Sustainable Crediton Newsletter 175, January 2026

Happy New Year and welcome to your January update. Grab a coffee and look at what is coming up in the New Year. February is shaping up to be busy, featuring our popular annual seed share on 28^th February at the Boniface Centre as well as a film screening at the Arts Centre. Don't forget to check out how to recycle your real Christmas tree - let's start the year green!

John Craythorne and Lesley Thomas, Joint Newsletter Editors

Dates for your Diary
3rd January	Sustainable Crediton at the Farmers Market
5th January	Woodland Management Group Working Party
21st January	Woodland Management Group Working Party
24th January	Repair Cafe
26th January	Wool felt slipper making dance party!
27th January	Crediton Garden Club: Houseplant 101: Success with Houseplants
2nd February	Woodland Management Group Working Party
7th February	Sustainable Crediton at the Farmers Market
18th February	Woodland Management Group Working Party
24th February	Crediton Garden Club: The Growing Well Garden, Bow
27th February	System Update: Rebooting our Future A film screening and discussion With Film director Paul Maple and film contributor Laurie Layburn In an era of accelerating climate change and cascading impacts, System Update is a bold new public documentary film presented by Prof James Dyke of Exeter University, that offers a vital look at ho ...
28th February	Repair Cafe
28th February	Seed Share 28 Feb 2026
2nd March	Woodland Management Group Working Party
18th March	Woodland Management Group Working Party
24th March	Crediton Garden Club: History of Gardening by Stuart Raine

Regular Events

News Highlights

The Line we Crossed

Stop Press: The film The Line We Crossed which we screened in November is now available to stream from: The Line We Crossed - Page75 Productions ...

Gather your seeds

A quick reminder that it's the time of year to gather your seeds in preparation for our Annual Seed Share on 28th February. ...

We're getting a new Website!

Announcing that in February Sustainable Crediton will have a new website! The current one has served us very well but it's time for a refresh. We will still bring you news, share upcoming events and send newsletters to those who have signed up. The existing website will be archived but will be se ...

Real Xmas Tree Collections

This year all residents can have their real Christmas trees collected by DCC garden waste service (until 31 January 2026). Residents can place their real tree out on a scheduled garden waste collection day (this is the opposite week to a recycling collection). To ensure a tree is collected: •Trun ...

Boniface Trail - walking and cycling

We were pleased to see lots of you at our stall at the Farmers Market on 6th December. The main focus of interest was the Boniface Trail. So here below is our article from last month's newsletter. Forgive us for the repeat, but the Devon County Council meet to discuss on 14th January. The Boni ...