The Green Hustle festival brought an ‘amazing atmosphere’ to Old Market Square in Nottingham City Centre today, Saturday, June 3.
The festival aims to bring people together to celebrate life, nature, community action and creativity. The festival took over Old Market Square with live music performances, food and drinks and a variety of stalls. It highlighted the importance of sustainability, being healthier and greener.
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“The atmosphere has been really exciting,” said Kay Bernard, a stallholder at Ultra Institute. The stall sells natural and organic mushrooms as well as food supplements that can be used for a number of natural benefits.
The 27-year-old continued: “Lots of exciting stalls and crafts, it’s brought a lot of people out and brought the community together.”
One stall at the festival, which ‘brought nature into the city’, was the flower seed bombs.
Bethan McIroy, was making flower seed bombs, which is a ball of soil with 14 different species of flowers that can be planted.
She said: “People have been really really positive. They really like the idea of the flower seed, why they are doing it, what specific flower species - they are just really engaged.
Bethan was giving them out to people to put in their garden or gorilla garden. As of the afternoon time they had already given away 300, and by the end of the festival they are expected to give 1,000 to visitors.
She continued: “People here have been really engaged, it's just for those people that bringing nature to the city centre is really important for people's health and wellbeing.”
Natalia Kercel marketing executive of bike company Raleigh - which has been in Nottingham for 130 years - was at the festival. As a part of the Green Hustle festival they have taken part in the Wilford Street Ramp Revamp and also created sculpture from upcycled Raleigh bikes for a new biodiverse green space by the canal.
Natasha said: “I think bringing people together after coronavirus and everyone was isolated. Everyone can now come out and have this community event like this. Some people have got the values and care about the environment, they’ve been great.”
Natalee Onyecheis the owner of Skin Solace, which opened in Arnold in March this year. Her brand encourages and provides people with self care through handmade products made with natural ingredients.
Speaking about the festival, she said: “It’s been busy, it’s busy as you can see. It’s nice to have and to see brand exposure to such a large audience.”
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