Green's Windmill and Science Centre

Green’s Windmill and Science Centre has joined the TikTok party! 😎 Head over to tiktok.com/ to see our new content 👀

Expect updates on the story of Green’s Windmill, videos from the past, and what we get up to on a daily basis. We’ll be spinning up some laughs too, one gust at a time.

We hope to see some of you over there! 😄

Join us in a week’s time for weaving, spinning and dyeing!

Members of the Nottingham Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers return to Green’s Windmill on Sunday 14th June 11am-3pm for a special event, From Fleece to...?

See them demonstrate their skills, including how sheep’s fleece can be spun by hand into beautiful yarn and then used to create lovely craft items.
Have a go for yourself at spinning with a drop spindle or a wheel or add your own contribution to a communal weaving. But beware: spinning and weaving can be addictive!

No booking required, just drop in.

PRODUCE ALERT!

Our fab volunteers have picked the first produce of the season from our community garden! Delicious broad beans and chard are now available on the garden table for a donation. We also have a selection of plants available; chillies, sweet peppers, cucumber, chard and marigolds.

The table will be out in the millyard Saturday & Sunday, 10am - 4pm

It’s Volunteers' Week! 🎉

We’d like to recognise all our hardworking, passionate and dedicated volunteers this Volunteers' Week who work to keep Green’s Windmill and Science Centre open 💕

Thanks to our volunteers we provide an invaluable educational and heritage resource, stimulate minds about the story of George Green and teach where our food comes from through our garden and baking workshops. We see approximately 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ visitors annually and together volunteers inform and inspire them all about the core themes of the site: science 🧲, mathematics 🧮, heritage 🧱, environment 🌳 and art 🖼️

Last year 4️⃣9️⃣ volunteers contributed 3️⃣7️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ hours and helped with visitor services 🗣️, events 🍞, gardening 🪏, tours 👣, and DIY 🛠️. They are by far our biggest asset, and it is thanks to their commitment we continue to remain open; it simply would not be possible without them. As such we’d like to say a huge THANK YOU to all our wonderful volunteers! 🙌

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ps if you’d like to join our Queen’s Award winning team you can find more details on our website! We’d be delighted to hear from you.

https://www.greensmill.org.uk/support-us/volunteer/

Join Our Membership Scheme 💚

If you would like to support us in our work and raise valuable funds for our charity you may wish to become a member of the Green’s Windmill Trust.

In addition to this much-needed financial support members can also influence our policies and development through proposals and voting rights at our AGM, receive invitations to exclusive lectures and events, access exclusive children’s baking days and free children’s educational trails at the Mill and get regular updates on our activities.

Membership costs £30 per year or you may choose Life Membership for £300. Please join today and help support us. You can do so by visiting our membership page here: https://webcollect.org.uk/greensmill or contact us for information on other ways to join.

We still have spaces available on today’s biscuit baking activity! It’s for ages 3+, is £4 per child and all ingredients are supplied. Please phone 0115 915 6878 to book.

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The mill shop, science centre and community garden are all open from 10am-4pm, entry to the venue is free!

☀️ Half Term Activity 🍪

Our children’s biscuit baking workshops are back this weekend! We’re running six sessions on Saturday 30th May and three sessions on Sunday 31st May.

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For ages 3+, £4 per child. All ingredients supplied.

Multiple time slots to choose from, please phone 0115 915 6878 to book.

The mill shop, science centre and community garden are all open from 10am-4pm, entry to the venue is free!

☀️ Half Term Activity 🍞

Our children’s bread baking workshop is on again today! Bring the kids to make their own delicious bread in this fun baking activity. All ingredients supplied.

£4 per child. For ages 3+. There’s only three sessions today, all in the morning - 10.15am, 11am & 11.45am. Please phone 0115 915 6878 to book.

The mill shop, science centre and community garden are all open from 10am-4pm, entry to the venue is free!

Our next children’s bread baking workshop takes place tomorrow morning. Bring the kids to make their own delicious bread in this fun baking activity. All ingredients supplied. £4 per child. For ages 3+.

There are three sessions at 10.15am, 11am & 11.45am. We still have spaces available on all time slots, please phone 0115 915 6878 to book.

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The mill shop, science centre and community garden are all open from 10am-4pm, entry to the venue is free!

Green’s Meditations - A New Exhibit in Association with University of Nottingham

On Friday a special event was held to launch an exciting new permanent exhibit in the Science Centre. Its part two of a project called ‘Green’s Meditations’ by students from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham. This second part is a 3D model of a ‘potential landscape’ and shows how opposite charges behave differently in the same potential landscape via peaks and valleys. It compliments part one of the exhibit which is an animation illustrating how points of charge alter space through an invisible form called the electric potential.

George Green noticed the importance of a potential function and gave it its name on the very first page of his seminal 1828 essay the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism.

We’d like to congratulate and thank students Sarah and Jorge for their success in developing such a remarkable and interesting exhibit and bringing it to fruition, along with Professor Amalia Patane with support by technical professionals from UoN. We’d also like to thank windmill volunteers Dave & Mark for installing the exhibit.

In the main photo you can see (l-r) Green’s Windmill Trust Heritage Development Officer Jamie Duff with Sarah, Amalia and Jorge. All four gave talks about George Green and Green’s Windmill before the exhibit was revealed to 30 special guests.

Visitors can now see and experiment with the exhibit during our opening hours of Wednesday to Sunday 10am-4pm. Entry is FREE so come on over and take a look for yourself!