Cultivation Kids

19/08/2023

So many incredible fruit and veggies to be harvested at this time of year! 🌽

19/08/2023

What a fantastic day we had at Growfest Cheltenham yesterday, organised by the brilliant Project Grow, The Motherhood Society with 🌱

03/07/2023

Excited to attend this fantastic free resource event in Charlton Kings 🌳

Find out how to plant fruit trees to suit your garden, field or green space with Martin Hayes, an experienced and skilled practitioner.

17/06/2023

Some incredible creations at the Charlton Kings Summer Fayre this afternoon! 👏🏻

Plant Still Life using our homemade, all natural playdough 🌿

Thanks to Charlton Kings Parish Council for having us!

16/06/2023

Join us for some fun activities here tomorrow 🌿

Our annual Summer Fayre is TOMORROW!

We are really looking forward to another fun filled event with lots of entertainment for the whole family. The funfair is joining us again this year as well as lots of stallholders, live music, dance displays, food and drink stalls, children's entertainers and lots of free activities.

It is also a great opportunity to meet your Parish Councillors - come and say hello at our CKPC gazebo.

The fayre is this Saturday 17th June from 1pm to 6pm on the Grange Field.

SUMMER FAYRE LINE-UP

🎠 Scarrots Fun Fair providing rides and games
🎁 Local businesses and community groups with stalls
🎟 Raffle
💚 The Nature Zone with nature and wildlife inspired activities
🎭 Children's entertainment from Tricky Micky
🎤 Local singer Brian Black
🎵 Cheltenham Community Choir
🦅 A falconry display from The Falconry School
🕺🏻 Performances from the Coady Crew Street Dancers
🍷 The Royal pop-up bar
🆙 Rika Monkeys mini trampolines
And more...

We hope to see you there!

15/06/2023

Free nature activities for all the family at the Charlton Kings Summer Fayre this Saturday!

The Nature Zone (next to the Parish Council gazebos) will be alive with nature and wildlife activities. Take the Tree Leaf ID Challenge, swap your plants and seeds, get crafty with some nature and wildlife themed activities, plant your own wildflower seeds and create your very own nature art.

DROP IN

🎨 Nature art with creative nature lover Rose Lennard
💚 Play dough plants, scavenger hunt, baby sensory and seed planting with Charlotte from Cultivation Kids
🌳 Tree trail, bark rubbings and nature hunt with Mindy Pickering from Badger Wood Adventures Forest School
🌱 Plant and Seed Swap from the team at the Charlton Kings Community Allotment Plot

SCHEDULED

1.15pm - Creating clay tree faces with Mindy (15 - 20 mins)
1.30pm - Grange Field Forage with Rob Gould, Cotswold Forager (30 mins)
2pm - Measure the height of a tree with Mindy (30 mins)
2.30pm - Grange Field Forage with Rob Gould, Cotswold Forager (30 mins)
3pm - Tree hugging with Mindy (30 mins)
3.30pm - Grange Field Forage with Rob Gould, Cotswold Forager (30 mins)

Some pre-book tickets are available for the Grange Field Forage. Reserve your space on Eventbrite here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/foraging-on-grange-field-with-the-cotswold-forager-tickets-656959271867

The Summer Fayre runs from 1 – 6pm on Saturday 17th June on Grange Field, Charlton Kings, and is a real highlight of the community calendar. As well as the nature zone, there will be a fun fair, dance shows, stalls, food, drink and music.

See you there!!

The Climate Coalition

14/06/2023

Planning on bringing some plants and seeds to swap at the Summer Fayre on Saturday?

You can either bring them to Grange Field on the day (1 - 6pm) or drop them off at the Charlton Kings Parish Council office on 14th, 15th or 16th June between 10am and 2pm, and then just come along on Saturday to pick some new ones!

Just label them with useful information (name of plant, latest sowing date if seeds). Please do also use peat free compost where possible.

14/06/2023

So excited to be part of the first ‘NATURE ZONE’ 🌿🐝🦋 at this years annual Charlton Kings Summer Fayre, find all the details on our blog post below….

Hope to see you there 👋🏻

Cultivation Kids are so proud to be part of the first ever nature zone at the annual Summer Fayre in Charlton Kings. On Saturday 17th June from 1 - 6pm A fantastic, fun-filled family event organised by the Parish Council on Grange playfield in Charlton Kings. This is a great day out for all of the f...

07/06/2023

Really excited to be hosting some activities for little ones at this wonderful event! Come along and get stuck in 🌱

**NEW** SUMMER FAYRE NATURE ZONE ACTIVITIES

The team at local nature led play and learning organisation Cultivation Kids are bringing some lovely children's activities to the Nature Zone at the Summer Fayre on 17th June, including...

🌻 Plant playdough
🍃 A Nature scavenger hunt
🌱 Seed planting
🌸 Nature baby sensory

Find them next to the Charlton Kings Parish Council gazebos on Grange Field from 1 - 6pm.

Watch this space for details of more activities tbc...

07/06/2023

PLANT & SEED SWAP AT CHARLTON KINGS SUMMER FAYRE

Got too many vegetable seedlings? Only used half your seeds this year? Come along to Grange Field on 17th June and swap them for something different.

As part of the Summer Fayre in Charlton Kings the Charlton Kings Community Allotment Plot team will be running a plant and seed swap.

Any plants or seeds are welcome!

Either bring them to Grange Field on the day (1 - 6pm) or drop them off at the Charlton Kings Parish Council office on 14th, 15th or 16th June between 10am and 2pm.

Just label them with appropriate information (name of plant, latest sowing date if seeds). Please do also use peat free compost where possible 😃

10/04/2023

Thank you to BBC Gloucestershire for featuring us this morning! You can find out more about Cultivation Kids at 14m 41s into this recording but make sure to listen to all of today’s amazing Easter Monday broadcast 📻 🐣

Stories to make you smile, great music and mid-morning conversation with Anna.

04/04/2023

Have a go at building your own nest 🪺 at our Spring Celebration this bank holiday Monday! We will be….

🎨 Making Tulip prints
🌱 Planting seeds
🌼 Creating felt daffodils
🪹 Building nests
🌷 Learning about bulbs
📚 Reading about Spring

And lots more! Book your spot via the website to JOIN US 💫 £8 per child and siblings can come along half price!

04/04/2023

Join us this Easter Monday to plant 🌱 some seeds with your little ones!

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25/03/2023

Join us this Easter half term 🐣

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14/03/2023

Getting ready for some Spring themed Easter fun!

🐣 Kids growing groups and workshop dates to be announced soon 👀

07/03/2023

Spring is upon us and it’s the time to get growing 🐣 Join us to plant your first Sweet Peas at our ‘Sweet Peas for Summer’ play session 🌱

Book via the website ✨