Kids Gardening Club
A central ambition of the Britain’s Biggest Living Garden project is to put kids right at the heart of it. Not only is gardening, and spending time outdoors, great for their physical and mental health, and something that just about every child I have ever met deeply enjoys, but training and inspiring the next generation to show that the small actions they take outside make a huge difference will also create the custodians of our environment for decades to come.
I am super excited to be able to launch the Suburb’s first ever Kids Gardening Club. In fact, this is much more than a club, it is a chance for children to design, develop, create and maintain their very own community garden right at the heart of the Suburb! The ambition will be to make this into an award winning, beautiful and fun, wildlife garden where the kids will be able to measure their progress by the variety of wildlife the space attracts. Once ready, the garden will be open to the public, and we hope to enter it into national garden competitions, and maybe even attract a royal visit, and maybe feature on national TV!
Our space is currently a rarely used garden attached to the vicarage of St Judes church in Central Square, so a real blank canvas. The garden is already accessible to the public, and so would be fantastic to make it into an amazing space. Thought mostly unloved, it does already contain a pond with a newt so we have a fantastic starting point. In it, we hope to, grow fruit & vegetables, have plenty of pollinator friendly flowers, ensure a variety of wildlife habitats and much more. The club will be run in partnership some wonderful professional gardeners, and a team of volunteers who will provide their expert knowledge, and help us with growing any plants we need. The wonderful Rev Em of St Judes has kindly offered to supply tea, coffee and cake as well as providing access to her facilities if needed.
Some details (all somewhat subject to change!)
Open to kids aged from 3-18
After school on Tuesdays, 4-5.30/6pm. Perhaps with some ad hoc extra weekend drop in sessions.
First session on 23rd April
We will require a parent or guardian to attend with all children, and maintain responsibility for their child’s safety (because of insurance… yawn). We will need plenty of adult help in any case, and tea and coffee will be supplied for anyone who wants to use it as a chance to catch up on emails instead.
Please see this as a regular commitment for your child rather than an occasional drop in, so we can plan accordingly
Whilst there is no set fee, it would be great if families can contribute what they can towards any running costs -for tools, materials etc. So simply pay what you can.
If you have any questions, or would like to volunteer to help run the club, then please submit a “Get In Touch” request at the bottom of the page
