Success for Chalk themed Great Big Green Week!

Eynsford's Green Team put on a very sucessful series of event for the Great Big Green Week this year and used the theme of 'Our Chalk Landscape' as a focus.

Events and activities took place between 6th and 13th June 2026 in Eynsford.

These were: 

A community art workshop attracting both adults and families with children. Participants were encourage to gather natural resources from the nearby chalk grassland and use them for mark making, as tools and to create different textures. The workshop focused on recreating a map of Eynsford. Paricipants were each given an englarged section of a map and were invited to fill it as they wished, responding to the landscape and using a variety of media including paint, pens, collage, printing, chalk and much more.

The final pieces were put together to show the whole of the village and were showcased at the evening event at St Martin's Church.

A litter pick took place around the village attracting around a dozen volunteers who worked hard to clear rubbish from our streets and green spaces.

A walk was led by an environmentalist through parts of our local chalk landscape. This focused on the flora and fauna that could be found there as well as the history of our landscape.

An activity was arranged for attendees of The Space (a wam space in Eynsford for members of our community). This was a plant based soduku!!

A fantastic evening was arranged for the Friday night at St Martin's Church. A Kent Downs Geoambassador gave an introduction to 'chalk', what it is and where it comes from. A writer and musician from Kent Downs performed a piece exploring the Kent landscape through words and music. A local singer/songwriter performed songs taking inspiration from our landscape and the river Darent (a chalk stream). Local horticulturalist Tom Hart Dyke spoke passionately about plants that thrive on chalk both in the wild and in our gardens. Those who attended enjoyed a glass of wine, were able to look at the 'map' from the community art workshop, to see prints of works by Samuel Palmer, and to speak to a representative from DRiPS about the work they are undertaking on the river Darent.

The final day of activities was a Repair Cafe were a number of items were repaired, lots of cake eaten, and plenty of tea drunk!

Thank you to everyone who took part. 

Thank you to Eynsford Parish Council and to South East Rivers Trust for funding the week with a Heritage Lottery Fund grant.