – 09 May 2020 Time: Monday to Saturday 10am–5pm Price: Free Venue: Falmouth Art Gallery Contact: www.falmouthartgallery.com info@falmouthartgallery.com

Monsters of the Deep at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall Deep in the dark murky depths of the ocean, bioluminescence dances and shadowy figures loom. Something’s there.

But what? Legends, folklore and modern day science present Monsters of the Deep - you decide what lies beneath.

Dates: Friday 20 March 2020 – Monday 03 January 2022 Time: 10am – 5pm every day Price: Adult £13.95 / Children (under 18) £6.50 / Children under 5 go free. Pay once and get in all year!

Contact: www.nmmc.co.uk

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