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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!”

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!”

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!”

Funding boost!

Stream Walk Community Garden has been awarded a £5,000 grant to help develop our outreach and development work.The grant money has come to us from the Martello Fund via Kent Community Foundation under its Vulnerable Adults Themed programme. The funds will be used to provide garden activities for vulnerable and socially disadvantaged people over theContinueContinue reading “Funding boost!”