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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!

Polish Picnic in Walsall – Saturday 17th October, 1-5pm

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PL picnic ENCaldmore Community Garden and Polish Supplementary School in Walsall would like to invite everyone to a Polish picnic in the community garden on Saturday, 17th October 2015.

Come and join us for an afternoon of Polish music, arts and crafts and games for the whole family, Polish Your Polish language class for non-Polish speakers, face painting, barbecue and relaxing time in the garden.

Caldmore Community Garden is a space for all communities of Walsall where they can grow their own veg, fruit and flowers and take part in activities for children and events bringing together diverse cultures of Caldmore.

Polish picnic is another event – after our English, Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani days – aiming at showcasing one of the cultures through music, food, language and traditions. It is a great opportunity to meet people and spend an afternoon with neighbours and wider community.

We would like to invite everyone to take part in a best cake competition – cakes will be judged by a panel of experts. Funds raised will go to the Polish Supplementary School in Walsall.

The picnic is organised by European’s Welfare Association CIC, Polish Supplementary School in Walsall, Walsall Housing Group and Caldmore Village Festival Groups. It is funded through Near Neighbours, Awards for All and whg.

Start: 1pm for 5pm finish.
Address: Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, WS1 3RH (by Caldmore Village Primary School)

Eid Open Day in the community garden – this Saturday, 12-4pm

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Come and join us for the Eid Open Day this Saturday for some intercultural education, family fun and of course food!

As with the previous days around Easter and Vaisakhi, we will be focusing on another religious celebration – Eid Al-Adha. Children from Aisha mosque will say nasheeds, and with Abu Bakr Girls School we will be running Islam-related arts and crafts, mendhi, food stalls and a quiz.

Join us for 12-4pm in the community garden, everyone welcome.

English Roots – Spring Open Fun Day in the Garden – Saturday 21st March

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Don’t miss our first open day of the year – English Roots – on Saturday 21st March, 12-4pm!
Programme:
– Bath Street Band
– Easter Egg Hunt
– Easter arts and crafts
– Easter walk in the garden
– quiz with prizes
– poetry reading with our writer in residence David Calcutt and other garden poets
– and delicious food!

Hopefully we will have first plants to sell, too.

The event is organised together with Bath Street Centre and is the first in the series of multicultural events funded by Near Neighbours.

It is also a part of national Big Dig Day!

 

How to Build an Earth Oven Course – 14-15th March 2015

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 How to Build an Earth Oven Course

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.

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Near Neighbours funding for the garden

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We are really happy to announce that we have received Near Neighbours’ funding for our project Grow-Cook-Make (A Difference Together!)!

Starting from February 2015 we will be working hard to bring various faiths and cultures together around growing, cooking, sharing cultural traditions and doing things together.

Caldmore is a wonderfully multicultural place and we want to celebrate with:

  • sharing diverse cooking traditions – COOKING WORKSHOPS
  • growing food from all around the world – GROWING PROJECT
  • enjoying cultural heritage – OUTDOOR CINEMA IN THE GARDEN
  • learning with and from each other – BUILDING A TANDOORI OVEN AND A BARBECUE
  • making things together, for all ages – ARTS AND CRAFTS AND GRAFFITI WORKSHOPS

So stay tuned, get involved and join us in the garden!