Make your own Summer Hanging Baskets

St Ann’s Allotments are the oldest and largest area of Victorian detached town gardens in the world, and are Grade 2* Listed by English Heritage. The site covers 75 acres, has 700 gardens, over 30 miles of hedgerow and 2000 fruit trees, many of which are heritage varieties.STAA deliver outreach programmes to allow all members of the community to benefit from the site, including children’s activities on the Community Orchard, and volunteering opportunities on Urban Nature, Nursery, and Heritage Display gardens.

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Bursting with colour until the Autumn frosts

St Ann's Allotments

Workshops

Our seasonal learning programme is designed to help people get into gardening for wellbeing, whether that be foraging the hedgerow, making a seasonal wreath, or learning how to compost.

Come along and create your own lovely 14-inch, moss lined Summer basket to take home. You will learn how to select a good range of trailing and semi-trailing plants, construct your arrangement for maximum impact and care for it properly to create a long lasting display. All materials included.

<h3>Workshop details</h3>Capacity: The maximum group size will be 10 people.Tickets: The ticket price includes materials.Facilities: A compost toilet is available at the garden with sanitizer for hand washing.Clothing: Please dress for the weather, and wear comfortable foot wear. The garden is a 10 minute walk from the entrance to the allotments.Parking: There is plenty of free roadside parking along Randsom Road.Taking your items home: Please consider how you will take what you make home with you, as it could be heavy or bulky.Contact: If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the organiser Kayleigh at info@staa-allotments.org.uk

<h3>About Tracey from Outside The Cave</h3>This workshop is facilitated by the wonderful Tracey, who runs Outside the Cave Holistic well-being centre with her daughter. She's passionate about the physical and emotional health benefits of growing your own flowers, fruit, and veg and loves showing people how to get creative with flowers.

<h3>About the Heritage Display Garden</h3>This workshop will take place on our Heritage Display Garden. This unique plot showcases the use of allotments through three different periods in history.The Heritage Display Garden is maintained by volunteers at STAA for educational purposes. It features a variety of mature fruit trees, many of them heritage varieties, and also includes a pond, a glasshouse, and a Victorian summer house.St Ann’s Allotments are Grade 2* Listed by Historic England, and designated an Area of Importance for Nature Conservation. It is the oldest and largest are of Victorian detached town gardens in the UK, with over 700-years of history, 500 gardens, and 32 miles of hedgerow.

<h3>About STAA</h3>This event is organised by STAA, a small charity that manages a number of highly regarded projects across 30+ plots at St Ann's Allotments that provide community benefit and offering a wide variety of volunteering opportunities.

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