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Ecology Fun Day at Scotswood Gardens
Following on from our ecology events, join us at Scotswood Garden for a fun day of guided walks, indoor crafts and storytelling.
DATE: Sunday , September 21st
START TIME: 11:00 AM
END TIME: 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Scotswood Gardens. John Marley Centre, NE15 6TT - Please us this address, not google maps.
PARKING: Site parking and on street parking in the surrounding areas.
COST: FREE
Please note: This is a ticketed event, you must book in advance Sorry, no walk-ins allowed on the day.
TICKETS: https://buytickets.at/sistershackcic/1827033
ACCESS - Wheelchair-accessible entrance. Disabled parking. Most paths within the garden are wide enough for wheelchairs, though there may be some slight slopes and inaccessible areas.
No dogs in the garden or hub, except registered service dogs.
For more details access information, please contact the venue.
https://scotswoodgarden.org.uk/
What to expect:
🐝 All Day - Explore the gardens and/or bring your own picnic.
🐝 Free Tea & Coffee (other beverages and snacks will need brought with you).
🐝 All Day (or till sold out) - Cake stall.
🐝 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Storytelling with Hedley Sugar-Wells. -Limited on a first come first served basis due to the size of the space.
🐝 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM - A guided garden walk with Dr Laura Braunholtz. Spaces are first come first served. Limited to 20 people. You may only take part in one walk per person.
🐝 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Indoor crafts with Lily Daniels. - Badge-making, make your own sash and colouring in. To allow as many people as possible to take part, please be mindful of how much time you take at the table.
🐝 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Indoor Crafts with Stitched by Steph - Crochet flags, friendship bracelets (crochet & non crochet) & transfer tattoos. To allow as many people as possible to take part, please be mindful of how much time you take at the table.
🐝 4:00 PM - End of event.
This is an all weather event. All crafts are indoors. Garden walks will be in rain or shine (except for extreme weather). Please dress accordingly. Inside the venue will most likely be busy if there is rain and may be noisy. For those sensitive to noise, there will be some ear defenders on site.
Info and access update from Scotswood Gardens:
"The garden and Hub are both wheelchair accessible and there is an accessible toilet; unfortunately the garden composting toilet is currently out of action so people will have to travel across the car park to the Hub to use toilets. There will be an improvised handwashing station in the garden,
The garden is a wild space and although there are solid paths forming a 'skeleton' to the garden, many surfaces are woodchip (woodland) or grassland (meadows) that can be unsuitable for some wheelchairs.
We advise wearing long sleeves and trousers to protect against scratches or nettle stings. We have some jackets and wellies that are available to borrow on the day if required.
We'll need people to sign in/out so we know who's around in case of an emergency"
PLEASE NOTE: Tickets are FREE to everyone, but if you would like to make a donation to enable to keep as many events free in the future you will have an opportunity to donate while booking your ticket. If you aren't able to donate this time that is fine, you can still check out for free.
If you can't attend please contact us to cancel your tickets so someone else can come along. You can do this by emailing hello@sister-shack.com.
Sorry, no walk-ins allowed on the day.
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Guided garden walks with Laura Braunholtz
Laura Braunholtz is an ecologist. Her research interests are around understanding human impacts on species and communities, particularly in tropical ecosystems. She’s also interested in understanding how to mitigate or reduce these impacts in a way that meets the socio-economic needs of people living alongside them. Working towards science, and field ecology more specifically, as a more inclusive, accessible and safe space, and increasing the presence of minoritised people is very important to her
Join Laura for a guided walk where we’ll explore the wildlife of the gardens and our relationships with nature.
Crochet & Crafts with Stitched by Steph
Stitched by Steph is a local crochet artist who will be familiar to many of you who have attended Sister Shack markets over the last few years.
Steph will be on hand to help you crochet flags, friendship bracelets (both crochet and non-crochet), a large community flag that everyone can contribute to, and more. There will be a transfer tattoo station, where you can make your own tattoo
Badge & Sash making with Lily Daniels
Lily Daniels is a participatory artist from Sunderland. Her practice focuses on natural materials and historic crafts. Public and private memories are at the core of what she's interested in- both telling and recording them.
Join Lily to make badges and sashes. There will also be general crafts for you to do yourself, including colouring in.
Storytelling with Hedley Sugar-Wells
Limited capacity, due to the size of the storytelling space.
First come, first served.
Hedley Sugar-Wells is an artist and performer from Newcastle. Her art includes live art, drag, filmmaking and painting. As well as being a storyteller, Hedley has run Arts, Crafts and Gardening workshops. Their love of nature includes wild-gardening around the Byker Wall Estate and rambling in Northumberland.
Join us as we celebrate wildlife, reading from jolly storybooks with an ecological theme
