St Georges Primary School - Wildlife workshops

St Georges Primary School - Wildlife workshops, a set on Flickr.

Wildlife workshop sessions for members of staff and pupils from Sacred Heart Primary School 10-12noon - gardening for wildlife, planting up the schools raised planter with wildflowers Lunch at Green Heart Den 1-3pm - wildlife identification around the Green Heart Den The day long sessions were facilitated by Jamie Normington, Education and Community Officer from Cumbria Wildlife Trust. Funding to enable the sessions has been provided by The Peoples Health Trust, using money raised by Healthable Community Interest Company through The Health Lottery.

Bright and colourful on our wildlife boundary areas

Barrow's Wildlife Bonanza. 12 noon - 4 pm, Saturday 20th July at Barrow Park

New planter allocated to the local LGBT group

Lee Wicks and Richard Garnett collecting their key and a copy of our community grow your own scheme user policy on behalf of the local LGBT group.

Growing well together

We just need a little cream now....

Our nasturtium planting boxes

Where there's a will, there's a way

Small tortoiseshell butterfly

Red tailed bumblebee

Belle etoile in in our planted borders

A bright and colourful planter

Our tomato plants are beginning to bear fruit

A busy day for our community growers

Watering our plants in the poly tunnel at the end of a busy day

New activities at Age UK Barrow

FREE gardening, growing and wildlife workshops

Following the success of recent horticulture and wildlife workshop sessions we are in the process of organising even more fun, interesting and FREE short sessions to be conducted over the coming months.

....................in the meantime there still a few places available on the following workshops:

Saturday 13 July 10-12noon ‘Wildlife gardening’ – a workshop to help you make your garden or allotment more wildlife friendly.

Saturday 13 July 1.30-3.30pm ‘Food for Free’ – find out how to identify edible wild food plants and try out some for yourself.

Wednesday 24 July 10-12noon ‘Wild flowers, butterflies and bees’ – a look at the abundant wildlife on Green Heart Den community garden. Learn how to identify species and their role in the urban environment.

Places can be booked by phone on 01229 876546 or by email to neighbourhoodmgt@barrowbc.gov.uk

Providing colour to one of our large planting boxes

Busy little pollinators

An early start for Cadas harvesting their crop of vegetables

A damp day....and a variety of plants appear to be enjoying it

Pupils from Sacred Heart Primary School proud of their colourful planter

Age UK Barrow checking their crop of vegetables

Matching the new gravel to the original surface level

A colourful June

A welcomed visit from Greengate Junior School