Another Happy Easter at Stream Walk

This year’s Easter event at the Community Garden was a great success. The garden came alive with the sounds of laughter and excitement from the young people who took part in a range of activities like willow crafting, pond dipping, easter egg hunting, paper craft making, corn cockle planting and lots of free play forContinue reading "Another Happy Easter at Stream Walk"

We’re getting ready for another Easter event

On Saturday March 30th our gates will be open once again for a fab, fun-filled family day. We'll have an Easter egg hunt, pond dipping, willow crafts, seed sowing, plus a plant & produce stall. And the tea hut will be serving hot & cold refreshments with some delicious homemade cake! Gates will be openContinue reading "We’re getting ready for another Easter event"

Fantastic Funding News!

This week we heard that the National Lottery Community Fund is giving Stream Walk Community Garden nearly £20,000 to help develop an 18-month programme of inclusive organic gardening sessions for disadvantaged community members. Wow! These sessions are going to really help Whitstable locals experiencing low emotional wellbeing, social isolation and economic disadvantage or don't haveContinue reading "Fantastic Funding News!"

We won!

One last piece of great news for Stream Walk before the end of 2023...we won the Canterbury Climate Action Partnership (CCAP) Annual Climate Action Awards 2023 for community action. So congratulations to everyone involved and to all of our volunteers for their efforts over the last year. Here is an extract from our application: Stream Walk CommunityContinue reading "We won!"

Happy Christmas everyone!

We had our last volunteer session of the year on Thursday and we had a glorious morning making Christmas wreaths with materials from the garden - including our own willow - plus lots of foraged greenery provided by friends. Thanks especially to Lorna for her brilliant artistry and guidance, Fran for the photos and toContinue reading "Happy Christmas everyone!"

So proud of our pumpkin party!

A big thank you to everyone who joined us last weekend for our first ever pumpkin party. We had a fantastic turnout, inspite of the dodgy weather, and so much fun. There was pumpkin-carving, ghost-making, story-telling, broomstick-building, pond-dipping, soup-sipping, cake-eating and lots of smiley faces. It was a huge success and we had some wonderfulContinue reading "So proud of our pumpkin party!"

It’s Wild about Whitstable Week!

Starting on Monday August 7th, Whitstable's CT5 Forum ECO Group are running the second annual Wild About Whitstable Week with a range of family-friendly, nature-based activities planned across the town. Stream Walk Community Garden will be hosting a bunch of events culminating in another family fun day on Saturday August 12th. Here's a list ofContinue reading "It’s Wild about Whitstable Week!"