This four-day playscheme is ALL about getting outside and we aim to be out in the fresh air for most of the day, every day!
Past events have included:
Shelter building, fire lighting, outdoor games, nature study, campfire cooking, field games, hammock making, wild food walks, woodwork crafts, string making, bows and arrows, stalking and tracking, pyro-carving, and charcoal making.
Join Claire Doble (Hyde Park Source) for a glimpse at the work done by Kirkstall Abbey Gardening Group to maintain the vegetable and flower beds at Kirkstall Abbey and find out about the work done to maintain the flower beds above the museum. Includes a chance to plant some seeds.
Just turn up (normal admission applies).
Part of Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2025.
From green roofs to compost heaps, wildlife ponds to dead hedges, join us on a tour of the Hollybush garden to learn about the places minibeasts call home and what we can do to help them feel welcome.
We’ll have lots of family friendly activities to join in with on the day; unleash your inner architect and design your own wildlife garden, build a bug-hotel from recycled materials, and plant pollinator friendly plants for the spring. If you would like to, you can even come dressed as your favourite minibeast!
Join our free, friendly gardening group in the heart of Leeds - no experience needed.
Lincoln Greeners is a weekly gardening group run by Mafwa Theatre, open to everyone. We grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers in the Roxby Community Garden, a peaceful green space tucked away in Lincoln Green.
Sessions are hands-on, welcoming, and a great way to connect with nature, learn how to grow your own food, meet new people and look after your wellbeing.
Come join us at Lady Pit Lane Allotments in Beeston for a hands-on tree grafting event with expert guidance.
Learn the art of grafting two trees together from experienced TCV staff and create your very own unique trees. This event is perfect for beginners and seasoned gardeners alike.
All equipment provided. Don't miss this opportunity to learn a new skill and take home your own grafted tree.
Join our friends from St Vincents at Aysgarth Community Green Space (Aygarth Walk Park) behind St Vincents to create a beautiful wildflower meadow
Help them sow native flowers to support our pollinators like bees and butterflies.
No experience needed, just a willingness to get your hands a bit dirty.
This is a great opportunity to connect with your community, learn about wildflowers and make a lasting impact. Come join them and be part of something special.
Tea, coffee and biscuits provided.
Meet in the courtyard for tea and biscuits. There is a 1/2 hr natural history slide talk followed by a quiz and some videos.
After an introduction to the use of Bat detectors there is a guided walk approximately two miles in length.
The route is reasonably accessible mostly on tarmac paths. A variety of roosting and feeding habitats are covered.
In the past about five species of bat have been encountered engaged in a variety of natural behaviour.
Guided walk for families and beginners looking at Fungi at Temple Newsam.
The walk aims to find examples of all the major genus of fungi so that the participants can more quickly identify all kinds of mushrooms.
The walk is about 3 miles and covers woodlands, grasslands, and a variety of different habitats. There is an introduction to picking, collecting, identifying and advice on edibility.
Environmentally friendly craft and gift fair.
Plus festive treats in the cafe, and family-friendly activities.
Local maker and artist stalls, plants, woodwork and crafts from the Hollybush Project, bric-a-brac and festive fare.
All proceeds support the running of the centre, which has been making a difference to local people and green spaces for 45 years.
Juice your own fruit!
Try out apple pressing!
Apple themed games!
Apple treats in the cafe!
All family-friendly and free.