Join us on Saturday 20th September for a fun packed family day welcoming Autumn to the garden!
12-4pm
We’re celebrating the changing seasons with a day of family fun, this year we’re working in partnership with Froglife, who will be showcasing their Coalface to Wildspace project.
What’s On
Exhibitions, stalls & creative activities with Juneau Projects
Arts & crafts inspired by autumn, hibernation, frogs & mushrooms
The Mushroom Show by Scratchworks Theatre at 1pm – a magical performance for all ages
Interactive workshop with the theatre company at 2pm (spaces limited to 30 participants – you can book your spot in the interval)
Come along, get creative, and celebrate autumn with us!
with thanks to National Lottery Community Fund, Heritage Fund and Black Country Touring for making this event possible
Join Fiona and Albert to investigate the properties of ice. Learn how to pick up a block of ice with a piece of string and cut a block of ice with out using a knife! Make an ice rainbow and create glowing spinach.
Wed 13th August
Friction Science
Join Fiona and Albert to discover the importance of friction in everyday life. Investigate ways of reducing friction. Make a friction ramp using an empty shoebox (if possible please bring your own shoebox).
Thurs 14th August
Open Tots – older siblings welcome
Fri 15th August
Bubble day
Sat 16th August
Garden Saturday: Making summer resin necklaces
Wed 20th August
Magnetic Science
Join Fiona and Albert to investigate magnetism. Discover what materials are magnetic. Use magnetism to make a compass. Make a magnetic fluid and use a magnet to build a tower of metal nuts.
Join us for our Apple Wassail event on Saturday 18th January 2025, 12-2pm!
– Learn more about winter fruit tree pruning at our free workshop with gardening expert Sally Cunningham – Share a lovely lunch with hot home-made soup and cake – Join in with a traditional Wassail procession to bring good apple harvest in the coming year – Enjoy Wassail and folk music by Mike Bethel and sit with us around the campfire.
The workshop is 12-2pm, with music and Wassailing starting after lunch at 2:30pm.
The event is funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority and The National Lottery Community Fund.
The Sleeping Seeds – A playful music theatre show for families. Two musical gardeners go on an adventure to raise a seedling and raise a racket. Rake & Roll!!
The Sleeping Seeds are a pair of musical gardeners who have a very special seed asleep in their seed bed. Join them as they nurture and encourage this little seed to mature and take its place in the world. Expect catchy songs, unusual instruments and fun joining in!
This is a relaxed performance for all ages and includes integrated British Sign Language.
The performance will be outdoors and will go ahead whatever the weather, so please come prepared (raincoats & wellies or sun hat & suncream!).
We will have some rain cover if needed. In the event of extreme weather please check social media for notifications about the performance.
Sunday 25th August 2024
The garden will open from 1pm and the performance will start at 2pm
Tickets are FREE or ‘pay what you can’ via Black Country Touring
Join us at Caldmore Community Garden on Saturday 20th July for our Summer Garden Party!
We will be joined by HandMade Theatre who will be performing their puppet show Tell Me A Story in the garden at 1pm and 3pm. Look out for them walking about the garden during the day!
‘Everyone has a story to tell and a memory to share. Unlock yours in this family adventure down memory lane, experience the stories of people, places and objects we hold dear.’ Tell Me A Story is a show lovingly created by HandMade Theatre. The piece explores childhood memories and draws inspiration from our creative work in care homes for those with dementia. This piece aims to bring generations together to share their stories, exploring experiences of childhood and unlocking the similarities and differences we all share. A fun family show featuring HandMade Theatre’s signature mix of dynamic storytelling, live music, original songs, beautiful puppets and colourful characters.
Suitable for children aged 2-10 and their families. We particularly encourage parents and Grandparents to join their children in a shared experience together.
Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists will be adding a poetry vibe to the day. Pop by to see Gracey Bee at her Poet Tree, and she’ll help you to create rhyming poetry to hang amongst its branches.
Or why not ask for a poem of your own to take away? Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger will be writing Poetry on Demand. You could request a poem for yourself or a loved one. Or perhaps ask for a poem written about your favourite aspect of nature.
Gracey, Emma, and Steve will also be happy to talk to you about what to expect from the poetry workshops that Poets, Prattlers, and Pandemonialists will be running over the next few months at Caldmore Community Garden.
To celebrate the beginning of the summer holidays there will be a bouncy castle, face painter, arts and crafts, family games to play and a Nature Treasure Hunt to solve with prizes to win.
The Community Cafe will be open so pop in and grab yourself a slice of tasty cake!
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday for lots of fun in the garden!
Thank you to Black Country Touring for their support
Thank you to the Inclusive Communities Fund award, with this fund we will be able to empower our community, address real issues and create a lasting legacy.
Thanks to the Heart of England Community Foundation, West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), United by Legacy, UKGOV and the Commonwealth Games organisers for this incredible opportunity
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.
Join us for an exciting evening at the Community Garden with pizza from our wood-fired oven and a talk about all things bats – Bekie from Brum Bats will tell us all about bat life and habits, and we will have a go at using bat detectors to see what bats we have in Caldmore.
Children must be accompanied by adults. Please wrap up warm and bring a torch as it will get dark while we are in the Garden.
Booking is necessary, please e-mail us on caldmoregarden@gmail.com or txt / Whatsapp 07871813252.
Funded by West Midlands Combined Authority Green Grants.
Date: Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March 2015 (2 day course)
Time: 10am – 4pm
Location: Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, WS1 3RH Walsall
Cost: free for Caldmore and Palfrey residents, £20 for two days for other participants
Contact: If you have any questions or want to register, contact Anna at 07871813252 or e-mail her at arogozinska@gmail.com
Tutor: Jackie Green, Community Food Growing Coordinator
Course Description
Have you ever wanted to have an outdoor oven and bake bread and pizza in your back garden? Do you like playing with mud? By using natural materials at very little cost, you can build your own earth oven. An earth oven uses conduction, convection and radiation, providing faster, more thorough baking and better flavoured food. The oven’s interior reaches about 700 degrees Fahrenheit. An earth oven holds heat for several hours so food needing less heat can be cooked as the oven cools. Any heat remaining can be used to dry the wood for your next fire.
This two day course will teach you how to prepare a base to build on, shape the oven, mix the mud and form the oven.
Come and have some fun and learn a new skill.
What to bring: Lunch, suitable outdoor clothing, sturdy walking shoes, waterproof jacket, notepad, pencil. All tools and gloves will be provided.
What’s On 
Come along, get creative, and celebrate autumn with us!
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