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.
– 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
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
The free Festival of Lights returns for two days at Caldmore Community Garden on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th November 2022. The festival provides a free celebration of diverse cultural and artistic traditions and brings people together across cultures to enjoy arts and creativity for all ages.
Caldmore Community Garden will be illuminated to create a place where diverse traditions of Diwali, Bonfire Night, and All Soul’s Eve meet to light up the night and open the doors to all the community.
Saturday 5h November: – 6pm – Animal Magic by storyteller Peter Chand and Fox & Rocha
Sunday 6th November – 5.45 meet at the Garden for the Lantern Procession – 7pm fire performance by Helter Skelter Arts
Gates open half an hour earlier with hot drinks and cake at our community cafe.
Saturday 5th November will see a performance of ‘Animal Magic’ from Peter Chand and Fox & Rocha at 6:00pm. Join Storyteller Peter Chand and musical maestros Fox & Rocha for a family session of stories and songs from around the world. You will encounter fantastic tales of elephants with small noses, preening peacocks and misbehaving crows. A toe-tapping interactive and lively evening awaits you as this delightful trio returns to Caldmore Community Garden.
On Sunday 6th November the joyous and beautiful Lantern Procession will start off the evening at 5:45p.m. The procession, led by fiddle player Adrian Ward, will walk from the Community Garden to Caldmore Green. Pick up a lantern created by the school children from Caldmore Primary Academy, toddlers and families from Caldmore Tots group and the community of Caldmore. Alternatively, bring your own torches and join in the fun. We will light up the streets of Caldmore and invite everyone to accompany us on our way back to the Garden.
Return to the Garden for an incredible free, fire performance, at 7pm by Helter Skelter Arts that will light up the Garden with their flames and daring stunts! A great show for all the family. (Keep an eye out for the duo around the Garden as well, as they paint patterns and images in the air with their amazing LED props)!
The festival is delivered by Caldmore Village Festival Group and funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, Black Country Touring, whg and Children In Need.
A woodland themed day of fun full of family activities. Come and meet our Meadow Sprites – watch magical meadow creatures take over the Garden in a bewitching performance by Curious Cargo theatre group brought to you in association with Black Country Touring.
Other attractions include: – Fairy Garden arts and crafts. – Make your own leaf cast with artist sophia moffa from “A Sense of Place” project. – Drinks and home-made cakes at our community cafe. – Come dressed up as a woodland creature or a fairy!
Preparations have started for our next event – AHOY! Pirates, Mermaids and Sea Monsters – come and join us on Sunday 7th August, 12-4pm for a wonderful day full of theatre performances with Clementines Live Arts‘s Ernie’s Journey, treasure hunts, and marine-themed fun for all the family!
Attractions will include:
2pm – Ernie’s Journey – performance by Clementines Live Arts followed by family workshops.
The Hunt for Pirate Treasure for children.
Pirates, mermaids and sea monsters arts and crafts.
Free face-painting, bouncy castle, and ice-cream for children.
Drinks and home-made cake at our community cafe.
Come dressed up in a sea-themed costume or as your favourite character!
Easter arts and crafts – make your own Easter basket, cress head and Easter cards
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