What Lurks in the Pond
Saturday, 15th April, 11am – 2pm
WILLOW WORKSHOPS
WITH ARTIST KATE MORRELL
Learn to sculpt your own small willow animal at Caldmore Community Garden and get involved in making some bigger sculptures for everyone to admire! Kate will show us the techniques she uses to make the sculpture from start to finish – feel free to bring along any pictures to work from to make your own piece.
Come and join us for a fun and relaxed willow weaving as a part of our creative Women’s Tuesdays group. We can work indoors or outdoors (weather permitting).
Kate Morrell is an experienced willow artist based in Leicestershire. She set up her workshops 4 years ago and has met some wonderful people who have sculpted the most fantastic sculptures.
Kate’s website: https://katemorrellwillowworkshops.co.uk
WORKSHOP DATES:
Tuesday 18th April 10am – 1pm
Tuesday 25th April 10am – 1pm
Wednesday 3rd May 10am – 4pm
Wednesday 10th May 10am – 4pm
Please aim to attend all 4 workshops as they are seen as a process – we start from learning to how make a small sculpture for our own garden, and proceed to make a few larger ones to install at the Community Garden.
We will be working in small groups, so you will get help and support both from Kate and from other women.
To book a place, please e-mail calmoregarden@gmail.com or text 07871813252.
The workshops are one of the creative projects funded by The National Lottery Community Fund as a part of our Reaching Communities Project.
FREE EASTER HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AGED 8-12
Tuesday-Friday,
4-14th April, 12-3pm
A mix of arts and crafts, science, cooking, gardening, and play.
Activities will take place outdoors and indoors.
Lunch (halal, vegetarian) will be provided.
You have to book in advance for the whole week by Friday 24th March
at the latest using our online form https://tinyurl.com/caldmoreeaster23.
If you have any questions, please contact Anna on 07871813252.
Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, WS1 3RH
Come and join us for a free Easter Egg Hunt event with two egg hunt zones – one for children under 5 and one for 5-12.
Come dressed up in your party dress and wear your Easter bonnet if you have one!
Easter arts and crafts – make your own Easter basket, cress head and Easter cards Seed sowing and gardening for kids Tombola Face-painting Cake and drinks at our Community Cafe
1pm Easter Egg Hunt for children – don’t be late!
There is only one hunt and it finishes within 15 minutes, so you’re going to miss it if you’re late.
Free Bumblebee Day in the Garden!
Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, Walsall, WS1 3RH
Saturday 25th March 2023, 11am-2pm
Family activities: 11am-1pm
Talk: 1-2pm
Join the Bee Inspired team for an exciting day of all things bumblebee!
Get creative with family activities for all ages from 11am-1pm.
And come along to learn all about our bumblebee friends at our talk from 1-2pm – open for all!
Children must be accompanied by adults. Come dressed for a day out at the garden.
MEET THE GRUFFALO
At Caldmore Community Garden
Saturday 18th March 11-2pm
– Come to the launch of our new Gruffalo Trail at the Garden – meet the Mouse, Owl, Fox, Snake, and of course the Gruffalo himself!
– Take part in Gruffalo crafts and listen to Julia Donaldson’s story at 12pm and 1pm.
– Enjoy home-made cake and hot drinks at our Community Cafe, and bring a picnic if you like!
Aimed at children under 6, but siblings can come along, too!
Our address: Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, WS1 3RH
Join us for Big Garden Birdwatch at Caldmore Community Garden, and have a go in your own back garden or from your balcony.
We will be learning about birds’ habitats and feeding habits, explore bird flight and other aspects of bird science.
We will be opening the booking process mid-January, you will be able to book for one hour of family science at 11am, 12pm or 1pm. In the meantime, save the date 28th January!
Our Garden Saturdays are funded through People’s Health Trust Active Communities Fund and West Midlands Combined Authority Green Grants.
BRITISH GARDEN BIRDS
TALK BY COLIN MCSHANE
1-2pm at AAINA HUB (Bath Rd, next door to the Garden)
The talk will concentrate on the birds people will most see in gardens or parks. Colin will tell us how to identify them and what the key differences with similar species are, and spice it up with plenty of other bird facts. There will be a chance to ask your own questions about garden birds in preparation for Big Garden Birdwatch the following weekend.
Colin McShane runs a small volunteer group called Belvide Ringers who catch and ring wild birds to tag them under licence to the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). They have been doing this for 40+ years during which time we have ringed in excess of a quarter of a million birds in the UK and several other countries around the world.
MAKING BIRD FEEDERS AND BIRD BOXES
11am – 1pm at Caldmore Community Garden
Come and make your own bird box to take home and install at your garden with Steve and the Men’s Shed team.
Learn how to make a range of bird feeders from recycled materials (toilet roll tubes, paper or plastic cups, plastic bottles, cans, etc), pine cones, seeds and vegetarian suet.
Explore the bird world with bird crafts and make some bird ornaments to hang in your house and garden.
Complete a trail and take part in British Garden Birds knowledge competition for children and win a bird-watching kit!
The event is funded by West Midlands Combined Authority Green Grants and People’s Health Trust and organised in partnership with AAINA Community Hub.
We are very sad to share with you that Thomas Worley, Justice of the Peace, our neighbour and longstanding Caldmore Community Garden volunteer, passed away last week.
Tom had been involved in the Garden from the beginning, always nosy, kind, infecting everyone with his sense of humour, generous to a fault – it was from his back garden that we used to run an extension lead for all our events when we still didn’t have electricity in the early days. He was a master of the barbecue, a hard worker, and a proud owner of a long ladder that he was always happy to lend us when we needed it.
We will never forget all those times when he used to just pop down and check on us, sharing a laugh and a cup of tea, and one of his countless stories from the mining days or when he used to be Justice of the Peace.
He was a dear friend to us all, and will be greatly missed at the Garden and in the whole of Caldmore. We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to his family, especially his wife Voula.
Visit Santa’s Grotto and meet Santa and his elves!
– Live Music: George Northall (sax) plays Christmas and winter songs
– Presents for children and family photographs with Santa
– Christmas crafts
– Garden stall with Christmas cards made at the Garden
– Mince pies, mulled apple juice, hot drinks and home-made cake
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