Learn how permaculture can help make your garden or allotment thrive. Spend the morning with permaculture teacher Sam Woods to learn what permaculture is, its ethics and principles, and how these can be applied to your garden or allotment. This half-day course will suit experienced and beginner gardeners alike and will cover a range of […]
What lies beneath the still waters of the lakes at Ferry Meadows. Join the Nene Park education team spending some time pond dipping and identifying the creatures that you find. This event is on surfaced paths and is suitable for all abilities including wheelchair users and buggies. £2 per child donation appreciated - accompanying adults […]
FREE Tuesdays Till Two lunchtime concert welcomes back Spanish pianist Antonio Oyarazabal, who made his St John's début in June 2017. In a programme entitled "Memorias de mi tierra" (Memories of my country) he'll present a musical journey through some of the most beautiful pieces of the piano repertoire by the greatest Spanish composers. Perhaps […]
Comprehensive series of FREE practical workshops exploring the many forms of seasonal plant propagation and growth, along with methods of display and sale. This course will grow a range of plants to be sold at the Green Backyard shop including herbaceous perennials, annual vegetables, herbs and flowering annuals. Further sessions on Wednesdays 9th and 16th […]
Comprehensive series of workshops that looks at the use of culinary herbs in cooking, their growing conditions, properties and methods of propagation and sale. Further sessions are on the 9th and 16th May, all at 1.30pm - 4.30pm These sessions are part of the Green Backyard's 2018 Community Learning Programme, provided in partnership with City […]
A series of practical workshops that will establish a working cutting garden at the Green Backyard. The course will look at the wide range of plants that can be grown as cut flowers, as well as exploring harvesting, sale and display. Further sessions follow on the 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st May, all at 10am- […]
A series of workshops that will explore the therapeutic properties of plants, how to grow and propagate these and how to use them to make a range of therapeutic products for personal use or sale. The workshops will cover the safe identification and use of plants, trading considerations and marketing. Further sessions follow on the […]
Guided walk led by Sarah Lambert and Peter Kirby around Lattersey Nature Reserve. Lattersey NR is a brownfield site which has developed a mosaic of open water, reed beds, damp grassland and willow carr. A wide variety of fenland species are present and a stop for pond dipping will reveal many aquatic species that are […]
Save the date, because our Holi May Day Celebration will be back! Expect colour throwing, live music, dance, great food, real ale, family friendly activities and more! Details to follow, but make sure to the put the date in your diary. Free event hosted by the Green Backyard. Normal charges for food and drink.
Annual morning Birding and Big Breakfast led by Bob Titman. Experience the song of the nightingale together with other woodland birds. See drifts of bluebells and wood anemones within the ancient woodland. Meet at 6:00am at the Willow Brook Farm Shop car park, Stamford Road, Helpston Heath, Peterborough PE6 7EL - Grid Ref. TF 118030. […]