August Open Day – Creepy Crawlies – Saturday 12th August 12-4pm
August Open Day at Caldmore Community Garden – Creepy Crawlies!
Saturday 12th August, 12-4pm
- The Great Bug Hunt in the Garden.
- Learn how to make your own wormery.
- Creepy crawlies arts and crafts.
- Photo exhibition – photos taken by children from our holiday club and youth from NCS The Challenge.
- Photo portrait studio – tell us what you think of the Garden and have your photo taken.
- Games and races, samosas, cakes and drinks at our community cafe.
Address: Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, WS1 3RH
Free Summer Holiday Activities
FREE HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN
Monday – Friday, 12-3pm
Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, WS1 3RH
Gardening activities, nature arts and crafts, games and play outside and inside – the club operates in all weathers.
START: WEDNESDAY 26 JULY, 12pm
For children over 8 years old.
Younger children must be accompanied by parents.
Bring your own packed lunch.
To book a space please contact Anna on 07871813252 or come on the day.
July Open Day – Big Butterfly Count – Saturday 29th July
July Open Day – Big Butterfly Count
When: Saturday 29th July 2017 at 12-4pm
Join us at the Big Butterfly Count – national action day to count and get to know British butterfly species! There will be family competitions, butterfly arts and crafts, and butterfly feeder making.
Peter and Natalie Mason will play for us live at the Garden – enjoy the music with a non-alcoholic coctail made with some of the herbs and fruit grown in the garden.
Come to our Photo Portrait Studio – as a part of our ongoing consultation, you can have your family portrait taken in return for your ideas for the Community Garden.
There will be games and races, barbecue, cakes and drinks at our community cafe. So why not come to the Garden and spend a lovely afternoon enjoying the outdoors, relaxing, learning and being a part of a great local community project?
Palestine Day – Sunday 23rd July
Palestine Day
When: Sunday 23rd July 2017 at 12-4pm
Join Walsall Kobar Friendship Association for a Palestine Day at Caldmore Community Garden.
Keynote Speaker – Jackie Walker, former Vice Chair of Momentum, will give a speech Palestine in the modern British political context – The importance of resisting smears of anti-Semitism: a personal account. Her presentation will be followed by a film Balfour and Me.
There will be book stalls, refreshments, a lot of family activities – magic show, ballon art, gardening activities, games, pottery decorating
For more information contact Sureha 0741 599 1636.
Free Summer Holiday Club for children
Free Summer Holiday Club for children
When: Wednesday 26th July – Friday 25th August 2017
Monday – Friday at 12-3pm
Free holiday activities for children!
Gardening activities, nature arts and crafts, games and play outside and inside – the club operates in all weathers.
For children over 8 years old.
Younger children must be accompanied by parents.
Bring your own packed lunch.
To book a space please contact Anna on 07871813252 or come on the day.
Caldmore Acoustic Music Festival
Caldmore Acoustic Music Festival
When: Saturday 8th July 2017 at 2-11pm
Where: Caldmore Community Garden (12 Carless Street, WS1 3RH Walsall) and The White Lion Public House (150 Sandwell St, WS1 3EQ Walsall)
Join us for a day of music jointly hosted by Caldmore Men’s Shed, Caldmore Community Garden and The White Lion Public House.
From 2pm in the Caldmore Community Garden.
Garden cafe open with refreshments and home made cakes and barbecue. Lots to do for the children with arts and crafts and garden games.
From 7pm in the White Lion.
Special festival beers and barbecue.
Soil to Plate – Free gardening course in Caldmore Community Garden
Soil to Plate – Free gardening course in Caldmore Community Garden
When: Monday 26th June 2017 at 1-4pm
Join us for the next free gardening course session at Caldmore Community Garden.
The course generally covers ground preparation, planting and seed sowing plus maintenance of plants and gardens. For those that want to learn or improve their gardening skills and knowledge but are not interested in gaining an accredited qualification.
• Preparing the Ground
• Planting Seeds/Plants
• Maintaining Plants Outdoors, weeding, watering, mulching
• Plant, weed, pest and disease identification
• Composting
This course is delivered to cater for absolute beginners and those experienced gardeners within the community. Learning tips and pointers from Jonathan Ensell an award winning garden designer and lecturer with 24 years of gardening experience.
The course is FREE.
Caldmore Garden Cinema – Monsoon Wedding – Indian Film Night
Caldmore Garden Cinema – Monsoon Wedding
When: Sunday 25th June 2017 at 9.15-11pm
MONSOON WEDDING
A stressed father, a bride-to-be with a secret, a smitten event planner, and relatives from around the world create much ado about the preparations for an arranged marriage in India.
Directed by Mira Nair
India, 1hour 54 minutes, Comedy/Drama/Romance
English / Hindi with English subtitles
Bring your own snacks; tea and coffee available at the Community House. Evenings can get cold, so please bring warm clothes and a blanket.
Sensory Open Day – Saturday 24th June
Sensory Open Day
When: Saturday 24th June 2017 at 12-4pm
Join us for our June Open Day – we will be presenting our Sensory Garden to the community with plenty of activities focusing on our sensory experience of nature.
12.00-4pm – Garden of the Senses
– sensory arts and crafts
– tours of our sensory garden
– sensory games and challenges
12.00-4pm – Barbecue, cakes and drinks at our community cafe
Come to the garden to enjoy the outdoors, relax, learn and be part of a great local community project.
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