KEEN greens - and everyone else - are invited to do their bit and join in Bury Environment Week.

Seven days of events starting on Sunday have been lined up offering a range of serious and fun projects to highlight and help defend the local environment.

The week culminates next Saturday in a huge Environment Fair, the biggest in the region, which runs at the Castle Leisure Centre, Bury from 10am to 4pm, and features more than 50 stalls.

There will be a variety of entertainment during the day, from Bury samba band Zambura to slide shows by Chester Zoo and Lancashire Wildlife Trust, wheelchair dancing performances from Kaleidoscope, and a drama from Tottington High School.

There will also be a unicycle and juggling workshop, and talks about the healing powers of crystals and flowers, as well as a children's "talk and touch" event involving creepy crawlies.

And there are chances to win prizes in various competitions.

Trees of Time and Place is a personal tree-growing campaign for the millennium, which encourages people to collect and grow local tree seeds in local woodlands.

Tree-growing kits will be handed out free of charge at the Environment Fair. Diary of events

SUNDAY

9.30am: Bury Tandem Club, Tottington to Hebden Bridge ride. Meet at Queen Street, off Bury Road, Tottingon.

12 noon to 6pm: Voting Station, Chesham Woods, Bury. Enhance the wildlife and vote for the best ideas.

1pm: National Seed Gathering Sunday in Philips Park, Whitefield. Meet at the Barn Countryside Centre.

1.30pm: Gipsy Brook Clean Up Campaign, Bury: win free hamburgers for collecting litter.

2pm: Search for the Green Man in Chesham Woods, Bury. Meet at Clarence Park Lido car park.

2pm and 4pm: Guided walks around Chesham Woods, Bury.

2.10pm: Two-hour walk along the Irwell Valley from Summerseat to Ramsbottom. Meet at Summerseat station.

MONDAY

5pm: Walk in Work: tour of Bury town centre on foot during rush hour. Ring 253 6983.

TUESDAY 10.30am: Bury and Rochdale Group BTCV: practical management of a pond at Hollybank Street, Radcliffe. Meet Bury town hall at 9.20am, or on site.

5pm to 8pm: Cast your vote for ideas at the Barn Countryside Centre, Philips Park, Whitefield.

5.30pm: An hour-long walk round Philips Park local nature reserve.

6.30pm: Learn about bats at the Barn Countryside Centre.

6.30pm: Meeting of the built environment subject working group, committee room 2, Bury Town Hall.

WEDNESDAY

10am: 90-minute guided walk round Summerseat nature reserve. Meet at Summerseat station.

12-1pm: Join students at the Bury College clean-up campaign.

THURSDAYFRIDAY October 15

10.15am: Bury Central Library: children's Bug Box talk.

SATURDAY October 16SUNDAY October

12-6pm: Voting Station at the Barn Countryside Centre, Philips Park, Whitefield.

12-3pm: Join the Bury Rangers at Philips Park.

12pm and 3pm: Guided walks around Philips Park.

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