Bugs Club at the Edible Garden

Bugs Club is a fantastic opportunity to get the kids interacting with nature, learning and playing in our spontaneous outdoors classroom. 

Details

When: We'll be starting back on 21st March, then once a month, every third Sat of the month until Sept 11-12:30, rain or shine!
Where: Edible Garden, Westow Park
Cost: Sessions will be £3 for one child or £5 for a family. Suitable for age 4+
How to join: No need to book, just show up on the day.
Contact: Charlotte Taylor-Page runs the group; she updates our facebook page with details of each Saturday's club
Mailing list: Charlotte runs a mailing list - you can email her to sign up: charlotte@makedoandfriend.uk

The aims of the project are to attract wildlife and further biodiversity to the Edible Garden while offering children outdoor learning about the natural environment, and the origin and processes involved in the food on their plates. The children also learn to help each other as participants in a community project. 

Regular tasks include feeding the wormery, watering plants and bug hunting. In addition each session has a focus, which have so far included:-

• Collecting colours on the back of address stickers
  
• Building Bee and Bug Habitats
  
• Digging a Hedgehog Hideaway 
  
• Making Bird Feeders out of old wellies 
  
• Bird Bath out of terracotta pots 
  
• Planting a Willow Den
  
• Sowing a Pizza Container plot where the children planted wheat alongside tomatoes, chives and marigolds
  
• Companion planting, where one plant benefits from the proximity of another, usually for the purpose of attracting beneficial bugs or repelling damaging ones.

NOTE - if it is raining heavily Bugs Club will be cancelled at short notice - if it's drizzling or there are dark clouds, check our facebook group for updates from Charlotte.

Charlotte runs Bugs Club