Northern Roots

24/07/2025

Are you coming to our Urban Farm produce sale today 2pm - 4pm?

We've got a variety of tasty tomatoes, potatoes, courgette, beetroot, garlic, runner beans, broad beans, mixed salad bags, edible flowers and much more!🍅🥬🧄

Everything is being harvested this morning by our dedicated and Growers, so it's a fresh as can be. Northern Roots honey is £10 per jar, limited to one jar per family🍯

You'll get to see the apiary where our honey is produced, explore the poly tunnels and our rows and rows of veg, chat to our welcoming team and relax in our community garden. Everyone is welcome👋

Can't make it today? Our produce sale dates are...
🥒Thursday 31st July
🥕Thursday 7th, 21st, and 28th August
🍆Thursday 4th, 11th and 18th September
⏱️Between 2pm and 4pm

Cash and card accepted. Northern Roots, Kings Road, , OL8 2BJ. Visit our website for full details and parking information - https://northern-roots.uk/events/urban-farm-produce-sales/

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23/07/2025

Are you coming to GAME ON! at Northern Roots this Saturday 11am - 2pm?

🐴Meet the donkeys Colin and Bobby and learn ‘how to groom’ a horse with West Pennine Bridleways Association
🎯Play frisbee golf and other games
🥪Bring a picnic to our Picnic Zone
🏏Score a wicket with Glodwick Cricket Club
🌳Learn survival skills with Martha Webster Forest School
🧑‍🚒Have a go at fireman fitness with Oldham Fire Station
🚲Try out bikes with Positive Steps Positive Cycles, and adapted bikes with Ability Wheelz, and get your bike fixed for free with Bike Right UK

Game On! at Northern Roots is a FREE event for all ages. Everyone is welcome.

Plan your visit👉 https://northern-roots.uk/game-on/

Kings Road, Oldham, OL8 2BJ (just south of Alexandra Park!)

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22/07/2025

The rain has been wonderful for the Urban Farm, which is now blooming!🍅

Want to try freshly harvested, grown in Oldham veg? Come to our Urban Farm Produce Sale this Thursday 24th July 2pm - 4pm. We'll have a variety of tomatoes, courgette, beetroot, potatoes, runner beans and broad beans, garlic, fresh salad, edible flowers and much more!

Plus you can explore the bustling poly tunnels and chat to our friendly, expert Growers👋

Here's the full list of produce sales...
🍅Thursday 24th and 31st July
🥬Thursday 7th, 21st, and 28th August
🧄Thursday 4th, 11th and 18th September
👋Between 2pm and 4pm

Northern Roots, Kings Road, , OL8 2BJ. Cash or card accepted. Visit our website for full details and parking information – https://northern-roots.uk/events/urban-farm-produce-sales/



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22/07/2025

A lovely day introducing the little ones to Northern Roots at our first Tiny Nature Explorer session🌱

We made wildflower seeds bombs, planted seeds to take home, got creative making nature bracelets, identified herbs in the community garden and made herb bouquets, and explored the Urban Farm with Grower Tom🧑‍🌾

Tickets for the Tiny Nature Explorer sessions are sold out, but we’ve got lots of free fun for the family this summer!

This Saturday 26th July 11am – 2pm come on down to Game On! at Northern Roots, our free family sports day for all ages⚽🤸‍♂️🎲🐴

Score a wicket at cricket, learn survival skills, try fireman fitness, meet donkeys Collin and Bobby and miniature horse Bailey, and get involved in sports and games. Full details here - https://northern-roots.uk/game-on/

We’ll see you and your family then!

Check out our full summer programme of kids activities, adult creative workshops and a farm to fork feast👉 https://northern-roots.uk/whats-on/

21/07/2025

🎉Khushi Festival is back and it’s bigger than ever! 🎉

Get ready for a joyful weekend packed with banging dhol beats, live music, family-friendly workshops, and show-stopping outdoor performances – all celebrating the vibrant spirit of South Asian culture.

Khushi Festival starts on Saturday 2nd August, with a range of fantastic events at Oldham Library. See the full programme here - https://www.coliseum.org.uk/news/oldham-s-popular-festival-of-happiness-returns-next-month/

On Sunday 3rd August the magic moves to Northern Roots! Get involved in….

💃Mughal Miniatures by Sonia Sabri Company at 1pm and 2.30pm – Expressive dance, evocative puppetry and incredible music at the beautiful setting of Northern Roots.

🐐The Moving Meadow at 12.30pm and 2pm – A celebration of rich cultural heritage with beautiful puppet performance!

🎨Mandala Making Workshop at 12pm, 1.30pm and 3pm - Unleash your creativity in this nature-inspired meditative session facilitated by Darshika Patel.

All performances at Northern Roots are free but must be booked in advance. Visit Oldham Coliseum’s website for full details - https://www.coliseum.org.uk/news/oldham-s-popular-festival-of-happiness-returns-next-month/

Brought to you by Oldham Coliseum Theatre and Women's CHAI Project - Care, Help & Inspire with support from I love Oldham. In partnership with Northern Roots.

This is a weekend you won’t want to miss! 💃🥁🌞

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21/07/2025

Looking for FUN, family-friendly, nature-based activities this summer? Family Thursday sessions at Northern Roots cost £3 per child and adults go free!

🔍24th July - Plant Hunting with the Rangers
🦋7th Aug - Where The Wild Things Are
🌿14th Aug - Create Your Own Herbarium
🏮21st Aug - Lantern Making
🦅28th Aug - Beautiful Birds

🎫Tickets must be booked through EventBrite. Visit our ‘What’s On’ page and visit each Family Thursday page for full details - https://northern-roots.uk/whats-on/

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19/07/2025

Thank you to everyone who came to our first produce sale on Thursday! We hope you enjoy your veg🥕

Missed it? Not to worry, we’re selling freshly picked produce all summer at Northern Roots! Visit our Urban Farm Produce Sales on…

🍅Thursday 24th and 31st July
🥬Thursday 7th, 21st, and 28th August
🧄Thursday 4th, 11th and 18th September
👋Between 2pm and 4pm

We’ve got a wide variety of delicious, unique veg and Northern Roots honey for sale🍯 You’ll get the chance to explore our growing space, chat to our friendly Growers and see what Northern Roots is all about.

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Northern Roots, Kings Road, , OL8 2BJ. Cash or card accepted. Visit our website for full details and parking information – https://northern-roots.uk/events/urban-farm-produce-sales/

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18/07/2025

We’ve got a wide range of workshops and events covering foraging, food, mindfulness, local heritage and guided creative drawing and writing, all based in the beautiful setting of Northern Roots, .

🎨Green Drawing with artist Jo Blaker – Fri 1st Aug

🌱Plant Folklore and Forage with Hannah-May - Mon 11th Aug

🍲Ndoh Sasua: A West African Farm to Fork Feast with Gwafuvegan – Thurs 14th Aug

🚶‍♂️Rooted: A Heritage Wellbeing Walk at Northern Roots – Thurs 4th Sept

✍️Write Your Own Folklore with Sophie Parkes – Thurs 11th and Sat 13th Sept

🔥Around the Fire: Storytelling Across Cultures with Lingua Franca World Community CIC – Sat 13th Sept

🏭From Ruins to Rebirth: A Guided Heritage Walk – Sun 14th Sept

Ages 18+. Visit our ‘What’s On’ page for full details and to book your tickets - https://northern-roots.uk/whats-on/

Looking for nature-based fun for the little ones? Check out our Family Thursday offer running this summer, and don't miss Game On! at Northern Roots on Saturday 26th July 11am - 2pm, a FREE day or sports, games and adventure🏏🐴 https://northern-roots.uk/game-on/

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18/07/2025

We’ve had a visit from Recycle for Greater Manchester’s mascot!

At Northern Roots we’re proud to say re-using and recycling is embedded into all we do♻️

Staff food waste and cardboard is turned into compost and we use regenerative farming techniques for our produce. Trees that have been felled due to ash die back disease are turned into beautiful spaces. And all of our events are designed to leave-no-trace, so we have as little impact on the as possible🌱

We even have a composting toilet 🚽

Learn about our impact on people, planet and place - https://northern-roots.uk/about-us/impact/

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16/07/2025

Our friends at 1853 Studios in are running a brilliant creative collage workshop this Saturday 19th July!

Suitable for 8+ (accompanied by an adult) and only £2.

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‼️Workshop‼️Look, Collect & Gather Collage Workshop - Saturday 19 July (Next Saturday!) 12PM- 2PM 🌟🌟🌟

Inspired by ‘s current exhibition, we’re inviting visitors to come along to a walk and collage workshop inspired by his practice of making work with found objects!

ℹ️ Meet at 1853 Studios Mill 1 Door @ 12PM
🌳 We’ll go for a relaxed stroll, with an easy-going route around the area - taking photos and collecting discarded objects that take our fancy, like magpies!
🖼️ We’ll then return to the gallery, clean down our our found objects, print off any photographs we’ve taken, and collage them onto aluminium boards a bit like the ones Scott uses in his work! All of this whilst enjoying his current exhibition fourteen days!

💵 We’re charging £2 (which contributes to our Studio and Gallery project, and is mostly a test to see if it helps with footfall!) and you can take away your creations at the end!

All welcome! Link in bio for more info and to book! Tell your magpie friends!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

This workshop has been made possible with support from public funding by National Lottery through Arts Council England

15/07/2025

Fascinated by bees? Want to learn more about bees and beekeeping? Step into a beekeepers suit with Hive5 Manchester for a two hour Beekeeping Experience at Northern Roots this coming Sunday 20th July! 🐝 🐝 🐝

Interested in seeing what it takes to be a beekeeper? Considering a new hobby or just curious about these marvellous creatures? Our penultimate experience of the year is taking place on 20th July at and there are spaces available.

During the 2hr experience you’ll put on a beesuit and be taken through a hive with Master Beekeeper Damson. You’ll have the opportunity to get hands on (if you wish!) and hold frames and bees. You’ll learn the difference between the queen, workers and drones; how to identify different brood types; how honey is made; how bees use pollen and nectar. We’ll also hopefully see the queen!
If you’d like to join us, book via our website-link in bio.

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15/07/2025

📢Our produce sales are back for a third year!📢

Visit Northern Roots Urban Farm this summer for fresh, locally grown produce. Connect with our friendly Growers, explore the polytunnels where we grow our produce and relax in our Greater Manchester Environment Trust Community Garden – we hope to see you there!

🍅Thursday 17th, 24th and 31st July
🥬Thursday 7th, 21st, and 28th August
🧄Thursday 4th, 11th and 18th September
👋Between 2pm and 4pm

Northern Roots, Kings Road, , OL8 2BJ. Cash or card accepted. Visit our website for full details and parking information – https://northern-roots.uk/events/urban-farm-produce-sales/



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