Notes from Abbots in Transition meeting at Leavesden Community Hub, Warner Brothers Studios Tuesday 10th June 2025, 7:30pm Attendance: Peter W, Caroline W-S, Chris W-S, John I, Sarah B, Laila N, Keely S-C, Rachel J, Mary C and Jen E. Apologies
Seedling and Seed Giveaway Saturday May 17th 2025
Our annual Seedling and Seed Giveaway this year is on Saturday May 17th from 10:30am – 1pm, in the Millennium Gardens, Abbots Langley. If you have any spare seedlings or seeds then bring them along for others. If you need
Propagation workshop, Serge Hill, Wednesday 21st May
After the success of our Autumn propagation workshop at Serge Hill last year, we are holding another event, this time to propagate summer plants. It will again be at Serge Hill, on Wednesday 21st May. Come along, look round the
Ban Glyphosate and encourage bio-diversity instead
Abbots in Transition are calling on the local councils to stop using glyphosate (a suspected carcinogen that is used in the weedkiller ‘RoundUp’), and to pursue other measures of weed control that encourage bio-diversity. Examples of alternative methods are:
Footpaths and our use of the countryside
We have contacted Abbots Langley Parish Council and Herts County Council to make them aware of increased littering, dog excrement and trespassing on landowners land during the Covid-19 pandemic. We suggested a variety of solutions and would like to work
Influencing local climate change strategy
Abbots Langley is controlled by three different councils – the Parish Council, Three Rivers District Council and Herts County Council. We aim to provide input to council plans and decisions which deal with environmental and sustainability issues, and to hold
Film Screenings
Abbots in Transition has organised several film screenings in the Henderson Hub. 25 September 2022 – ‘2040‘ – a film about how life could be in 2040 if we embrace climate change solutions available to us now. 11 October 2019
Autumn Fest
Abbots in Transition were part of the group that started Abbots Langley AutumnFest back in October 2015 (when it was called AppleFest). This yearly Autumn Festival is held on School Mead, and aims to showcase local food, business and entertainment.
Friends of Kings Langley Station
Since Spring 2023 a small group of volunteers have been meeting monthly to add planting to the bank outside of Kings Langley station. The aim of this project is to increase the bio-diversity of plant and insect life at the
AIMS
A very active group called AIMs are associated with Abbots in Transition, working to improve in small ways our village gardens and open spaces and encouraging local people to help. They are seeking volunteers to join them. Please let them