The annual Night Walk is part of our Woodland Play series, and this year there's a competition to go with it. We have extended the deadline for entries to Sunday 24th February at 9 PM (later than in the instructions). Here are the instructions PlanetAcrostic_Competition. We have a winner for the Night Walk competition! It's Millie, ...
Purpose Stick Around is an all-inclusive outdoor programme for adults. In several important ways it mirrors the children's programme: engaging with nature through being active: being playful and experimental by constructing and crafting, and making friends. We also help support each person's well-being with moments of reflection using recognised approaches such as the Five Ways ...
Our next and (so far) final date for this project is 25th January 11:00-12:00 at the Orchard and 1:00 - 4:00 at the Art Rooms Kings Heath: Creating a Management Plan. We start at the Orchard, with a review of all its habitats (11-12). After ...
We have a set of three outdoor workshops for the late Summer to offer you! Wednesday 22nd August, Outdoor Cooking with Rhiannon Saturday 25th August, Bench Making with David. There are more opportunities to do Bench Making with David, detailed here Thursday 30th August, Dreams ...
Our Muddy Puddle Walk will take place in a Woodland Play session on 25th April, 1:30 - 3:30. In many ways it will be just like any other Woodland Play session. But for this one, all the funds raised with go to Save The Children. And the play leaders are also donating their time. ...
WASSAIL! SUNDAY 21ST JANUARY 3:30 - 5:30 THE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND IS SET TO BE WET ALL DAY SUNDAY. SO WOODLAND PLAY IS CANCELLED. THE WASSAIL WILL GO AHEAD AT 3:30 AS PLANNED. This year we are combining a Woodland Play (Sunday) with our annual Wassail. The children's activities start at 1:30 and we meet ...
At last, I've found a recipe for birdfood cake that doesn't fall apart. High respect for birder, Mark Golley, who wrote the book I'm using, Cooking For Birds copyright 2006. I've just discovered, the book is aimed at 6-8 year olds, so it's also perfect for young nature lovers and conservationists. My recipe is based ...
Calling all families who visit Holders Wood and Highbury Orchard! Highbury Orchard Community is thinking of applying for Grow Wild grant of £2-4K, to run a project from March to October 2018. Activities and workshops must help people grow or learn about native wild plants, wildflowers or fungi. We at HOCCIC are particularly interested in ...
The Winter Solstice takes place astronomically on 21st December, but we will be celebrating it on Sunday 17th December 3:30 - 6:30. It will partly coincide with Woodland Play (Sunday) for families of 0-8s, which runs at its usual time of 1:30 earlier in the day, and will include some of the activities mentioned here. ...
We're very pleased to receive a grant from Gregg's Environmental Fund to run our first Fruit Tree Care course, starting 25th November 2017. This will be the first of six sessions - maybe more. Rob Tilling, recently of The Orchard Project, will be the course leader and will take participants through the different tasks of ...
