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Grow Feral Nature Camp at Whirligig
Italian Gardens, September 2024
Exploring creative connections with the natural world, Grow Feral’s micro-garden in the Italian Gardens will be transformed into a nature camp – come along and help to decorate the camp as it evolves over the weekend. Get involved in building natural shelters and take part in green crafting and bushcraft activities, including natural twine making, leaf mobiles and seed head bunting.
Grow Feral Micro Garden: Tour & Talk
part of Green Futures, October 2022
Join Grow Feral producer Sam Francis and artist Jo Lathwood for a talk and tour around this new innovative self-watering horticultural art installation, and community micro garden located in the heart of Weston town centre.
Autumnal Gathering with Grow Feral + Osprey
for Weston Arts & Health Festival, October 2022
Come together for an autumnal gathering and find out how to get involved in taking care of the Grow Feral community garden space, and about Osprey’s activities to benefit from engaging in activities in nature.
Press your own apple juice with apples harvested from Osprey community orchard and beyond, and share harvested apple treats, plus apple bobbing for the kids!
Healing Seeds: Nature & Health Panel Discussion
part of Weston Arts & Health Festival, October 2022
How can connecting with nature benefit our health?
Discover more about green social prescribing in North Somerset by joining clinical psychologist Dr Alice Walker, to explore the science behind nature connection. Community Development Coordinator for Curo, Steve Winter-Gray will be joining the panel alongside artist and green social prescribing practitioner Sam Francis who develops participatory projects on allotments and green spaces around Weston and Anna Southwell, owner of Loves café and founder of the Super-mares sea swimming group.
Community Allotment Open Day & Cook-up
part of Heritage Open Days: Edible England and the Weston Arts & Health Week, September 2021
Embark on a sensory tour of Osprey’s community allotment site with its vegetable and cottage gardens, poly tunnels, and orchards in full bloom, and sample some delicious homegrown produce cooked up by Weston’s Loves Cafe and pick up artist designed recipe cards. Also on offer are a host of creative activities using natural materials found on the allotment including willow weaving, plant print-making, poetry creation and make-your-own herbal tea-bags. Produced by Grow Feral.
Banners created from feedback and comments during the various Grow Feral workshops that took place over the summer for an installation as part of the open day event.
photo credits Mark Atherton
