Community Café

Leap Into Autumn – Saturday 20th September 2025

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Join us on Saturday 20th September for a fun packed family day welcoming Autumn to the garden!

12-4pm

We’re celebrating the changing seasons with a day of family fun, this year we’re working in partnership with Froglife, who will be showcasing their Coalface to Wildspace project.

✨ What’s On ✨

Exhibitions, stalls & creative activities with Juneau Projects

Arts & crafts inspired by autumn, hibernation, frogs & mushrooms

The Mushroom Show by Scratchworks Theatre at 1pm – a magical performance for all ages

Interactive workshop with the theatre company at 2pm (spaces limited to 30 participants – you can book your spot in the interval)

🌿 Come along, get creative, and celebrate autumn with us!

with thanks to National Lottery Community Fund, Heritage Fund and Black Country Touring for making this event possible

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.

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).

Easter Egg Hunt at Caldmore Community Garden

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It’s time for Easter Egg Hunt!

Join us this Saturday 12-4pm for chocolate madness at Caldmore Community Garden – the hunt will start at 1pm and will be over around 1.20, so please be there on time if you don’t want to miss out! There will be two zones – one for toddlers who must be accompanied on the Hunt by a parent and one for children over 5.

There will also be lots of other attractions – tombola, face-painting, Easter arts and crafts, Garden stall, and hot drinks and homemade cake at our community cafe!

See you on Saturday!

Tree House Opening Party!

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Tree House

After months of careful preparations it is time to OPEN THE DOORS OF THE TREE HOUSE!
Join us at this children-orientated event at the Community Garden and enjoy the first opportunity to have a look at the Garden from above.
Event programme:
– 1pm – Multicultural Music Making children’s performance
– 1.30pm – Grand Opening of the Tree House
– Arts and crafts, Stories from the Tree House, treasure hunt and family games
– Bouncy castle and face-painting
– Cake and drinks at our community cafe.
And from 2pm – a CAMPFIRE! Bring your own sausages, marshmallows and things to toast.
Address: Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, WS1 3RH

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July Open Day – Big Butterfly Count – Saturday 29th July

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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?

Sensory Open Day – Saturday 24th June

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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.

Bees and Butterflies Open Day – Saturday 27th May

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Bees and Butterflies Open Day

When: Saturday 27th May 2017 at 12-4pm

Caldmore Community Garden would like to invite everyone to our “Bees and Butterflies” Open Day this Saturday.

Come to the garden to enjoy the outdoors, relax, learn and be part of a great local community project.

There will be plenty of activities for all ages:
– bees and butterflies arts and crafts
– bee and butterfly friendly plant trail and competition
– make a bee hotel
– face-painting
– barbecue and cakes and drinks at our community cafe.

You are very welcome to bring your own picnic.

Spring Open Day – Saturday 1st April

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Spring Open Day

When: Saturday 1st April 2017 at 12-4pm

‣ Easter Egg Hunt – don’t miss the 1pm start!
‣ Find signs of spring in the garden
‣ Spring arts and crafts and garden activities for children
‣ Pizza from our own clay oven
‣ Delicious cakes and drinks in our Garden Café

Lots of things to do for everyone and a chance to help out and get to know more about the garden’s many activities, including our Men’s Shed project.