19th – 29th March 2020

Come and join us as we celebrate Sponsored by: Falmouth in Full schedule Springtime! 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 , one in Penryn near Falmouth, and the other at Treliske, . 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! 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. For all things Falmouth follow. . .

@ FalmouthTownUK Falmouth Cornwall UK Richard Wilcox, LoveFalmouth 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. 1 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 Want to Join in the fun on Arwenack Street! Come volunteer? and examine all the windows to find the hidden eggs and be in with the chance Beach cleaning, painting, gardening of winning a lovely hamper. Pick up your - you name it we’ll be doing it. spotting sheet from various businesses So, if you’d like to come along and throughout the street. get your hands dirty for a good Date: Friday 20 March cause, please get in touch!!! to Friday 27 March Venue: Multi-sites across the town. Tel: 01326 210036 Tel: 01326 313553

2 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

3 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! 23-27 March Brought to you by...

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 M arch, 6pm Cutting Carbon with Local Actions We are immersed in a world inhabited mainly by bacteria. These microorganisms can be found everywhere. And Venue: 5 Degrees West everywhere we find them, they form communities who Date & time: Tuesday 24 March, 6pm cooperate, fight and divide labour between different A workshop exploring the role of local environmental members. Dr Pawel Sierocinski studies what we can learn action groups and the different activities that we can all from bacteria; come along and discover what happens do to help reduce our carbon footprint. This will include when bacterial communities go to war. cutting our energy consumption, generating renewable energy locally, as well as options to offset our emissions. Making Space for Nature in Cornish Towns Venue: Jacobs Ladder Seagrass Ecosystems of Cornwall Date & time: Friday 27 M arch, 6pm Venue: The Working Boat Dr Rosalind Shaw’s research, in close collaboration with Date & time: Wednesday 25 March, 6pm , focusses on the Making Space for Nature Seagrass ecosystems are vitally important marine project to improve public spaces such as small parks and habitats, found across the globe from Australia to road verges for wildlife and people. Ros will talk about Canada. They store carbon, combat ocean acidification monitoring these interventions and the challenges of being and are hotspots for marine biodiversity. Dr Chris Laing an ecologist dabbling a toe into social science. will outline the current health of these beds and describe the project he’s working on to help restore www.falmouth.co.uk/scienceinthepub them.

4 Festival Guided Walks

Through Falmouth Town Coasts and Inland Paths Informative & entertaining 1.5hrs walk through Explore some of the tranquil paths from Falmouth’s 350-year history. The people, Smith to Falmouth including Bareppa, Tregedna their stories and a few ghosts, cannibals and Farm, Budock village, Tregoniggie and Killigrew murders. Booking essential. 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 Dates: Friday 22 March Contact: Paul Simmons on 07714 084644 Time: 11.10am Price: FREE or [email protected] Venue: Meet opposite Mawnan Smith Post Office Contact: Mary Weston, [email protected] Tree Identification It’s easier to identify trees without leaves! Find out how, plus stories of the amazing Riverside Walk and significant trees of Falmouth. Booking Pleasant linear walk along Penryn river to essential. Flushing, then ferry back to the Prince of Dates: Mon 23 and Sun 29 March 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 Venue: Meet at Penryn train station Kimberley Park, Park Hill, Falmouth Contact: Mary Weston, [email protected] Contact: Paul Simmons on 07714 084644 or [email protected] Tour of Penryn Campus and Tremough House Poldark’s Falmouth Join us for an informal tour of these Green Flag award-winning campus grounds. To include The characters and storylines in Winston the walled garden and fruit producing orchard, Graham’s 12 novels where the themes of early Italianate garden and terraces - unsuitable for 19th Century Falmouth – smuggling, shipwrecks, people with mobility issues or wheelchairs due riots and the packet ships – are matched to the to hilly terrain. sites of Falmouth. Booking essential. Dates: Wednesday 25 March Dates: Sat 28 March Time: Meet at 9.45am for a 10am start Time: 4pm Duration: 1.5hrs Price: FREE Price: Adults £5 /under 14s free Venue: University of Exeter Penryn Campus Venue: Meet at the Maritime Museum – meet outside Penryn Campus Sports Centre Contact: Paul Simmons on 07714 084644 Contact: Lou misselbrook or [email protected] [email protected] 5 Festival Exhibitions, Talks & Shows

Jeremy Gardiner: Coastal Landscapes Rockpooling Session Jeremy Gardiner has spent the last five years A team of scientists from the University of exploring locations on Britain’s south coast Exeter’s Penryn Campus will be leading this from Kent to Cornwall. The exhibition fun, family activity and will help you find and features Gardiner’s new body of work hung identify species of marine life, each specially alongside a selection of railway and Shell adapted for coping with the environment it lives in. If you would like to join us, please posters, illustrated guidebooks and postcards. 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected]

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

6

Investing, collaborating, Researching, teaching, engaging, volunteering, growing, thriving, RECRUITING and making the exceptional happen IN Cornwall 2017CAMS062