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  • Culinary Herbs: Properties and Propagation – Green Backyard

    Comprehensive series of workshops that looks at the use of culinary herbs in cooking, their growing conditions, properties and methods of propagation and sale. This is the final session of the series of workshops. These sessions are part of the Green Backyard's 2018 Community Learning Programme, provided in partnership with City College Peterborough. All CLT […]

  • Growing and Selling Cut Flowers – Green Backyard

    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 24th and 31st May, both at 10am- 1pm. These […]

  • Producing Therapeutic Plants and Natural Remedies – Green Backyard

    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 […]

  • Introduction to Contemporary Floristry

    Make stunning, fresh floral creations with seasonal blooms and foliage. Join Tracy Mathieson from Foxtail Lily, Oundle, to learn how to compose gorgeous, contemporary arrangements using a variety of locally grown ornamental and wild plants. We will explore how to work with the seasons to display the vivid variety of shape, colour and texture, with […]

    £25
  • Family and Friends Volunteering – Ferry Meadows

    Make a difference by helping the Rangers out in the Park. Children, couples, grandparents, friends - everybody welcome. All tools and training provided. You just need to bring along lots of enthusiasm. Free event and free car parking for all participants Suitable for everyone 5yrs old + - younger children welcome, however full participation may […]

  • Family and Friends Volunteering – Ferry Meadows

    Make a difference by helping the Rangers out in the Park. Children, couples, grandparents, friends - everybody welcome. All tools and training provided. You just need to bring along lots of enthusiasm. Free event and free car parking for all participants Suitable for everyone 5yrs old + - younger children welcome, however full participation may […]

  • Lunchtime Concert: Jonatan Bougt (theorbo and archlute) – Events at St Johns

    Tuesdays Till Two season of FREE spring lunchtime concert  welcomes back Jonatan Bought who will play some wonderful music on two different instruments from the lute family, the theorbo and the archlute, in a programme featuring music by Robert de Visée and Giovanni Zamboni, two extraordinary musicians of the 17th and early 18th centuries. The […]

  • Human Flow – a film by Ai Weiwei

    The Green Backyard and Red 7 Productions bring you this Peterborough screening of Ai Weiwei's stunning documentary on the global refugee crisis. "Human Flow", an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the […]

    £8
  • House Plant Care, Propagation and Sale – Green Backyard

    A series of practical sessions that teaches you how to care for and grow a range of houseplants, which are currently seeing a huge growth in popularity. Also covered will be the marketing, display and sale of these plants, including the use of social media and photography. Further sessions are being run on the 30th […]

  • Growing and Selling Cut Flowers – Green Backyard

    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. The final session of this course takes place on the 31st May at 10am- […]