Open Days

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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eid
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.

June Carnival of Activity in the Garden!

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Carnival procession

 

Join us for the carnival of activities!

We are starting with the Big Lunch this Saturday – 6th June – at 12.30pm – it is a garden party for neighbours to meet and enjoy the garden, sharing food and taking part in activities such as picnic games and Carnival workshops.

Then we are meeting on Saturday 13th June at 1.30pm to march in a Carnival Procession through the streets of Caldmore, only to come back to the Garden for an afternoon of dance, music and poetry!

We are hoping to see you there – there is a lot to celebrate about the community spirit of Caldmore!

Vaisakhi Open Day – Saturday 11th April 12-4pm

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Come and join us for another of our Open Days presenting cultures and religions of Caldmore! After Easter comes Vaisakhi, the celebration of  harvest and community.

We start around 12pm with a Bhangra dance workshop for all ages (repeated after 2pm) and continue with tabla concert, the story of Vaisakhi, and stories of Sikhs who settled from Punjab. 

All that and, as always, food, activities for children, and lots of opportunities to help and enjoy the garden.

The event is organised together with Caldmore Gurdwara, Walsall Housing Group and Caldmore Village Festival Group, with the help of Near Neighbours  funding.

Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, WS1 3RH. 

Saturday, April 11th, 12-4pm.

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

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English Roots

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!

 

Tips for starting a community garden – part 1

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Great post by Our Own Organic Gardens. We couldn’t agree more! I would only ask that one should always hope for the best, people will come and will bring their own unique ideas and projects that will push the garden in unexpected directions.
And speaking of practicalities, always try to negotiate the longest lease possible. 7 years may seem like a lot at the beginning but it will be gone before you know it.
Another tip would be: establish links with local schools and organisations. They have the people and their own promotion channels. It is sometimes difficult to fit with their schedules and regulations, but when you make it, it’s worth every minute of effort.

Elliot Lord's avatarOur Own Organic Garden

Yesterday, I went to another Big Lunch Extras (Eden Project) event, which was in Wolverhampton itself. It was another successful day and we had a speaker to talk us through bid writing, which is a difficult process and there are plenty of things we need to know to write them successfully. We also had craft workshops and made things from fabric and lanterns from willow. Both were very good and everyone was engaged in them all afternoon. In the evening we watched the film Project Wild Thing which is about a father who wants to reconnect people with the great outdoors.

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I was introduced to Bethan from Birmingham who wanted to start a community garden and I wanted to give her as much as advice as I could. So I thought it would be useful to write out a blog post to go through some things that will need to…

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