Batty Evening with Brum Bats – Saturday 1st October 6-8pm

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Join us for an exciting evening at the Community Garden with pizza from our wood-fired oven and a talk about all things bats – Bekie from Brum Bats will tell us all about bat life and habits, and we will have a go at using bat detectors to see what bats we have in Caldmore.

Children must be accompanied by adults. Please wrap up warm and bring a torch as it will get dark while we are in the Garden.

Booking is necessary, please e-mail us on caldmoregarden@gmail.com or txt / Whatsapp 07871813252.

Funded by West Midlands Combined Authority Green Grants.

Free Seed Saving Workshop with Heritage Seed Library – Tuesday 20th September – 12-3pm

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Seed saving might seem like a dark art but once you get into it you realise how satisfying it can be to take one step further towards self-sufficiency in your growing. This course will introduce you to the rationale behind seed saving and give plenty of practical examples of the process. We will also introduce you to some of the fascinating varieties within Garden Organic’s Heritage Seed Library.

Session will cover:
• Reasons for saving seed saving
• Extracting seed from key crops
• How to improve the purity of your seed
• Storing seed

To book, please e-mail caldmoregarden@gmail.com, send a message on Facebook or Whatsapp / text us on 07871813252.

About Garden Organic
Garden Organic is the national charity for organic growing. We have been around since 1958 and have over 20 000 members. Our goal is simple – to get people growing organically. We do this in lots of ways:
• Working with communities providing them with support in their growing
• Providing horticultural advice to gardeners
• Campaigning on topical issues such as the use of peat or pesticides
• Preserving traditional and heirloom varieties in our Heritage Seed Library
• Researching into organic gardening techniques

We also have an organic demonstration garden at Ryton on Dunsmore just outside Coventry, where you can book onto to tours and workshops. For further information visit: www.gardenorganic.org.uk.

Our Gardening Workshops are funded by The National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities.

Buzz in the Meadow Family Fun Day – 24th September 2022 – 12-4pm

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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!

All activities are free.

AHOY! Pirates, Mermaids and Sea Monsters at Caldmore Community Garden

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Save the date!

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!

Free Summer Play Scheme at Caldmore Community Garden

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Register now for our free summer holiday play scheme at Caldmore Community Garden!

It will be a mix of nature activities, arts and crafts, forest school, science, and lots of outdoor play.

For children aged 8-12 only.

Free lunch (halal, vegetarian) will be provided.

You can book a place for up to 2 weeks and your child will have to attend the full week – Tuesday to Friday 12-3pm.

Fill in the form tinyurl.com/summerplayscheme by Friday 15th July and we will be in touch on Monday 18th July to confirm your child’s space.

Magic Little Grant for our Caldmore Tots!

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Our Caldmore Tots project has received a Magic Little Grant through the partnership between Localgiving and Postcode Local Trust!

Postcode Local Trust is a grant-giving charity funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery.

Localgiving is the UK’s leading membership and support network for local charities and community groups. Our project received £500 towards materials for our Caldmore Tots playgroup which provides sensory play activities, outdoor learning and play, and social interaction for children under 4 and of course their adults!

To learn more abou Magic Little Grants, visit their website: www.localgiving.org/magic-little-grants/

Animal Man

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On Saturday July 9th we will welcome the Animal Man at the Garden again! 

You are able to book a space for one hour Animal Man session and 1 hour picnic at the Garden, after which we will ask you to leave swiftly to make space for the next group. 

Session times are: 12-1.50pm (with Animal Man 1-1.50pm) and 2-3.50pm (with Animal Man 2-2.50pm).

This is a Caldmore Tots event and spaces are very limited – only children aged 2-6 allowed. Unfortunately we will not be able to include older siblings. 

Please bring your own food and drinks for the picnic.

If you have any questions, please call Anna on 07871813252.

We will confirm your space by Tuesday 5th July. Please let us know if you can’t attend for any reason so that we can give your space to another person on the waiting list.

Animal Man’s visit is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

Link to the booking form: https://forms.gle/2Qqkg3GTnUishYfb6

GreenSquareAccord Chairman Robin Bailey visits Caldmore Community Garden

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Many local CaldmoreAccord residents may be aware that it has merged with GreenSquare to become GreenSquareAccord.

We welcomed Robin Bailey, the Chairman of the GreenSquareAccord Board, at the Garden yesterday to show the work of Caldmore Housing and then CaldmoreAccord in helping to create Caldmore Community Garden and the House.

CaldmoreAccord have been instrumental in setting up our Community Garden and developing many core areas and projects.

We wanted to share the good work with the new Chairman and the Chief Executive, Ruth Cooke, who has promised to visit in the future, so that we can re-establish our partnership working with a key local social housing provider.

Without the funding from CaldmoreAccord we would not have been able to start the refurbishment of the Caldmore Community House. The former Chairman of CaldmoreAccord, Mike Hew and Director Margot Lambert were key partners in the development of Caldmore Village Festival Group which oversees the Garden and the House.

Reduce-Reuse-Recycle Day – Saturday 25th June at Caldmore Community Garden

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Join us this Saturday at 12p.m. for a fun afternoon of craft activities, live music and games (we have an educational treasure hunt and quiz).
See what we get up to at the Mens’ Shed on Mondays and the Womens’ Tuesday group.
There will be live music from Trouble and Strife at 1p.m. and we’ll be looking at ideas to reduce, reuse and recycle.
As usual, there will be homemade cakes for sale, so let’s help save the planet (and eat cake).

Caldmore Tots

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It’s going to be an animal month at Caldmore Tots, in preparation for the Animal Man visit at a special event on Saturday, 9th July. This week we will be exploring edible animal habitats and playing with salt dough – all at our weekly free toddler playgroup, every Thursday 10.30-12.00 at Caldmore Community Garden.