Open Days

Call for Proposals – Design, Construction and Installation of Two Wooden Shelters for Caldmore Community Garden

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Caldmore Community Garden is a community green space in Caldmore, South Walsall. We are a social venue committed to bringing diverse communities together through creativity, play, working together, and care of natural environment.

One of our big challenges as a predominately outdoors space is the lack of shelter in case of bad weather both during our events and the delivery of our educational programme for different community groups. 

With funding from the Nature Hubs Fund, we are looking to build two permanent wooden structures in the Garden. An important part of this project is to involve the local community in the creation and design through to the construction. We have a range of groups that meet in our Garden from school children, play scheme, Women’s Tuesdays and Men’s Shed – they could all be involved in the design and parts of the making process, but there is no expectation to involve all of them.

We are inviting proposals for the commission of 2 new permanent wooden structures in the Garden, along with proposals for the ways to involve the local community, providing local people with an opportunity to gain new skills and get involved in changing the garden for the better.

Brief Nature HubsDownload

To apply please submit a proposal up to 2/3 pages, outlining your approach to the brief, by Monday July 15th.

Please e-mail your application to caldmoregarden@gmail.com .

If you have any questions, please contact Anna Webster on 07871813252. 

Father’s Day at Caldmore Community Garden

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Join us for a Community Fun Day for dads and their kids – come and join us for an afternoon of circus, creativity, and a campfire!

– Thingamabob by Matt Pang – performances at 12:30 and 2pm 
With an internationally renowned blend of circus, invention and humour, Matt Pang brings to life a giant ball slinging, self exploding piece of handcrafted gadgetry, inspired by the famous Rube Goldberg machines and Heath Robinson contraptions.

– Arts and crafts – make a Father’s Day card!

– Home-made cake and campfire – toast some bread and marshmallows over the fire!

It’s a Pay as You Feel event – please donate to the Garden to support our future events and activities. There will be donation buckets and a possibility of paying by card, too – you can also visit our Local Giving page https://localgiving.org/charity/caldmorevillagefestival/project/CCG/.

Organised with support from Black Country Touring, West Midlands Combined Authority’s Inclusive Communities fund and the National Lottery Community Fund.

Easter Egg Hunt at the Caldmore Community Garden Garden – 23rd March 12-4pm

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Come and join us for our annual

EASTER EGG HUNT at Caldmore Community Garden:

– 12.30pm and 3pm – Easter Egg Hunt for children aged 1-4 – have a go at finding chocolate eggs at the Garden!
Little ones must be accompanied by a grown-up, no older siblings allowed in the tots area. Please don’t be late!

– 1-3pm – Easter Egg Trail for older children – complete an Easter Egg trail, solve the clues and claim your chocolate egg! No need to come at a specific hour, your child can do it at any time during the event.

There will be lots of other activities, including:

🥚 Easter arts and crafts
🥚 Children’s entertainment with Happy Child
🥚 Tombola
🥚 Face-painting
🥚 Cake and drinks at our Community Cafe

It’s a Pay as You Feel event – we are a charity and need your support putting events like this for the benefit of the local community. Put some spare cash into a box or pay by card to help us bring you more activities in the future.

You can also donate to the Garden here: https://localgiving.org/…/caldmorevillagef…/project/CCG/ . Your support will be much appreciated.

Festival of Lights – 4-5th November at Caldmore Community Garden

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Let’s light up Caldmore again!

On Saturday 4th November at 4pm we will be making lanterns and musical instruments to carry in our lantern procession, and at 6pm Ash Mandrake will enchant us with a live performance full of music and stories. We will finish the day with a campfire, so bring your own marshmallows and things to toast over the fire.

On Sunday 5th November we will gather at 5:45pm for our lantern procession to light up the streets of Caldmore – the procession leaves the Garden at 6pm and on coming back there will be a performance by LED drummers and Autin Dance Theatre with their amazing Out of the Deep Blue! All that in a beautifully lit up Garden open for everybody to explore.

The event is free thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, Children in Need, whg and Black Country Touring.

We can’t wait to see you!

Polish and Eastern European Festival at Caldmore Community Garden

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Join us for the vibrant Polish And Eastern European Festival at Caldmore Community Garden, where cultures converge and diversity flourishes! 🎉 Immerse yourself in a day filled with authentic Polish and Eastern European flavors, music, and traditions.

  • Food
  • Live music
  • Children’s Activities
  • Bouncy Castle
  • Candy Floss
  • Face-painting

Caldmore Community Garden, 12-5pm, free entry

Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and organised in partnership with Midlands Polish Community and People for People.

Garden for All Film

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Caldmore Community Garden was started in 2011 by a local charity Caldmore Village Festival on a piece of derelict land in the middle of Caldmore, Walsall. With the continued support of landowners – Walsall Council and whg – and the hard work of volunteers, it was transformed into a vibrant community space that has become indispensable for local people.

We would not have been able to achieve all this without our funders over the years: Walsall Council, whg, Green Square Accord, Sanctuary Housing, Near Neighbours, The National Lottery Awards for All fund, the Arts Council England, Creative Black Country, People’s Postcode Trust, People’s Health Trust, Heart of England Community Foundation, Asda Foundation, Tesco Bags of Help, West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner, Comic Relief, CAF Bank, Children in Need, Millenium Point Charitable Trust, Black Country Touring, and West Midlands Combined Authority.

We are especially grateful to the Tudor Trust and The National Lottery Community Fund, “Reaching Communities”, for helping us grow and reach our potential, to open every day to the local community, and explore new exciting directions to support local people. It is thanks to their funding that we were able to make this video and document our project and all its achievements.

Thanks to Junction 15 Productions for the outstanding and inspiring work they did with this video and to Paul Turner at PT Aerial Photography for his professionalism and providing us with the amazing aerial footage of the Garden. And above all, we would like to thank the community of Caldmore for being a constant source of inspiration and all our wonderful volunteers involved in Caldmore Village Festival and Caldmore Community Garden. Look how much we have achieved together and how much potential we have for the future!

Film made with funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and the Tudor Trust and produced by Junction15 Productions. Visit them at www.junction15.com.

B’Opera Baby Opera features in the video at one of our events this year – they are absolutely amazing, visit them at www.bopera.co.uk.

The Zoo that Comes to You and Where We Grow – a Day of Performances with Black Country Touring on 16th September 12-4pm

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Join us for a spectacular day of art, nature, creativity and performances brought to us by Black Country Touring!

2pm The Zoo that Comes to You by Scarlet Oak Theatre – A family show featuring puppetry and live music! Come and meet these eclectic animals as they discuss their life experiences and the challenges they face in a rapidly changing world. A joyous journey featuring puppetry, live music and playful characters, Scarlet Oak Theatre welcomes people of all ages to join the conversation about animal conservation.

12-4pm Where We Grow by Black Country Touring – four short performances grown from community gardens across the Black Country have been spread around our garden. Wander around and enjoy each one!

And as always – arts and crafts, drinks, home-made cakes and refreshments at our community cafe!

Scarlet Oak Theatre

Jasmine Orchard and Lucia d’Inverno met when training at Circomedia: centre for contemporary circus and physical theatre. Both artists bring to the company their experience from working in a variety of educational settings; youth theatres, baby sensory classes, schools and home education groups. With their professional experience of acting, puppeteering, directing and producing they have come together to form Scarlet Oak Theatre, a company committed to making theatre that is equally accessible and engaging for children and their grownups.

www.scarletoaktheatre.com

FREE ENTRY!

Brought to us with support from Black Country Touring, The National Lottery Community Fund, West Midlands Combined Authority, Arts Council England, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and People’s Postcode Trust.

Let the Summer Begin – STREET GAMES

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Let the summer begin!

Come and join us for Street Games at Caldmore Community Garden – an inclusive and accessible fun day of street games, live music and dance with BSL Performance and Interpretation. You can expect games from around the world that everyone can get involved in, hosted by fabulous Game Hosts and party music sets from EIF Sound and Music.

The show is brought to us by Black Country Touring.

There will also be leather crafts with Walsall Leather Museum, nature activities for kids with Nature Makers, glitter tattoos, home-made cakes and refreshments at our community cafe!

Not to be missed.