ECOLOGY FUN DAY AT SCOTSWOOD GARDENS

COST: FREE

Please note: This is a ticketed event, you must book in advance Sorry, no walk-ins allowed on the day.

ACCESS - Wheelchair-accessible entrance. Disabled parking. Most paths within the garden are wide enough for wheelchairs, though there may be some slight slopes and inaccessible areas.

For more details access information, please contact the venue. https://scotswoodgarden.org.uk/

DATE: Sunday , September 21st

START TIME: 11:00 AM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

LOCATION: Scotswood Gardens. John Marley Centre, NE15 6TT - Please us this address, not google maps.

PARKING: Site parking and on street parking in the surrounding areas.

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Following on from our ecology events, join us at Scotswood Gardens for a fun day of guided walks, indoor crafts and storytelling.

What to expect:

🐝 All Day - Explore the gardens and/or bring your own picnic.

🐝 Free Tea & Coffee (other beverages and snacks will need brought with you).

🐝 All Day (or till sold out) - Cake stall.

🐝 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Storytelling with Hedley Sugar-Wells. -Limited on a first come first served basis due to the size of the space.

🐝 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM - A guided garden walk with Dr Laura Braunholtz. Spaces are first come first served. Limited to 20 people.

🐝 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Indoor crafts with Lily Daniels. - Badge-making, make your sash and colouring in.

🐝 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Indoor Crafts with Stitched by Steph - Crochet flags, friendship bracelets (crochet & non crochet) & transfer tattoos.

🐝 4:00 PM - End of event.

This is an all weather event. Garden walks will be in rain or shine (except for extreme weather).. Please dress accordingly.

PLEASE NOTE: Tickets are FREE to everyone, but if you would like to make a donation to enable to keep as many events free in the future you will have an opportunity to donate while booking your ticket. If you aren't able to donate this time that is fine, you can still check out for free.

If you can't attend please contact us to cancel your tickets so someone else can come along. You can do this by emailing hello@sister-shack.com.

Sorry, no walk-ins allowed on the day.

Laura Braunholtz is an ecologist. Her research interests are around understanding human impacts on species and communities, particularly in tropical ecosystems. She’s also interested in understanding how to mitigate or reduce these impacts in a way that meets the socio-economic needs of people living alongside them. Working towards science, and field ecology more specifically, as a more inclusive, accessible and safe space, and increasing the presence of minoritised people is very important to her.

Join Laura for a guided walk where we’ll explore the wildlife of the gardens and our relationships with nature.

Crochet & Crafts with Stitched by Steph

Stitched by Steph is a local crochet artist who will be familiar to many of you who have attended Sister Shack markets over the last few years.

Steph will be on hand to help you crochet flags, friendship bracelets (both crochet and non-crochet), a large community flag that everyone can contribute to, and more. There will be a transfer tattoo station, where you can make your own tattoo

badge & Sash making with Lily Daniels

Lily Daniels is a participatory artist from Sunderland. Her practice focuses on natural materials and historic crafts. Public and private memories are at the core of what she's interested in- both telling and recording them.

Join Lily to make badges and sashes. There will also be general crafts for you to do yourself, including colouring in.

Storytelling with Hedley Sugar-Wells

Details to come. Limited capacity, due to the size of the storytelling nook. First come, first served.