Hulme Community Garden Centre

It's our Garden Explorers group this Thursday, 6th June (11am-12noon)👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Come and join us for our Parent & Toddler group at the garden centre. 🌳 Every week we do a different activity...outdoors if possible, in the polytunnel if it's REALLY wet and cold. Always fun, often muddy and usually a bit nibbly :-) No need to book...just turn up. £3 per child, tea/coffee and juice included.
... #Manchester #Family #HalfTerm #Toddlers
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Join us for woodworking in The Shed on Tuesday 4th June (10.30-12.30)🌲 The Shed session is solely wood work based: learning and sharing skills, creating products for sale and using our tools and resources to create your own projects. 🔨You don’t need any experience for these sessions, just be willing and able. To find out more or to register interest please email volunteering@hulmegardencentre.org.u k
... #woodworking #Manchester #Hulme #Woodwork
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🌿🌞💦A little Monday motivation for us all!
Lots of fun events on at the Garden Centre this week, take a look at the website to see what's coming up: http://bit.ly/2EMQEmw
#Monday #MondayMotivation #Quote

Your reviews help us to make a difference to a wider community in surrounding areas. Like Chris from Glossop who visited us with his grandchildren and enjoyed the stick trail!
If you have a spare few moments, we would really appreciate it if you could leave a review on our TripAdvisor Page...http://bit.ly/2Wp1OZG
Thank you for stopping by and for your continued support!
... #Manchester #Hulme #greeningthecity
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Our Stick Man activity trail is now listed on HOOP which is a great way to share this daily, free activity far and wide.

Don't miss our Wood Crew in The Shed this Tuesday (13:30 - 15:00)🌿 A supported woodworking session for adults with learning disabilities and sensory impairments funded by Manchester City Council 🌱 A £3 charge applies for each participant. Please email ian@hulmegardencentre.org.uk to check availability and suitability for prospective new members.
#woodwork #Manchester #Hulme

Another lovely article about the benefits of being outdoors. My first job after leaving university was on a city farm in London and one of my proudest achievements was launching The Coriander Club with a dedicated bunch of Bengali women growers at Spitalfields Farm so it's great to see it mentioned in the article 20 odd years later. Rachel, Centre Manager

The weather forecast is dry for today so it's a great day to stay your kids off on this summer mission...you could tick loads off in a couple of hours at Hulme Community Garden Centre...let us know in the comments if you're up for the challenge.

Some of the children's hard work from our sessions, getting ready for the Carnival of Creatures childrens march tomorrow! See you there! Xx

Morning Folks! Not great weather today but toddlers is still running this morning...We will be hanging out in the polytunnel 11am-12noon. We are carrying on the theme of getting ready for the Carnival of Creatures this Saturday. making placards and headwear etc to march with. Drop in £3 per child, brews and juices included.

Oooohhhhh what a lovely article and delicious illustrations too. Why not join our Gardening for Wellbeing group which runs every Friday at 1.30pm and see for yourself how nature can boost your mood? Simply turn up at 1.15 to register if it's your first session...just some very simple paperwork to complete and a quick orientation tour.

Tim emptied the shop last week for a big re-arrange (do come and admire the new layout!) and these little folks squeezed an extra play opportunity in! They'd already begrudgingly left the mud kitchen and treehouse so were delighted to find a whole new play space!

Critter of the day! - an occasional diary of critters spotted by Colin around the garden centre. 🌱Here we have the Corizus hyoscyami AKA the cinnamon bug! 🌿 Until recently, a species confined to sandy habitats in the south of England (although widespread in Southern Europe). But with the change in climate in has spread rapidly and can now be found as far North as Grimsby(arguably a less glamorous destination than its usual Mediterranean hang out). 🍃It has now adapted to a mu...ch wider range of habitats. At a mere 9mm long, this mini critter would fit on your little finger nail!🌱 . . #climatechange #climate #nature #bbcwild #insectsofinstagram #bugs #hulmegardencentre #hulme #greeningthecity
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Join us tomorrow from 12-3 for banner and costume making...or simply running wild!

We now have new and improved instant raised beds in stock - slightly narrower at 73cm they are still 120cm long but are now 26cm deep, meaning you only need two layers to make a really substantial raised bed. Just one layer would be perfect for herbs or salad crops. They are still just £15 a layer. As always we recommend lining them to increase their life... the perfect way to use up your empty compost bags!!

Well that was a lovely session today, making things for the Carnival of Creatures parade this coming Saturday. Come and join us again this Wednesday (29th) for more freestyle making of headwear, placards and whatever else you like to make yourself fabulous for the parade!