WILDTHINGS WEEKENDS

[Mayow Park]

Grow Mayow will be holding a series of WILDTHINGS WEEKENDS this summer as part of the redevelopment (14/15 June, 12/13 July & 09/10 August, 10am – 4pm). These weekends will include food growing and nature and art workshops for kids, getting children and adults alike outside to explore, learn, grow food and play in their local environment. Details available online shortly. Participating during WILDTHINGS will include our artist in residence Zoe Burt, whose textile flax is growing in the exhibition bed this year (Grow A London Garment), author Eva Katzler who will read her latest work “Florentine and Pig and the Spooky Forest Adventure” (tbc), Froglife (a national wildlife charity committed to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles) who will be pond dipping and Wastebusters (an environmental awareness campaign empowering children to reduce waste and conserve resources) who will be running our “Don’t rubbish nature” arts and craft activity.

For more about the Grow Mayow Community Garden, see update here

[KM]

This sounds brilliant! We will be there!

[shintas]

Here is the program for the WILDTHINGS weekend in June. SATURDAY 14 JUNE & SUNDAY 15 JUNE 2014

SATURDAY

10:00 – 11:00 GARDEN RHYME TIME
CLASSIC PRESCHOOL AGE SING ALONG WITH THE MOST FABULOUS CAT BATEMAN (£3.00)

11:00 – 12:30 NATURE KIDS
EXPLORE THE WORLD AROUND YOU THROUGH NATURE BASED ACTIVITIES AND CRAFTS FOR
KIDS AGES 0-6 (£4.00)

12:00 – 16:00 POND DIPPING CRITTERS
DISCOVER WHAT’S LURKING IN OUR POND AND RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE WITH FROGLIFE AT
THIS ALL AGES DROP IN (FREE)

12:00 – 16:00 GARDEN CYANOTYPES
DROP IN AND CREATE CYANOTYPE IMAGES IN THE THE GARDEN WITH YOUR FAMILY AND OUR ARTIST IN RESIDENCE ZOE BURT (£5.00)

13:00 – 14:30 NATURE BUILDERS NATURE GARDEN (FREE)
HELP WEAVE A GIANT NEST AND SCULPT WITH SALLY WARD USING MATERIALS FROM THE GARDEN
FOR AGES 4-11 (FREE)

14:00 – 16:00 POP UP DROP IN DOCS
AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILM SCREENING IN THE BIG GREEN BARN (BY DONATION) (TBC)

SUNDAY

11:00 – 12:30 PERMACULTURE KIDS
LOOK AROUND YOU AND EXPLORE CHANGE IN THE GARDEN AT THIS GROWING AND MAKING
WORKSHOP FOR KIDS AGES 7-11 (£4.00)

12:00 – 16:00 POND DIPPING CRITTERS
DISCOVER WHAT’S LURKING IN OUR POND AND
RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE WITH FROGLIFE AT
THIS ALL AGES DROP IN (FREE)

13:00 – 14:00 NATURE TALES
FOLLOW SHINTA AS SHE WEAVES A TALE
THROUGH THE GARDEN AT THIS ALL AGES STORYTELLING EVENT (£3.00)

14:00 – 15:30 STICKS & SLINGSHOTS
ALL THE STICKS AND STUFF YOU NEED TO HAVE FUN FOR FREE, ANYTIME, NATURALLY AT THIS DROP IN FAMILY WORKSHOP

WILDTHINGS WEEKENDS WILL BE HELD
RAIN OR SHINE SO PLEASE WEAR CLOTHES THAT YOU CAN HAVE FUN GETTING DIRTY IN!

[Mayow Park]

Let's bump this, and show the artwork!





For the text spelled out - see Shintas' post.

Things are also happening the weekends of 12/13 July and 9/10 August, so put these in your calendars!

[Ruby]

Hi.
Do we just turn up for any of the activities or do some need to be pre-booked?
Thanks.

[vizzle]

I took my 5 and 2-year-old to this today and it was lovely. We'd definitely recommend it if you're at a loose end tomorrow.

We loved Cat and her songs, but then my 5-year-old decided she might want to go home when she saw a bee. That appreciation of nature isn't going to be built in a day! Great place, very friendly, with lots of things to explore.