Biodiversity, Good Food and Green Garden Area - Newcastle Community Green Festival

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Biodiversity, Good Food and Green Garden Area

New to the Festival will be the Biodiversity, Good Food and Green Garden Area featuring family friendly activities like making bird boxes and feeders, learning about extinct species and bringing back to life a huge dinosaur made from plastic bottles! For the more traditionally minded visitors, we’ll be having workshops on woodworking, willow-weaving, bee-keeping and organic gardening. There’ll be displays of mini sensory, biodiversity, bog and climate change gardens with gardening and wildlife experts on hand to give advice about how to create your very own wildlife garden and grow your own organic fruit and veg. For the kids there’ll also be the chance to make bird masks, willow stars, or a willow wig-wam as well as join in a nature treasure trail around the park to learn about the wonderful range of plants and creatures that live in the park all year round. Our treasure trail will end in a mass planting session where we’ll be planting lots of butterfly-friendly plants and presenting the winner with a ladybird ‘house’.

What’ll be on

Stalls selling:

Organic vegetables and plants
Fairtrade food
Coop Dividend
Plants and organic gardening equipment
Gardening for wildlife – native plants, meadow seeds, bird food, pond equipment & plants, shrubs for birds, bird tables, insect boxes etc

Stalls promoting:

Vegetarianism and veganism
Low impact farming practices
Voluntary work in the environmental field
Community and organic gardens
Bio-diversity and conservation
Landscaping and environmental improvement work
Educational work in schools and youth organisations
Environmental campaigns
Parks

Workshops on:

How to compost and maintain wormeries
Willow weaving making a willow star or a mini woven panel. There is also the possibility of creating a large wigwam, or living arch which could then be planted at the Garden
Making bird boxes and bird feeders
Making red kite masks
Making a dinosaur from plastic bottles
Trusty Hedgehog helping out with workshops etc

Displays of:

Household composters
A display of a mini sensory, biodiversity, climate change and bog area garden with leaflets and expert advice improving biodiversity: creating reptile-friendly, bird-friendly, butterfly and insect friendly landscapes
Beehives with experts offering advice on honey making and the important role of bees

Games:

Snakes and ladders life size board game 4x4m on sustainable lifestyles

Activities involving Biodiversity Coordinators across the site:

Adam to agree to locations where boxes can be put up. Watch climbers put the boxes up during the Festival and have experts explaining why the spot’s been chosen
Nature treasure trail in the Park to end in a group activity of planting butterfly-friendly flower plugs in the roundabout area of the park

Marion Foster or Weatherman to attend

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