First Saturday Series @ Story Garden

Connect with other community members, spend time in nature, pick up skills with clay or wood, learn from our gardeners, eat delicious food and enjoy our beautiful green oasis all through 2025.

The last summer of Story Garden is upon us and we want to see the garden more full and more vibrant than ever. Alongside our normal Community Growing and activities like Family Saturdays, we are launching a special series over the spring and summer that will highlight some of the brilliant skills and activities we lead within our generators programme and offer them to a wider audience. A full list of activities will be announced over the coming months, so come back to this page to see the full schedule of events and booking links as they come available.

What to Expect:

• Plant Sales : Buy plants grown from seed at Story Garden. A range of fruits, flowers, vegetables, herbs, available alongside compost, pots and advice from the garden team. (12 -3 p.m.)
• Workshops: Make your own products from clay and wood, learn planting tips and tricks, connect with nature and prioritize your wellbeing. See below for specific sessions.
• Family Programming: Our free Family Saturday programme for local families will be running as usual. These sessions always offers a mix of gardening and creative natural crafts for young people and their parents, sign up for specific sessions - booking essential.
• Refreshments: Some weeks will have tea, coffee or cake, other weeks will have woodfired pizzas, pay-what-you-can!

Schedule of Activities:

April 5 

• Eid at Story Garden: Bouncy castle, Henna, Face painting
• Collage, colouring and embroidery workshop
• Family Saturday - book your place
• Biodiversity Collage Workshop
• Plant Sale & Refreshments

May 3

• Planting for Pollinators with Fran - Booking essential*! Learn all about what benefits pollinators can bring to your balcony, potted plants or urban garden. 
• Skill Share Session for Community Growers - An opportunity for local residents to get help, advice, materials for their growing beds.
• Family Saturday - book your place
• Live Outdoor Jam Session in the garden 
• Plant Sale & PWYC Wood Fired Pizza

*A few free places are reserved for local residents, email the team to claim one!

June 7: Great Garden Fete x Story Garden (from 11)

• Unearthed Fringe: Outdoor Art & Craft Exhibition, see examples of art and crafts made by young people and our community and try your hand making items similar to those currently on display in the Unearthed exhibition, at British Library.
  • Clay Workshop with Flow: Learn to make ceramic decorations and ollas inspired by nature
  • Community Weaving: Learn different modes of weaving, using recycled materials and help create a collaborative woven art piece 
  • 'Inwardly and Outwardly’: An interactive soundscape, circular, communal structure, encouraging participants to make their own music by Lucy Sheikh.
• Launch of our Generators Podcast with Voices Radio at 2 p.m.
• Family Saturday - book your place
• Live Jam Session with Zak and local musicians
• Plant Sale & PWYC Wood Fired Pizza

July 5

• Papermaking Workshop with Ellie - Learn all about how to make paper in this hands-on session including wildflower seed paper, perfect for planting! From 12 - 3 p.m.
• Biodiversity Collage Workshop - a fun and scientific workshop where you can learn about biodiversity while connecting with like-minded individuals. Discover the pillars of biodiversity, what is driving its decline and what we can do. Book your place
• Family Saturday - creative natural activities for children book your place
• Steel Pan performance in the afternoon
• Live Jam Session with Zak and local musicians
• Plant Sale & Refreshments

Aug 2

• Botanical Printing on Fabrics - Play with textures and colour as we make communal textile artworks using leaves and materials from the garden! From 12 - 2 p.m.
• Live Jam Session with Zak and local musicians
• Family Saturday - book your place
• Plant Sale & Refreshments

Tickets
These events as a whole are drop-in, but you can sign up to get email reminders from us and help us plan by having accurate numbers! Please note some individual workshops or activities require separate booking and may have a ticket price associated with them. For all paid workshops, subsidised places are available and limited free places for local residents, please email jillian@globalgeneration.org.uk if you are interested in attending a paid workshop and would like to claim a local resident place. 

Accessibility

There are pathways throughout the garden that allow access, but as a working garden there are uneven surfaces throughout. We do have two buildings with ramp access and one accessible toilet facility on site. Some practical workshops may require the ability to lift, stand and bend, but modifications are possible. Please include any access needs in your booking details or email to the team if you have specific questions. For queries: jillian@globalgeneration.org.uk