Events
Malthouse Garden Club Programme
2012 Programme
6pm for 6.30pm until 8pm
Everyone welcome – free entrance
Wed Feb 8 Dr Adam Bates kicks off this years programme explaining about the Opal Bug Count survey, and the ways we can explore, study, enjoy and protect our local environment.
Venue: Independent Living Centre
Wed March 14 Some members may recall we visited Meadow Farm at Feckenham, some years ago. The owner, Rob Cole, actually designed Malthouse Garden.. He and his wife Diane will be telling us all about Meadow Farm Nursery. Venue: Independent Living Centre
Wed April 11 Nick Williams, from the Butterfly Conservation explains how to identify and encourage butterflies into our gardens together with habitat management. Venue: Independent Living Centre
Wed 9 May Darren Rudge, an expert in landscape and garden design, shows how to create living spaces in the garden Venue: Independent Living Centre
Wed 13 June Bring along your surplus bedding plants, seeds or cuttings for a BARBECUE EVENING and FREE PLANT SWAP Admission £3 per person - by ticket only. Tickets will be available at April and May meetings or from Richard Billingsley at Malthouse. Venue: Malthouse Gardens, Independent Living Centre
Wed 11 Jul A Mystery Trip to a local garden. Cost £5 per person to cover transport. Need to have names as soon as possible. Meet up at Independent Living Centre
Wed 15 Aug GROW AND TASTE EXOTIC CROPS – a cooking and tasting demonstration at Salop Drive Market Garden, Salop Drive, Oldbury B66 1JE. Tel 0121 434 4554.
Wed 12 Sept Jane Wingfield, proprietor of Hogfields Hedgehog sanctuary explains why hedgehogs are good for gardens and if you are adopted by a hedgehog how to look after one! Venue: Independent Living Centre
Wed 10 Oct Professor Ian Trueman, who comes highly recommended by Richard Billingsley as being an entertaining and informative biologist, will be talking about flora in Birmingham and the Black Country.
Venue: Independent Living Centre
Wed 14 Nov Frank Hardy give us insight of “What Goes on Behind the Scenes at the Chelsea Flower Show. This promises to be an entertaining evening. Venue: Independent Living Centre
Wed 12 Dec The ever popular CHRISTMAS QUIZ will be more light hearted this year plus PRIZES and FESTIVE GOODIES
Venue: Independent Living Centre
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.
Edible Garden Show 2012
Why not visit the Edible Garden Show at Stoneleigh? Everything you want to know about food growing 16th - 18th March 2012.
http://www.theediblegardenshow.co.uk
National Allotments Week
National Allotments Week is 6th - 12th August 2012 Why not visit your local allotments?
National Gardening Week 2012
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK's leading gardening charity, is launching National Gardening Week for 16 - 22 April 2012, to get the nation growing. The RHS is calling on nurseries, plant centres, clubs, charities, schools and media to join in and celebrate the week by opening gardens, holding events and providing advice. National Gardening Week wants to encourage everyone to take part and grow flowers, shrubs, trees, fruit, herbs and vegetables. To join in, please email JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING telling us who you are and how you would like to get involved with National Gardening Week. We hope you will share your ideas with us to make the week a great success and to get more people gardening. See RHS Website for further details
Sandwell Show
We will be at the Sandwell Show 26th and 27th August 2012 at Sandwell Valley - Come and find us in the Horticulture Marquee!
Thrive Courses at the Independent Living Centre
Growing Opportunities - Ideal For All Check out the shop area at Thrive www.thrive.org.uk for some courses in therapeutic horticulture that are coming up soon at Ideal For all. Please book direct with Thrive. Thrive is the national charity whose aim is to enable positive change in the lives of disabled and disadvantaged people through the use of gardening and horticulture.
Courses are held at Ideal for All, Independent Living Centre, 100 Oldbury Road, Smethwick, B66 1JE
Further information is available here, or to book a place on the day contact: Susan Twigg at Thrive on telephone 0118 988 5688, email JLIB_HTML_CLOAKING or write to Thrive, The Geoffrey Udall Centre, Beech Hill, Reading RG7 2AT
