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Soil to Plate – Free Gardening Course at Caldmore Community Garden

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Soil to Plate – Free Gardening Course at Caldmore Community Garden

When: The sessions will take place every 4th Monday of the month.

Start: Monday 24th April 2017 at 1-3pm

Join us for a new gardening course at Caldmore Community Garden.

The course will generally cover ground preparation, planting and seed sowing plus maintenance of plants and gardens.
For those that want to learn or improve their gardening skills and knowledge but are not interested in gaining an accredited qualification.
• Preparing the Ground
• Planting Seeds/Plants
• Maintaining Plants Outdoors, weeding, watering, mulching
• Plant, weed, pest and disease identification
• Composting

This course will be delivered to cater for absolute beginners and those experienced gardeners within the community. We will be looking at food and herb production as well as wildlife and ornamental gardening. Learning tips and pointers from Jonathan Ensell an award winning garden designer and lecturer with 24 years of gardening experience.

Session Number One Starts on Monday the 24th April 2017 – We will be covering ground clearance and preparation. It’s all about getting over the first hurdle in gardening.

Sessions are FREE, but you will have to register – please e-mail Anna at caldmoregarden@gmail.com.

Caldmore Garden Cinema – Land and Freedom

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Caldmore Garden Cinema – Land and Freedom

When: Sunday 9th April 2017 at 7.30-9.30pm

LAND AND FREEDOM

Spring 1936, a young unemployed communist, David, leaves his hometown Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded he goes to Barcelona, where he decides to join another group of fighters.

Directed by Ken Loach, 1996.

109 minutes.

Entry: free for cinema club members (membership card valid one year: £10 per family, £5/person)

Bring your own snacks; tea and coffee available at the Community House. Evenings are still cold, so we will be watching the film inside.

Caldmore Children’s Cinema – The BFG

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Caldmore Children’s Cinema – The BFG

When: Sunday 9th April 2017 at 2-4pm

From the imaginations of two of the world’s greatest storytellers, Roald Dahl and Steven Spielberg, THE BFG tells the extraordinary tale of a young girl named Sophie (played by Ruby Barnhill) and the Big Friendly Giant (played by Mark Rylance) who introduces her to the wonders and perils of Giant Country. Together they embark on a marvellous and buckswhashling adventure filled with snozzcumbers, dream jars, frobscottle and even the Queen! The mismatched pair form an unlikely friendship that will inspire enormous bravery in the BFG and give Sophie a taste of the family she dreams of.

US 2016, PG, 117 mins

FREE ENTRY.

Seats are limited, so don’t be late. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Contact: CALDMOREGARDEN@GMAIL.COM, 07871813252

Spring Open Day – Saturday 1st April

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Spring Open Day

When: Saturday 1st April 2017 at 12-4pm

‣ Easter Egg Hunt – don’t miss the 1pm start!
‣ Find signs of spring in the garden
‣ Spring arts and crafts and garden activities for children
‣ Pizza from our own clay oven
‣ Delicious cakes and drinks in our Garden Café

Lots of things to do for everyone and a chance to help out and get to know more about the garden’s many activities, including our Men’s Shed project.

 

Women’s Tuesdays – Learn how to cook Malaysian food

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As a part of Women’s Tuesdays we are starting Cooking Workshops and Recipe exchange – join us every Tuesday for two hours of cooking together, chatting and of course sharing a meal at the end!

The idea is that each of us leads on session, teaching others how to cook a dish from her culture. It can be sweet or savoury, invented by you or passed on from generation to generation…

The atmosphere is great and you will have eager helpers and a budget to pay for ingredients. So why not join Women’s Tuesdays?

When: every Tuesday, 10am – 12pm
Where: Caldmore Community House, 12 Carless Street, WS1 3RH

Tuesday 31th January – learn how to make Malaysian tofu stir-fry!

Caldmore Men’s Shed – Christmas Open Day – Sunday 19th December

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Caldmore Men’s Shed – Christmas Open Day

When: Sunday 19th December 2016 at 12-14pm

Caldmore Men’s Shed

Come on down and find out what it is all about! We will be throwing the doors open on the Men’s Shed project in Caldmore Community Garden. We aim to fire up the wood fired pizza oven and making pizza for sharing in the great outdoors. We will be opening up the Shed and talking about the things we want to achieve as a group as well looking for your ideas for the project. Pizza and festive refreshment provided. Entrance free, everyone welcome, men and women alike all ages welcome. Come and find out what we are about.

Caldmore Cinema – Empties / Vratne lahve – Czech Film Night

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Caldmore Cinema – Empties / Vratne lahve – Czech Film Night

When: Sunday 16th October 2016 at 7-9pm

Czech Film Night showing Empties (Vratné lahve), a 2007 comic love story about a man who refuses to accept that old age is empty of love, meaning and value to society.

Josef Talon is a middle-aged lit teacher who grows exhausted from instructing his demanding, occasionally obnoxious students, and opts to take a hike – into an early retirement. Though his wife, Eliska, continues to tolerate his insensitivity, Josef quickly recognises his own need.

100 minutes, PG-15, Czech with English subtitles.

Entry: free for film club members
(annual membership card: £6/family, £3/individual)

The screening will take place in the Community House in the Garden. Hot drinks will be served, but you can bring your own drinks and snacks.

Autumn Open Day – Saturday 15th October

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Autumn Open Day

When: Saturday 15th October 2016 at 12-4pm

Autumn Fun for all ages:

– Apple Pie Competition
Make your favourite apple pudding and win a prize!
Pies to be delivered by 1pm, judging will take place at 1.30pm.
– Autumn arts & crafts
– Bulb planting
– Prepare the garden for winter
– Community cafe: hot and cold drinks and apple delicacies (apple pie tasting after the competition at 2pm)
– Pizzas straight from our pizza oven

Celebrate the autumn in the community garden!

Our open days are supported with funding by Near Neighbours.

Seed Saving Workshop

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Seed Saving Workshop

When: Thursday 13rd October 2016 at 11am-3pm

Learn how to grow plants for seed
Keep your varieties pure
Extract and preserve your seed with minimal equipment!

The workshop is free and lunch is provided

It is part of the Growing from Your Roots project funded by the Big Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund. This project preserves our heritage of growing and using multicultural food crops in Birmingham and beyond.

To book, please e-mail Anton on arosenfeld@gardenorganic.org.uk or phone 024 76 217738.