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EcoGrow can come to YOU!
Book EcoGrow for tailor made environmental education workshops to suit your setting, educational aims and community group.
Please get in touch to request more information: ecogrwocic@gmail.com.
Recent topics have included: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Upcycle plant pots.
Plastic bottle green house construction (and the science behind greenhouses). Plant and animal identification. Plant parts. The importance of pollinating insects.
Forest school
We can deliver six week forest school programme at your school or community space. Forest school activities on your site include:
knots, fire lighting, team building, story telling, water play, mud kitchen, plant and animal identification and nature crafts.
Current Events
Please check which site you want to visit
Court Lane Allotments, Erdington, B23 5RP.
Moor Green Allotments, Beehive Wood, Moseley.
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Sunny Bank Allotments, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5RJ
Court Lane. Court Lane Fayres!
3 x per year.
11am - 3pm
Join us at Court Lane Allotments for their three Annual Fayres!!
Spring Fayre: Sunday 1st 2025 June from 11am - 3pm.
Summer Fayre: Sunday 7th September 2025.
Winter Fayre: Sunday 7th December 2025.
There is always a tremendous community vibe with a very warm welcome by all the volunteers who help create these marvelous events. At each fayre you can expect home baked savory and sweet goods from local businesses, home cooked savory food including BBQ and drinks, local artists and craft stalls, good cheer and music. It's always a great day out for all.
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Among the festivities EcoGrow will be providing some fun hands on seasonal activities in the forest
Pop on your Sunday best and hop on over!
Court Lane, Grow and Play. Donations welcome.
Wednesday term time. 10am-11am
Wednesdays 10-11am. Term time only.
A chance for families with young children to get together in our allotment and forest. Children are encouraged to explore our outdoor areas at their own pace searching for animals and observing nature first hand.
No booking necessary. Walk down the allotment track and meet on foot at the second gate.
EcoGrow, Court Lane Allotments, B24 5RP.
Bus 66 & 96. Train: Erdington. Parking on Jarvis Road and Court Lane.
This is a free event thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund! Donations welcome
FaceBook:@yourcommunityallotment ecogrowcic@gmail.com
Sunny Bank. Grow and Play. Tuesday term time. 10am-11am.
Tuesdays during term time. 10-11am.
A chance for families with young children to get together at Sunny Bank Allotment. Children are encouraged to explore our outdoor areas at their own pace searching for animals and observing nature first hand. Free play and child led with a seasonal activity. Tuesdays term time. Outdoor clothes suitable for the weather essential.
EcoGrow, Sunny Bank Road Allotments,
Met on foot between houses 66 and 68 Sunny Bank Road, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, B73 5RJ.
Bus 66. Train: Wylde Green. Road parking.
ecogrowcic@gmail.com or phone 07421329836
This is a free event thanks to funding from the Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust.
Court Lane, Forest School. Friday term time. 10:30-12:30pm.
FULLY BOOKED!
A chance for people to get together in our allotment and forest. Participants are encouraged to explore our outdoor areas at their own pace, using tools, searching for animals and observing nature first hand. Activities may include, growing food, bug finding, pond dipping, playing in the mud kitchen, nature inspired crafts, story telling and eating fresh produce.
Block booking. Mixed ages. Suitable for families who home educate.
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Court Lane, Gardening Club. Friday term time. 12:30.14:30pm.
A chance to get outside and hands on at Court Lane Community Garden.
Activities will include: soil preparation, composting, fruit trees/bushes, perennials, growing plants for food and growing plants for wildlife.
There are plenty of benches dotted around to enjoy a nice cupper with a biscuit and a sheltered area in case of rain. We have a pond and wooded area for you to enjoy the benefits of too. Wheelchair accessible, hand washing available, hot drink facilities and toilets.
If you work with a community group and would like to arrange a party of people to join us Please email: ecogrowcic@gmail.com to confirm attendance and any personal arrangements you may need.
Small groups-No booking necessary. Walk down the allotment track and meet on foot at the second gate.
EcoGrow, Court Lane Allotments, B24 5RP.
Bus 66 & 96. Train: Erdington. Parking on Jarvis Road and Court Lane.
This is a free event thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund!
FaceBook: @yourcommunityallotment ecogrowcic@gmail.com
Sunny Bank. Women's Art and Gardening Group. Tuesday term time. 12:00-14:00pm
We meet Tuesdays during term time. A place to be yourself and wind down. A green space for therapeutic horticulture to sit beside the pond, grow plants and meet others. In future months we will be growing food, medicinal plants, and plants for crafts such as those that give natural dyes. We will watch and listen to animals, enjoy the herb spiral, create nature inspired art and light a fire to boil water for herbal infusions.
If you would like to help us in the creation of and upkeep of this beautiful space get in touch!
In the colder months we will take our group inside at Wylde Green Church, Britwell Road.
Email: ecogrowcic@gmail.com
EcoGrow, Sunny Bank Road Allotments,
Between 66 and 68 Sunny Bank Road,
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham,
B73 5RJ.
Moor Green Allotment, Moseley.
Pop up workshops TBC!
Outdoor family cooking session coming this November! Make bread from scratch to bake in the pizza over! Use seasonal food to make a heart warming soup.
Other pop up workshops TBC!
Email us with your ideas of what outdoor forest events you would like to attend.
If you would like a space to host an outdoor workshop please get in touch.
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Moor Green, Forest School. Saturday term time. 10:00-:12:00. September 21st - October 19th 2024.
Moor Green Allotments, Moseley.
Saturday Forest School. 10:00-12:00pm.
Important meeting details:
Option 1: meet on foot at the pedestrian gate that borders Cannon Hill Park and Moor Green Allotments.
Google maps link:
https://goo.gl/maps/sKGYZKUZ357iX6rn8
52.448703, -1.905103
Option 2: Drive into Moor Green Allotments, Holders Lane, B13. Drive through the allotment past the club house and micro orchard and up to the forest.
what three words: driven. drums. drip
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Participants are encouraged to explore our outdoor areas at their own pace, using tools, searching for animals and observing nature first hand. Activities include, growing food, bug finding, pond dipping, playing in the mud kitchen, nature inspired crafts, story telling and eating fresh produce.
Block booking. Mixed primary ages.
Outdoor clothes suitable for the weather essential. Closed toe shoes.
Five week block.
We offer pay as you can options:
£25, £40 or £50.
07421329836
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Gardening club Salad Bags Project (term time)
Court lane 12.30 -14.30 pm
Friday 2nd May-23rd May (4 weeks)
Friday 6th June -18th July (7 weeks)
Friday 5th Sept - 24th October (8 weeks)
Come and join our regular Friday Gardening club and take part in their new initiative "the salad bag project"
Add value to the club and take part in something that will genuinely be meaningful in your community.
Sow, grow, harvest, prepare and package fresh salad bags and give away finished locally grown products to a local community kitchen and share houses. You will sow seeds each week and also get to make the required raised beds on site in the woodwork area.
Seasonal Wildlife walks in Erdington
Spring Dawn chorus walk
Summer wildflower walk
Autumn Dusk bat spotting walk
Winter tree identification walk
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Join us and the "friends of perry common" and get out and about in places and at fun times that you might otherwise miss. Take ownership of your local environment, and see old areas in a new light. The things that call it home may just surprise you.
Court Lane Woodworking club
Friday Afternoon 12.30 -14.30pm (Fortnightly)
Commencing Friday 23rd May
6th June, 20th June, 4th July, 18th July.
Come and have a go at some basic practical woodworking, build and develop skills for a good DIY standing. Make raised beds for the gardening club's salad bag project. Help our team make crucial and necessary repairs around the site, and fun items like toys and art when their are no repairs.