Events

Malthouse Garden Sessions

Gentle gardening sessions for the over 50’s are available at Malthouse Garden, in Smethwick on Mondays and Fridays.
A chance to take a little exercise in a beautiful and fully accessible garden, while meeting others in a friendly group and supported by a horticulture therapist.

For details contact. Ideal for All. 100 Oldbury Rd, Smethwick, W.Midlands B66 1JE. Tel 0121 558 5555.

Salop Drive Garden Sessions

Join regular gardening sessions throughout the week for adults across Sandwell. Hands on gardening supported by fully trained staff, enable you to learn a bit about gardening, healthy eating, and healthy living.
Garden sessions are tailored to suit your needs, and based around the daily tasks of the working market garden.

Groups can book visits to the market garden by arrangement, and hands on activities can be arranged. The site also takes visits from Surestart Groups, playschemes, community groups.

For details contact. Ideal for All. 100 Oldbury Rd, Smethwick, W.Midlands B66 1JE. Tel 0121 558 5555.

National Allotments Week

This week will be held from 9th-15th August 2010. Watch this space for allotments near you in Sandwell with open days.

Sandwell Show

The Sandwell show will be held at Sandwell Valley Farm over August Bank Holiday 2010.
Come and see the Sandwell Food Network display in the horticultural tent.

New Five Week Allotment Gardening Course

New five week allotment gardening course will start on Monday 15th March from 6-8pm; all you need to know about setting up an allotment plot, growing your own veg; for more information contact Richard Billingsley, Growing Opportunities, Ideal for All, 100 Oldbury Rd, Smethwick, B66 1JE Tel 0121 558 5555

Gardening with a Visual Impairment

A one day course Wednesday 31st March 2010 will be run at Malthouse Garden, Ideal for All, 100 Oldbury Rd, Smethwick, B66 1JE.

Ideal for All will be running this hand on workshop with Thrive the national organisation for therapeutic horticulture. To book a place visit http://www.thrive.org.uk or phone the Growing Opportunities team at Ideal for all on 0121 558 5555

The Edible Garden Show March 19-21 2010 - the ultimate 'Grow Your Own' event

An exciting new national garden show is being launched next year amid the phenomenal explosion of interest in 'Grow Your Own' food.

The Edible Garden Show 2010 will be staged over three days from Friday, March 19 to Sunday, March 21 at Britain's most famous agricultural venue - Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire. Organisers say The Edible Garden Show will be a "must-see" event whether you are a seasoned gardener who spends every spare minute on the allotment or a complete novice daunted by planting a few vegetables in the back yard.

The new show has won official endorsements from two of the most high-profile organisations in the gardening and agriculture world - the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners (NSALG), which boasts 103,000 members in the UK at over 2,000 allotment societies, and the Royal Agricultural Society of England.

NSALG National Secretary Geoff Stokes says: "We are delighted to be an official partner of this brilliant new show. For a number of years our members have been seeking a dedicated 'Grow Your Own' event but have had to make do with attending the more traditional flower shows where fruit and vegetables have largely been the poor relation. At last we now have a national show focused purely on the wonders of 'Grow Your Own'."

The Edible Garden Show

Thrive Courses at the Independent Living Centre

Introduction to Social & Therapeutic Horticulture - 10.02.2010
Therapeutic Horticulture for People with Learning Difficulties - 24.02.2010 - 25.02.2010
Using Therapeutic Horticulture with Children with Special Educational Needs - 18.03.2010
Using Therapeutic Horticulture to Improve Older Peoples Quality of Life - 20.05.2010

Courses are held at Ideal for All, Independent Living Centre, 100 Oldbury Road, Smethwick, B66 1JE

For further information or to book a place on the day contact: Susan Twigg at Thrive on telephone 0118 988 5688, email info@thrive.org.uk or write to Thrive, The Geoffrey Udall Centre, Beech Hill, Reading RG7 2AT