We’ll be once again opening up the garden for the Whitstable Town NGS Open Gardens next Sunday June 15th selling tickets as well as homemade refreshments and our own-grown plants and produce. Please do pop down for a wander around or to rest your weary feet after visiting all the beautiful town gardens. Here’s theContinueContinue reading “NGS Open Gardens 15 June”
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Pumpkin Party time!
It’s Hallowe’en time down at Stream Walk and this week we’ll be busy preparing for our annual Pumpkin Party next Saturday October 26th. We’ll have activities for all ages including pond dipping, smelly ghosts – that’s making ghost-like lavender bags, arts and crafts, spooky stories and of course pumpkin carving. This year our pumpkins areContinueContinue reading “Pumpkin Party time!”
Our garden is blooming with new friends and biodiversity
What’s been happening at the garden so far this summer?
It’s nearly time for ‘Wild About Whitstable’ Week again!
And we’ll be hosting a number of fringe activities throughout the week of August 12-18th at the garden including a Bio Blitz, Wild Medicine talk and a nature-inspired poetry workshop for teenagers. Here’s our flyer with all the events mapped out: And for more details about the rest of the events in the town throughoutContinueContinue reading “It’s nearly time for ‘Wild About Whitstable’ Week again!”
Spring news
What’s growing this month? We’ve cleared the polytunnel of winter salad and weeds and planted our tomatoes and cucumbers; the broad beans have been bountiful and our spinach and chard and spring onions have done really well on our produce stall. The wildlife garden is flourishing – it’s our first year and we’ve had hugeContinueContinue reading “Spring news”
Open Day and Plant Sale Sunday 21st April
Spring has truly sprung at Stream Walk, and we are busily tending to our beautiful garden and nurturing our plants and seedlings ready for our Open Day and Plant Sale on Sunday 21st April 11-4pm. Save the date in your diary and please spread the word! We’ll have fascinating talks from Sarah @thegardencreative on DroughtContinueContinue reading “Open Day and Plant Sale Sunday 21st April”
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 forContinueContinue 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 openContinueContinue 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 haveContinueContinue 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 CommunityContinueContinue reading “We won!”
A friendly, inclusive outoor space in the heart of Whitstable 