Art and Gardening Final Session of the summer...

Picking tomatoes, watering, plate painting and decorating our team's jumpsuits ready for Saturday's race...

Welcoming two new families to the sessions as well. And making plans to continue into Winter... 

Eleanor Shipman

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Go Karting Workshop with Christina from the Heygate

Today was a very special Art and Gardening Session as we had guests Christina and co from the Heygate Estate to run a Go Kart building session for upcoming Heygate Grand Prix on Sept 1st. Christina has been running Go Kart decorating sessions with local youth groups who will bring their creations to the abandoned estate to race this Autumn. 

The regular gardening group extended to include some local families I have met during filming, which made a lovely but rather large group to collaborate on the Go Kart design. The children worked very well together, from a two year old to a twelve year old everyone contributed to creating the Pembroke Pocket Garden vehicle. A name is yet to be decided, but suggestions included 'Fire Garden' and 'Press the Frog' (our horn was a ribbeting frog). 

With flowers, real orchids, wooden fences, our own pond, two frogs and blazing flames coming out of two huge exhausts I think we have a good chance in the competition... 

Eleanor Shipman

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Art and Garden Sessions Week 4: Lavender Biscuits and flour chaos...

Brilliant fourth week with the Art and Gardening gang as we tasted the first summer tomatoes and harvested mint and lavender to make Lavender Biscuits. Ingredients were mixed, dough was mashed and flour was thrown. We had a great time. 

Eleanor Shipman

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Art and Gardening sessions: Week 3 - Making an Insect Hotel

Today was the third Art and Gardening session in the Pembroke Pocket Garden. After a group trip with Kathleen to the newly reopened Burgess Park to collect wood, the collection was taken back to the Pocket Garden to become the structure and furnishings of our first ever insect hotel! 

Watering the garden again took priority as the most fun task for the children, but soon the insect hotel was well underway using two pallets as the main structure, supported by bricks and netting with logs, leaves and twigs as the 'rooms' for our insect clients. 

Joseph had a great idea to use plant pots as circular windows, and with the help of the group our first slimy guest moved in...

Eleanor Shipman

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