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Fabulous fundraising fun

What a fantastic time we had on Saturday with our first ever Easter family fun day. We had more than 400 visitors to the garden who came to enjoy a range of activities including an Easter egg scavenger hunt, pond dipping, willow weaving and painting as well as plant sales and a very busy teaContinue reading “Fabulous fundraising fun”

Easter fun

Saturday April 8th, 10am – 1pm Fun activities for all the family including an Easter egg hunt, pond dipping, egg and plant pot decorating and willow weaving. And we’ll have some gorgeous Easter chicks. The tea shed will be open selling hot and cold drinks and homemade cakes. £3 per child (concessions available) We’re fundraisingContinue reading “Easter fun”

Fruit growing course

Thanks to everyone who joined our organic fruit growing course in February. We had four sessions and it was great to be able to deliver the theory, alongside the hands-on practical from gage and pear tree planting to pruning trees, bushes, canes, vines and even the delicious Japanese wineberry. ‘It’s such a fantastic space toContinue reading “Fruit growing course”

Sunday opening

We’ll have our second weekend opening of the year next Sunday February 4th from 10am. There’ll be lots of winter gardening jobs and hot drinks and cake courtesy of Abi who will be on tea shed duty. Let us know if you’re coming via FB or post here. See you there!

Coppicing hazel on a frosty morning in Graveney.

A wonderful frosty morning coppicing hazel with volunteers in Graveney. The hazel will be used in the living fence for the new wildlife garden.

Water, water everywhere!

With much of the garden under water we used our first weekend opening to make the rotunda area (where we all sit for a cuppa and a chat) more habitable and safe for the volunteers. We started bailing out at 9.30am and within an hour we were laying plastic tiles and covering the area withContinue reading “Water, water everywhere!”

Join us for a Composting Workshop

‘join the composting revolution’

Thank you!

To everyone who helped out and donated food and time to make Saturday’s family day at the garden such a success. We had Jasmine Rosser, an amazing local face painter, food donations from Lidl, Iceland, Sainsburys and Gilberts and freshly baked goods from The Bears and Grain and Hearth . We also need to thankContinue reading “Thank you!”

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Family Drawing Workshop

We are excited to welcome Liz Atkin to the garden for a family’s drawing session inspired by the nature of Stream Walk. Contact Liz for bookings and we look forward to seeing the results!