Free Bumblebee Day in the Garden!
Caldmore Community Garden, Carless Street, Walsall, WS1 3RH
Saturday 25th March 2023, 11am-2pm
Family activities: 11am-1pm
Talk: 1-2pm
Join the Bee Inspired team for an exciting day of all things bumblebee!
Get creative with family activities for all ages from 11am-1pm.
And come along to learn all about our bumblebee friends at our talk from 1-2pm – open for all!
Children must be accompanied by adults. Come dressed for a day out at the garden.
MEET THE GRUFFALO
At Caldmore Community Garden
Saturday 18th March 11-2pm
– 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.
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.
Time to test our new fire pit!
Register for this week’s Garden Saturday with your children to enjoy the fire and toast some bread and marshmallows (or anything else you may want to cook).
Spaces are very limited as we are only accepting up to 4 people per hour to adhere to the rule of 6.
Please book here: https://forms.gle/FEWrPt5ahBpsLg9m6
Bread, butter and halal marshmallows will be provided but please bring any other food you may want to cook over the fire:)
Garden Saturdays are funded by The National Lottery Emergency COVID-19 fund and The National Lottery Community Fund.
Caldmore Community Garden 