For five days only, at the bottom of Cheap Street, a pop-up comes alive with five years of Green & Healthy Frome(GHF). From Tuesday 24 to Saturday 28 March, drop into the GHF Studio & Imaginarium to put your mark on the map, explore photographs, artefacts & archives – beautifully curated by artist and cultural programmer Kate Keara Pelen and illustrated by local artist Jenna Herman – it traces the roots of sustainability in our town – while dreaming of what a greener, healthier Frome might look in 2030 and even 2050.
Peer into the Imaginarium itself to encounter Plastic Bones – a colossal artwork by Frome Youth Climate Action Group and artists Julie Starks – alongside community visions of the future sparked by a workshop with Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Movement and author of How to Fall in Love with the Future.
Pick up your free copy of the brand new Frome Green Directory, meet Frome Town Council’s Resilience team, and join workshops throughout the week – including Frome Families for the Future (Friday) and Mending Together with Everyone Needs Pockets (Saturday 28th, 10am–2pm).
This pop-up marks the end of the National Lottery funding for the Green and Healthy Frome partnership between Frome Medical Practice, Frome Town Council and Edventure – five years of collaboration, experimentation and community building. But it also asks the bigger question: what steps does Frome need to take next, to address the climate crisis?
Bella, Green & Healthy Frome, “We’ve learnt a lot. We’ve built a lot. And there’s still so much to do – together.”
Come and be part of the answer.
