Growing Space - Autumn Newsletter August 2019

Autumn 2019
Growing Space Newsletter

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Growing Space at St-Helen's Church

We are excited to announce that RBKC have approved our next Growing Space to be installed at St. Helen’s Church, North Kensington. This garden will serve Bassett House school children as well as local residents of all ages with offerings of Saturday and school holiday forest school and garden workshops.

We will also be looking for volunteers to help care for the space, to water, weed and harvest as necessary. We have been so pleased with the number of local residents dropping by our Growing Space at Christ Church and we look forward to similar local involvement and enjoyment at St. Helen’s. If you interested in learning more about our next project, please get in touch.

If you would like to give a donation towards herbs and plants for our next garden at St Helens Church then please get in touch at info@growingspace.london
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To join our volunteer team, please contact our EC, Pascale, directly:
Email pascale@growingspace.london or call 07418 084468

Growing Space at Christ Church

A big congratulations for our Year 1 and Year 2 from both Thomas's School and St-Mary Abbot's Primary School for a successful first summer growing season!
Thomas's school and St-Mary Abbots Primary School raised beds have produced a lot of herbs and vegetables. Have a look at what our local children and volunteers have harvested!

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A Special Thanks!

Thanks to the generosity of a Thomas's school parent, Mayasuni, who kindly gave a donation to Jekka Herbs Farm, we were able to collect a vast array of Herbs for our Christ Church Garden. We have now more than 30 different and delicious scented herbs and plants, and hope to have more soon!
Jekka’s is home to the largest collection of culinary herbs in the UK. It is not only a wonderful resource for plant identification but also a gastronomic delight for anyone interested in good food. They have an amazing collection of kitchen herbs! Jekka's herbetum contains over 400 culinary herbs carefully planted in raised beds on Jekka's herb farm.

Have a look at their amazing Jekkapedia to learn more about herbs you can plant in your garden!

Keep supporting us!

On a final note, we are working hard to help build and provide other growing spaces in the borough for the local schools and the community. To achieve this, we need your help!
We are still looking for sponsorship for raised beds and selected trees.
Each sponsored item will receive a personalised engraved brass plaque.
It does make a wonderful gift or commemoration!

SPONSOR a tree or a vegetable bed today!
Donate HERE!

Please visit our website for more information or speak with one of our Growing Space team who can show you around the garden.

What activities are on in the garden?

We would like to send a big thank to School for Creative Thinkers (MoA) and Nature & Bliss for all the wonderful summer workshops in our Growing Space at Christ Church!

School for Creative Thinkers (MoA) aim to inspire children to learn through making, creating and collaborating. All classes are run by a team of teachers, architects and designers.

Nature & Bliss aims to promote awareness and teach about sustainability and the care for the natural environment. It has for mission 'to bring nature closer to you' and 'you, closer to nature'. They offer rich outdoor experiences for all ages, such as, Forest School and Gardening skills sessions, Hands-On Nature & Creative workshops.

They are coming back to Growing Space this autumn with exciting and fun programs!

Check out below our upcoming workshops!!

Growing Space
Autumn Workshops

Nature & Bliss
Urban Forest School

Dates: Septembre 21, 28 + Octobre 5, 12
Location: Growing Space at Christ Church Kensington - Woodland Garden
Time: 10am to 12pm
Age: 3 and above (children under 3 must be accompanied by an adult)
Price: £25 per session

Early Bird Offer
Don't miss out on this special offer!
Get £5 off for any session booked before Sept 30th

To reserve your space, send an email to:
pascale@growingspace.london
or call/text on 07418 084468

Our 'Halloween' program

Mondays: Make your own Scarecrow Hat!
Tuesdays: Pumpkin carving for everyone!
Wednesdays: Make your own garden or Magic broom!
Thursdays: Make your own Scary Pot!
Fridays: Autumn Woodland Garden* (Oct 25)
(*with the collaboration of School for Creative thinkers)

Dates: Octobre Half term - from Monday 21 Octobre to Thursday Octobre 31
Location: Growing Space at Christ Church Kensington - Woodland Garden
Time: 3.30 to 5pm
Age: 3 and above (children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult)
Price: £30 per session, per child for Nature & Bliss workshops,
£35 per session for the Autumn Woodland Garden

Early Bird Offer
Don't miss out on our special offer!
Get a £5 off* on any of our 'Halloween' program if you book before Sept 30th
(*except for the Autumn Woodland garden workshop)

To reserve your space, send an email to:
pascale@growingspace.london
or call/text on 07418 084468

School For Creative Thinkers
Autumn Camp & Workshops

Octobre Half-Term Camp
Want to be an Architect
21 - 25 October 2019

School for Creative thinkers is running a week-long Autumn Camp at the Armenian Church, in Kensington.
Have a go at planning a future city - design the buildings, transportation and playgrounds. How will your city stack up?

Workshop
Autumn Woodland Garden
at Growing Space at Christ Church

Octobre 25, 2019 from 3.30 to 5pm
Novembre 9th, 2019 from 1.30 to 3pm

For MORE information on their program or to BOOK, please visit their website: www.schoolforcreativethinkers.com

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