We all need to do our bit to reduce the amount of textiles that go to waste every year so we set up a workshop to design and make a gardening apron. What a brilliant afternoon we had, the creative juices were flowing! Everyone had so many cool ideas. We were delighted to welcome JoyceContinue reading “Design a Gardening Apron Workshop April 2024”
Category Archives: Workshops
Forest Gardening Workshop March 2024
A Forest Garden works with nature in a system designed to mimic the structure and layers of a natural forest. A diverse range of plants help each other, provide food and habitat for wildlife as well as being useful to humans. The garden is planted in layers and the top layer is usually a fruitContinue reading “Forest Gardening Workshop March 2024”
Tree Tapping Workshop 4th March 2024
A lot of us had heard of it but never tried it! Tree Tapping is an ancient skill that has long been practiced by Northern nations. It is a way to extract the sap from a Birch Tree. The sap is renowned for it’s invigorating and rejuvenating effects on the body. Historically it was used toContinue reading “Tree Tapping Workshop 4th March 2024”
Herbs for Health- Spring Cleansing Workshop 19th Feb 2024
Spring is really in the air and we were delighted to welcome Herbalist Rosy Rose to the centre to run a fabulous workshop for us. We looked at the health properties of many common herbs. Would you believe it, Nettles came out on top! HERBS FOR HEALTH We looked at the uses of someContinue reading “Herbs for Health- Spring Cleansing Workshop 19th Feb 2024”
International Jam 13th Feb 2024
What better way to bring people together than with food. We have so many skilled cooks and foragers in our community that we brought them together for an afternoon tea of jam tasting and story swapping. Delicious cakes from King Good Cakes. https://www.kinggoodcakes.co.uk/ What an inspiring and fun International Jam we had. We shared lovely jam stories andContinue reading “International Jam 13th Feb 2024”
Build Your own Birdbox Workshop 7th Feb 2024
Inspired by doing the Big Garden Birdwatch a few days ago we decided it was time to help increase the biodiversity in the garden even more by running a workshop on building bird boxes. Time to break out our Joinery skills! Find the right location Find the right bird-friendly spot for your box. Ideally, it willContinue reading “Build Your own Birdbox Workshop 7th Feb 2024”
How to do the Big Garden Birdwatch Workshop 23rd Jan 2024
Every year the RSPB (Royal society for protection of Birds) hold the Big garden birdwatch when we are asked to count the birds that land in our gardens or local park. This helps to track how well our garden birds are faring. We were delighted to welcome Daniel from the RSPB along to help us get started.Continue reading “How to do the Big Garden Birdwatch Workshop 23rd Jan 2024”
Grapevine Pruning Workshop 9th Jan 2024
Adrian Miles is a judge for ‘Keep Scotland Beautiful’ and we were very excited to invite him along to help us with our grapevine pruning and a very unruly Fig tree. It’s really important to do this is January while the plants are still dormant. Grapevine Pruning Adrian is a well known local gardening expert. Continue reading “Grapevine Pruning Workshop 9th Jan 2024”
Windowsill Gardening Workshop 17th Jan 2024
We had a really busy and productive Workshop to look at what we can grow in the depths of Winter! We tried out sprouting seeds and microgreens. SPROUTING SEEDS In January the weather is totally unsuitable for sowing seeds outdoors. The ground is often frozen and it is too cold for germination to take place. Continue reading “Windowsill Gardening Workshop 17th Jan 2024”
Natural Christmas Table Decoration Workshop 12th Dec 2023
You’ve done the shopping and bought the food so it’s time to think about the table decorations! Natural Christmas Table Decorations We are surrounded by such great Evergreen foliage at this time of year why not take advantage. We collected our material from the park. Find a container you like that will hold water, add some squashedContinue reading “Natural Christmas Table Decoration Workshop 12th Dec 2023”
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