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”
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!”
Zest goes green at Stream Walk
Exploring the sights, sounds and smells of the garden with Brightshadow, enabling people to live well with dementia.
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 withContinueContinue reading “Water, water everywhere!”
Home education pilot number 2
Stream Walk Garden had a lovely first session with our home education children and their carers earlier this month. We made rhubarb cordial in home-decorated, up-cycled bottles and had a salad safari which included mixing and tasting our own yummy dressings. Please join us for the second of our pilot sessions this Friday May 20thContinueContinue reading “Home education pilot number 2”
A friendly, inclusive outoor space in the heart of Whitstable 