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Nature in Mind Activities Programme February - March
How to get involved
You can apply to Nature in Mind if you are over 18, feel you are
excluded or experience mental health difficulties such as depression
or anxiety, and would find it difficult to access local heritage and
nature sites without support. You do not need a medical diagnosis.
To take part in Nature in Mind ask your support worker, health
professional, or doctor to complete our referral form, or you can
complete it yourself if you wish.
e: natureinmind@frameworkha.org
t: 0115 970 9591
w: www.frameworkha.org/natureinmind (for referral form)
Once we have received your completed referral form we will contact
you by letter to let you know that you have been accepted and are
now free to book onto activities.
Conservation Activities: Making a difference to
natural heritage.
What is Nature in Mind? British Wildlife is under threat and needs all the support it can get.
Conservation activities offer us the chance to help look after local
Nature in Mind is a Framework service for green spaces and make them better for both wildlife and people.
adults which draws on the unique capacity Some organisations run free events for Nature in Mind and the
of heritage and nature to restore and improve conservation activities offer an opportunity to give something back.
mental and physical health.
Evidence shows that spending time in heritage
Activities take place at a gentle pace with regular breaks for rest and a
and natural environments can: hot drink. They can help you develop new skills such as learning to use
tools and how certain wildlife areas are looked after and why. Activities
• Reduce stress and anxiety may include trimming back vegetation, controlling invasive species,
• Help reduce the need for medication planting, and managing hedgerows. Why not give it a go and feel like
• Reduce levels of depression you are making a difference to natural heritage.
• Help overcome isolation and social exclusion
• Improve physical health
• Improve mood and self esteem.
Nature in Mind provides varied opportunities
and activities related to heritage and nature
in small, supportive groups. See inside for
our activities.
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To book on an activity or to request a referral form please Ground Rules
contact Nature in Mind. See contact details on the back page.
When attending an activity please abide by the following ground rules
that were decided by Nature in Mind participants.
Some of our trips leave from Central Office, Val Roberts
House. The full address is Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory • You must not bring drugs or alcohol along to our activities
Boulevard, Nottingham, NG7 6NX • If you arrive under the influence of drugs or alcohol, you will be
asked to leave
It is important to book onto any activity that you want to • Please respect other people’s personal space
attend. Please make your own way to the meeting point. • There are certain words that some people find offensive. Please
We cannot refund your travel expenses. Please let us don’t swear at others and try to moderate your language around
know if you are booked on an activity and cannot attend other people
– somebody else may want your place. • The Nature in Mind service is used by people with many different
backgrounds, please be respectful of others’ beliefs and cultural
differences
Please wear suitable clothing (including waterproofs)
• Be aware that others have different levels of ability and might
and sturdy footwear. We have some walking boots and struggle occasionally, try to be understanding and support others
waterproofs you can borrow – please let us know in where possible
advance if you need these. • If a member of staff asks you to do something (usually related to
health and safety) please do it. Nature in Mind promises not to
Please aim to arrive in good time to start the activity. make unreasonable requests of its participants
The finish time is approximate and may vary depending • Please use safety gear and protective clothing, such as cycle
on traffic conditions and other factors. helmets, if we ask you to. We have a legal responsibility to advise
you of safety issues when we are doing activities outdoors.
Please let us know if your contact details change or you
Do take a moment to think about what these rules mean in practice.
would prefer not to be on our mailing list.
For example, to respect someone’s personal space means that if they
do not want to give you their mobile number or meet you alone. You
All activities are FREE but please pay for your own bus, should accept this and not keep trying to persuade them.
tram or train fares unless otherwise indicated. Minibus
trips are usually free.
At some events there is a suggested donation of £1 for a meal.
You can still attend the activity and have a meal if you cannot
afford to pay.
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Wednesday 5 Februaryth
Wednesday 5th February
Country Estate Walk: Arboretum Walk Gunthorpe Lock Origins and Meanings of
Bradgate Country Park Local Names
Join us for a gentle stroll around Gunthorpe Lock in the village of
Nottingham’s oldest public park as Gunthorpe is one of the largest locks Come along and find out the
Join volunteer walk leader, Alan on the River Trent which was once a
Davies for this three and a half mile we experience the nature on our origins and meanings of surnames
doorstep. Slow pace, some slopes. major trading route. It’s still possible common to Nottingham and
walk starting in the pretty village to see commercial barges, but now
of Newton Linford in Leicestershire. surrounding areas. Local researcher,
The Arboretum Café at it’s better known for great waterway Paul Cullen, will be joining us to
From here we enter the wooded walks. In partnership with the Canal
deer park of Bradgate taking the Waverley Street entrance tell us the history behind the most
and River Trust we will focus on the common surnames of our area and
easy hill up to the War Memorial and cleaning of the Lock fixtures and
the viewpoint at Old John’s Tower. 1.30pm - 2.30pm he has also offered to explain the
fittings and controlling vegetation meanings of our surnames.
Hot drinks will be provided. along the paths.
From there we descend to the new
Visitors’ Centre and on our return Let us know if you would like to know
Rushcliffe Villager bus at bus stop the history of your surname even
journey pass the remains of a manor C11 on Canal Street (outside the
house where a Queen of England if you are not able to attend the
Crown Court) for 10am
once lived. This is an easy walk on Tuesday 4th February session.
good paths and trails. Allotment - Spring 10.15am - 4pm The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West,
Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory
Vegetables Sowing and Nottingham NG7 4EQ
Public transport – please pay your
Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX Planting own fare. Please don’t buy a Robin 11am - 2pm
Hood ticket as we will be buying
10am - 4pm Join us for a range of tasks, as well tickets on the bus.
as a cup of tea, on our friendly and Drinks and hot food will be provided.
Please bring some lunch. welcoming allotment site. Help Please bring lunch. Hot drink and
Minibus will be provided. us to grow a variety of fruit and biscuits will be provided.
vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
Tuesday 4th February cook with produce and share a meal
whilst making friends and picking up Thursday 6th February
Nest Boxes at the
new skills. Cook and Eat - Pancakes around the world
Arboretum
It’s time to get the last of the garlic Try something different on Shrove Tuesday (25th Feb) other than our traditional
At today’s session we will be working bulbs planted and sow our broad pancake with sugar and lemon. Get inspired by finding out how people around
with Park Ranger, Simon Jenkins beans as the growing season starts. the world celebrate International Pancake Day and try out some recipes from
to build nest boxes for both birds different continents.
and bats. Some of the boxes will St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road
be situated around the park while All dishes will be plant-based and dairy free and some will be gluten free.
others can be taken home. All 10.30am - 2pm Please contact us if you have any concerns regarding food intolerances or
materials and tools are provided. allergies.
Drinks, snacks and lunch will be
Arboretum Band Stand provided. Suggested donation £1. The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West, Nottingham NG7 4EQ
10am - 2pm 10am - 2pm
Please bring some lunch. Hot drinks Drinks and hot food will be provided.
will be provided.
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Friday 7 February
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Friday 7 February
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Tuesday 11 February
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Tuesday 11th February
Conservation at Allotment - Hand Bushcraft Skills at Allotment - Setting up a
Attenborough Nature Drumming Sherwood Pines Willow Bed
Reserve
Join us for a range of tasks, as well Join Forestry Commission Rangers Join us for a range of tasks, as well
Today we’ll be joining the Open as a cup of tea, on our friendly and Bob and Karina for bushcraft around as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
Door group and travelling out welcoming allotment site. Help the camp fire. Have ago at fire welcoming allotment site. Help
to this beautiful nature reserve, us to grow a variety of fruit and lighting without matches as well us to grow a variety of fruit and
once a gravel quarry, to work with vegetables, from sowing to harvest, as some green woodworking in a vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust cook with produce and share a meal secluded forest setting. Relaxed fun, cook with produce and share a meal
helping to improve natural heritage whilst making friends and picking up no experience necessary. whilst making friends and picking up
at Attenborough in order to benefit new skills. new skills.
wildlife and people. Activities will be Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory
at a gentle pace with plenty of time Find out about African Djembe Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX Michael (Ecoworks) will be leading
to observe any interesting wildlife. drums and rhythms, join the drum us in setting up a willow bed on our
circle, shake percussion or sit back 10am - 4pm allotment to benefit the wildlife and
10am - 4pm and enjoy the beats provide us with wood to coppice for
Please bring some lunch. crafts and kindling.
Indigo bus stop on Friar Lane St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road Minibus will be provided.
St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road
Public transport – please pay your 10.30am - 2pm Wednesday 12 Februaryth
own fare. A Robin Hood ticket (£5.10) 10.30am - 2pm
Drinks, snacks and lunch will be Newstead Bike Ride
can be used all day on buses and
trams. provided. Suggested donation £1. Drinks, snacks and lunch will be
A group ride for confident cyclists provided. Suggested donation £1.
starting from Bullwell Community
Please bring some lunch. Garden and following national cycle
Monday 10th February route 6 for a ride to Newstead Abbey,
Monday 10th February
Arboretum Walk in North Nottinghamshire. We’ll be
BFF Woodthorpe Park cycling along old railway lines and
Join us for a gentle stroll around passing Mill Lakes, Hucknall, and Linby
Join Nature in Mind and Best Foot Nottingham’s oldest public park as before arriving at Newstead Abbey
Forward walk leaders on a gentle we experience the nature on our the home of Lord Byron. This ride is
stroll around this 19th Century Grade II doorstep. Slow pace, some slopes relatively flat and will be 15 miles
listed manor which sits amidst a mix in total.
of landscapes. Two mile walk. 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Staff will speak with all participants
Bus stop P2 on Lower Parliament The Arboretum Café at regarding their cycling confidence
Street at 10am Waverley Street entrance when booking on this event.
Alternatively make your own way Hot drinks will be provided. Bikes and helmets provided.
to Sherwood Community Centre,
Mansfield Road NG5 3FN - 10.15am Bus stop T1 on Milton Street
for bus 17
10am - 12pm
10am - 3pm
Smoking cigarettes or e-cigarettes is
not permitted on Health Walks. Please bring your own lunch and a
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Thursday 13 February
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Friday 14th February
Coal to Nature: Bestwood Sherwood Observatory Conservation at
Country Park Clifton Grove
Sherwood Observatory is the
Bestwood has a rich and diverse home of the Mansfield and Sutton
Join Park Ranger, Simon Jenkins at
history from medieval hunting Astronomical Society and is situated
this beautiful Nature Reserve with
forest to large scale coal mining in Sutton-in-Ashfield overlooking the
adjacent woodland. Our task today
in the 19th Century. The old spoil town of Mansfield. The Observatory
is to remove sycamore saplings that
heap is now a haven for a wealth of building was built by the founders of
will give native trees more light and
wildlife including many orchids and the society and was opened in 1986.
space to grow. Work will take place
butterflies in the summer. at a gentle pace with plenty of time
Our evening will consist of an
for breaks.
This walk is three miles with slopes. interactive talk on the history of the
We will be using Robin Hood ticket observatory, the site itself and plans
Bus stop B2 on Beastmarket Hill at
(£5.10) today as we will be taking a for the future. Also the wonders of
10.10am (bus 1 is at 10.20am)
NCT bus to the park and returning the universe including black holes,
by tram. search for alien life forms and the
10.10am - 3.30pm
future of space travel. Plus a chance
Bus stop P5 on Parliament Street for stargazing through the 24’’
Please bring some lunch. Hot drinks
at 10.30am (bus 89 leaves at Newtonian telescope (Clear skies
and biscuits will be provided.
10.40am) permitting).
Public transport - please pay your
10.30am - 3pm Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory
own fare.
Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX
Public transport – please pay your
own fare. Please bring some lunch. 6.15pm - 9.30pm
Hot drinks and a minibus will be
Thursday 13th February provided.
Permaculture Talk Friday 14th February
Paul Paine (Ecoworks) will be leading Allotment - Signs of Spring
a session explaining permaculture
and how we can design systems Join us for a range of tasks, as well as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
to meet our own needs whilst welcoming allotment site. Help us to grow a variety of fruit and vegetables,
enhancing biodiversity, reducing from sowing to harvest, cook with produce and share a meal whilst making
our impact on the planet and friends and picking up new skills.
creating a fairer world for us all.
The first signs of spring are a welcome sight after winter. We’ll be looking
The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West, for trees budding, bulbs shooting, birds nesting whilst listening out for the
Nottingham NG7 4EQ birdsong.
11am - 2pm St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road
Drinks and hot food will be provided. 10.30am - 2pm
Drinks, snacks and lunch provided. Suggested donation of £1.
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Monday 17 Februaryth
Friday 21 February
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Monday 24th February
Arboretum Short Walk Canal and River Walk Allotment: Wash-Stands Nature in Mind Meeting
for Hands and Vegetables
Join us for a gentle stroll around Enjoy a tranquil stroll along two of A chance for you to come and have
Nottingham’s oldest public park Nottingham’s heritage waterways, Join us for a range of tasks, as well your say about Nature in Mind. Join
as we experience the nature on namely the Nottingham and Beeston as a cup of tea, on our friendly and us for an informal meeting where you
our doorstep. Slow pace and some Canal and the River Trent. Alighting welcoming allotment site. Help can tell us what you like and what
slopes. the tram at Nottingham University us to grow a variety of fruit and you don’t – we’re always interested in
we’ll trace the canal back into the vegetables, from sowing to harvest, your feedback. Staff will also be filling
The Arboretum Café at city centre and out again as it cook with produce and share a meal in forms with you towards completing
Waverley Street entrance merges with the River Trent. whilst making friends and picking up the Nature in Mind evaluation for our
new skills. funders.
1.30pm - 2.30pm We’ll follow the Trent along the
embankment before looping back To make it safer and easier for us The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West,
into Nottingham. Four miles on the to cook our tasty lunches we will be Nottingham NG7 4EQ
Tuesday 18th February flat. making a stand for our new hand
Allotment - Supporting wash basin and setting up a new 12pm - 1.15pm
Nottingham Market Square sink to wash our vegetables.
our Birds in Spring tram stop Drinks and hot food provided.
Join us for a range of tasks, as well St Ann’s Allotments, Ransom Road
as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
11am - 3pm Tuesday 25th February
welcoming allotment site. Help 10.30am - 2pm Narrowboat Trip and
Please bring some lunch.
us to grow a variety of fruit and
Drinks, snacks and lunch provided. Craft Workshop
vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
cook with produce and share a meal Wednesday 19 February th Suggested donation £1.
Enjoy a tranquil trip along the
whilst making friends and picking up Heritage Art Workshop: Nottingham and Beeston Canal with
new skills. Monday 24 February
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Tools and Industry - the Nottingham Narrowboat Project.
Arboretum Short Walk Learn something of the history of the
As we pass into Spring birds start Drawing canal and have a go at steering the
to nest and we will be making Join us for a gentle stroll around boat and working the locks.
them welcome on our allotment by We will taking both old tools and
Nottingham’s oldest public park
providing for their needs. industry as inspiration for this
as we experience the nature on Heading to the Canal side Heritage
drawing workshop with Beth Wise.
our doorstep. Slow pace and some Centre for a 90 minute craft session
St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road Tools and images will be provided
slopes. making a variety of everlasting
however if you wish to bring any old
flowers before traveling back to
10.30am - 2pm tools along then please feel free to
The Arboretum Café at Nottingham on the boat. Places are
do so.
Waverley Street entrance limited for this trip.
Drinks, snacks and lunch will be
provided. Suggested donation of £1. The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West,
1.30pm - 2.30pm Carrington Street (above the
Nottingham NG7 4EQ
canal)
10.30am - 2pm
10.15am - 4pm
Drinks and biscuits will be provided.
Please note that we will be on the
Please bring some lunch.
boat for 3 to 4 hours, there are toilets!
Please bring some lunch. Hot
11 drinks and biscuits provided. 12
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Tuesday 25 February
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Wednesday 26 Februaryth Thursday 27 February
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Thursday 27th February
Allotment - Willow Craft Circus Skills Workshop: Sustrans at The Burrow Framework Knitters
on Pancake Day The ‘Clown of Clowns’ Museum
Sustrans are a UK Cycling and
Lives On Walking Charity providing support
Join us for a range of tasks, as well The Framework Knitters Museum
as a cup of tea, on our friendly and and information to individuals and in Ruddington is a unique surviving
Every first Sunday in February community groups.
welcoming allotment site. Help us clowns from around all over the example of a 19th century framework
to grow a variety of fruit and world gather in London to celebrate knitters’ yard. Nottingham has
vegetables, from sowing to harvest, This afternoon Charlotte Arkley a 400 year history of framework
the life of Joseph Grimaldi, one of (Sustrans) will be delivering a travel
cook with produce and share a meal the most famous clowns in history. knitting, from its role in the Industrial
whilst making friends and picking up planning workshop to promote their Revolution to the infamous Luddite
Join Michail Athinaios for a physical services plus offers available to
new skills. theatre and clowning workshop in riots of the 1800s, with framework
individuals and groups. knitting giving birth to the
tribute of Joseph Grimaldi. We will
Have a go at turning wildlife friendly, be learning about clowning history Nottingham lace industry.
easily grown willow into wonderful Pop in and find out about the
and Grimaldi who was one of the cheapest and most sustainable
handcrafted items with Michael at most influential clowns. Have a go at using the museum’s
Ecoworks. Taste our gluten free/dairy ways to get around, build a bike antique knitting machines to create
free chickpea pancakes on Shrove scheme and possibly even be your own unique knee pads. Then in
The Pavilion, The Forest entitled for a new free bike!
Tuesday. Recreation Ground, Nottingham the afternoon try them out as you
work alongside volunteers to get the
St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West, garden into shape for the season
10.30am - 12.30pm Nottingham NG7 4EQ ahead. Places are limited.
10.30am - 2pm Hot drinks and biscuits will be 2pm - 4pm Bus stop B2 on Beastmarket Hill
provided.
Drinks, snacks and lunch provided. for bus 3 at 9.45am
Suggested donation £1.
9.30am - 4pm
Wednesday 26 Februaryth
Public transport, please bring your
Nottingham Industrial Museum own fare.
Come and learn about Nottinghamshire’s industrial heritage at Nottingham Please bring some lunch.
Industrial Museum. The fascinating collection explores our rich industrial
history reflecting local industries such as mining, railways, bicycles,
motorcycles, lace, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, tobacco and
printing.
Plus there is a collection of working steam and diesel engines. Today’s visit
includes a guided tour of the museum focussing on the Raleigh Bicycle
Company. The museum is located in the grounds of Wollaton Park so there will
be an optional gentle stroll around the lake after our tour.
Bus stop J5 on Milton Street
10.15am - 3pm
Please bring some lunch.
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Friday 28 February
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Friday 28 February
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Heritage Landscape Walk: Allotment - Outdoor
River Trent Wildlife Cooking and Food Origins
Today we’ll be joining the Nature Join us for a range of tasks, as well
Nomads group. This monthly group as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
explores wildlife around Nottingham welcoming allotment site. Help
using public transport. Today we’ll us to grow a variety of fruit and
be catching the bus to Burton Joyce vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
and walking along the River Trent cook with produce and share a meal
to Netherfield Lagoons looking for whilst making friends and picking up
interesting wildlife along the way. new skills.
Approx 3 to 4 miles, mostly flat, some We will be looking at the origins
standing. and nutritional benefits of seasonal
vegetables and cooking up a tasty
Left lion in Nottingham Market lunch to share on our waste wood
Friday 28th February Square burning rocket stoves using crops
Drum Club - World grown on site. Come and join in
10.15am - 4pm lighting the stoves, keeping the fires
Rhythms burning, and chopping firewood,
Public transport – please pay your preparing the food and sharing a
Led by local percussionist Crispin
own fare. A ticket to Burton Joyce will tasty lunch.
Harris today’s session will raise
cost £3.40 (you cannot use a Robin
awareness of a range of percussive
Hood ticket). We will be catching St Ann’s Allotments, Ransom Road
approaches as used in various
a NCT bus back from Netherfield
cultures from around the world. We
Lagoons. 10.30am - 2pm
will learn and play styles including
Latin, Samba, Klezmer, and Reggae.
Please bring some lunch. Drinks, snacks and lunch will be
provided. Suggested donation of £1.
This is a great opportunity to try out
instruments while learning about the
history and heritage of rhythms and
their influence on modern music. All
welcome.
Beeston Resource Centre, Middle
Street, Beeston
2pm - 4pm
Catch bus 36 at bus stop A4 (near
Nottingham Central Library) or
catch Line 3 Toton tram to Beeston.
Buses and trams stops outside
Beeston Resource Centre.
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Wednesday 4 March th Wednesday 4th March
Arboretum Short Walk Heritage Landscape Walk: Cook and Eat - The Introduction to
Shining Cliff Woods Mediterranean Diet Orienteering
Join us for a gentle stroll around
Nottingham’s oldest public park In the company of volunteer walk Research into the Mediterranean Join Nature in Mind volunteer Alan
as we experience the nature on leader Alan Davies we’ll start walking diet has shown this style of eating Davies to learn some basic map
our doorstep. Slow pace and some from near Ambergate in Derbyshire can increase our likelihood of living reading skills before putting these
slopes. and stroll through the beautiful longer and healthier. Find out why into practice around the orienteering
wooded area at Shining Cliff which this is so and how we can make our course at Woodthorpe Grange Park.
The Arboretum Café at Waverley clings to the side of the Derwent own diets more Mediterranean. Cook
Street entrance Valley. We will talk about the wood’s and eat some dishes incorporating Bus stop P2 on Lower Parliament
history and look for the first signs of elements of the diet with Tia and Street
1.30pm - 2.30pm spring. 3 miles, some slopes, some Kate showing us some traditional
stiles. recipes from Greece and Italy. 10am - 1.30pm
Hot drinks will be provided.
Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory All dishes will be plant-based and Please bring some lunch, drinks will
Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX dairy free and some will be gluten be provided.
free. Please contact us if you have
10am - 4pm any concerns regarding food
intolerances or allergies.
Thursday 5th March
Please bring some lunch. Minibus will Walled Kitchen Garden
Tuesday 3rd March be provided. The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West, at Wollaton Park
Nottingham NG7 4EQ
Allotment - Willow Craft
The walled garden dates back to
10am - 2pm the 1780’s and was used to grow fruit
Join us for a range of tasks, as well
as a cup of tea, on our friendly and and vegetables for Wollaton Hall. It
Drinks and hot food provided. originally contained a 75 foot long
welcoming allotment site. Help
conservatory and in front of that
us to grow a variety of fruit and Thursday 5th March was an herbaceous garden that
vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
cook with produce and share a Colwick Woods grew flowers to be used in the Hall.
meal whilst making friends and Enjoy a guided tour of the walled
picking up new skills. Colwick Woods is one of the city’s garden and join volunteers as part
hidden gems. This 50 hectare site of its restoration process by clearing
Have a go at turning wildlife friendly, of rich grassland and ancient vegetation and looking for original
easily grown willow into wonderful woodland provides an oasis of bricks. There is the option to go for
handcrafted items or carry on from tranquillity just one mile from the a stroll around Wollaton Park after
where you left off last time with bustle of Nottingham city centre. lunch.
Michael at Ecoworks. Our visit will consist of a two to
three mile guided walk focusing on Bus stop J5 on Milton Street for bus
St Ann’s Allotments, Ransom history, species identification and 30 at 9.50am
Road conservation management, plus a
practical maintenance task. Today’s 9.40am - 2.30pm
10.30am - 2pm activities will be led by members of
Friends of Colwick Woods.. Public transport – please pay your
Drinks, snacks and lunch provided. own fare.
Suggested donation of £1. Bus stop K2 on Kings Street
for bus 43 Please bring some lunch. Hot drink
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Friday 6 March
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Friday 6 March
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Monday 9 March
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Framework Knitters Lunch Club at Bulwell Forest Art in the Landscape:
Museum Community Garden Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The Framework Knitters Museum Come and visit Bulwell Forest Enjoy a guided tour of some of the
in Ruddington is a unique surviving Community Garden and see how wonderful sculptures set outdoors
example of a 19th century framework the site is developing. Help out with amid the landscaped grounds of this
knitters’ yard. Nottingham has seasonal gardening jobs and enjoy historic country estate. Approx three
a 400 year history of framework a shared meal as part of their weekly miles, some slopes.
knitting, from its role in the Industrial Lunch Club.
Revolution to the infamous Luddite Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory
riots of the 1800s, with framework Bus stop T1 on Milton Street for bus Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX
knitting giving birth to the 17 at 10.30am or meet us there at
Nottingham lace industry. 11am 10am - 4pm
Have a go at using the museum’s 10.30am - 2.30pm Please bring some lunch. Minibus will
antique knitting machines to create be provided.
your own unique knee pads. Then in Hot drinks and food will be provided.
the afternoon try them out as you Tuesday 10th March
work alongside volunteers to get the Conservation at
garden into shape for the season Monday 9th March Attenborough Nature
ahead. Places are limited.
Gamelan Reserve
Bus stop B2 on Beastmarket Hill for Tuesday 10th March
A fantastic and rare opportunity Today we’ll be joining the Open
bus 3 at 9.45am Allotment - Signs of Spring
to play the full set of traditional Door group and travelling out
9.30am - 4pm Javanese Gamelan instruments. to this beautiful nature reserve, Join us for a range of tasks, as well
once a gravel quarry, to work with as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
Please bring some lunch. Learn to play the instruments of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust welcoming allotment site. Help
Public transport - please pay your the Javanese Gamelan orchestra helping to improve natural heritage us to grow a variety of fruit and
own fare. with giant Gongs, Metallophones, at Attenborough in order to benefit vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
Xylophones and Drums. wildlife and people. cook with produce and share a meal
Monday 9th March whilst making friends and picking up
No previous experience needed. Activities will be at a gentle pace
Arboretum Short Walk new skills.
with plenty of time to observe any
Beeston Resource Centre, Middle interesting wildlife.
Join us for a gentle stroll around The first signs of spring are a
Street, Beeston
Nottingham’s oldest public park welcome sight after winter. We’ll
Indigo bus stop on Friar Lane for be looking for trees budding, bulbs
as we experience the nature on
Bus 36 at bus stop A4 (near 10am
our doorstep. Slow pace and some shooting and birds nesting whilst
Central Library) or catch Line 3
slopes. listening out for the birdsong.
Toton tram to Beeston. Buses and 10am - 4pm
trams stop at Middle Street by the
The Arboretum Café at St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road
Resource Centre. Public transport – please pay your
Waverley Street entrance
own fare. A Robin Hood ticket (£5.10) 10.30am - 2pm
10.30am - 1pm can be used all day on buses and
1.30pm - 2.30pm
trams. Drinks, snacks and lunch provided.
Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Hot drinks will be provided. Suggested donation £1.
Please bring some lunch.
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Thursday 12 March
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Friday 13th March
Heritage Art Workshop BFF City Parks Walk Matlock 3 Mile Walk Conservation at
Tools and Industry: Clifton Grove
3 mile walk with ‘Best Foot Forward Starting from the train station this
Lino Printing Group’ along the boundaries of circular walk takes in fantastic views Join Park Ranger Simon Jenkins at
Sneinton and St Anns passing of Matlock Bath plus Riber Castle this beautiful Nature Reserve with
Following on from last month’s through Victoria Park, King Edward and Matlock itself. The return walk
workshop we will using our drawings adjacent woodland. Our task today
Park, Stonebridge City farm and follows the river Derwent back to our is to carry on removing sycamore
of old tools and industry for this lino Green’s Windmill. starting point.
printing workshop with Beth Wise. saplings that will give native trees
more light and space to grow.
Outside Victoria Leisure Centre, Please note this walk has a steep
Tools and images will be provided Gedling Street, Nottingham incline at the start which we will take
however if you wish to bring any old Work will take place at a gentle pace
NG1 1DB very slowly. with plenty of time for breaks.
tools along then please feel free to
do so. Carve a tile and have a go at 10.30am - 12.30pm Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory
printing with ink. Bus stop B2 on Beastmarket Hill at
Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX 10.10am - Bus 1 is at 10.20am
Smoking cigarettes or e-cigarettes
The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West, is not permitted on Health Walks. 10am - 3.30pm
Nottingham NG7 4EQ 10.10am - 3.30pm
Hot drinks and minibus will be Please bring some lunch.
10am - 2pm Thursday 12th March provided. Hot drinks and biscuits provided.
Please bring some lunch.
Origins and Meanings of
Local Names Friday 13th March Public transport - please pay your
Drinks and biscuits will be provided.
Allotment - Spring own fare.
Come along and find out the Seed Sowing
origins and meanings of surnames
common to Nottingham and Join us for a range of tasks, as well
surrounding areas. Local researcher, as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
Paul Cullen, will be joining us to welcoming allotment site. Help
tell us the history behind the most us to grow a variety of fruit and
common surnames of our area and vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
he has also offered to explain the cook with produce and share a meal
meanings of our surnames. whilst making friends and picking up
new skills.
Let us know if you would like to know
the history of your surname even It’s still early in the growing season
if you are not able to attend the but there are some flower and
session. vegetable seeds we can sow now
including wildflowers, annuals, peas,
The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West, beetroot, chard and brassicas.
Nottingham NG7 4EQ
St Ann’s Allotments, Ransom Road
11am - 2pm
10.30am - 2pm
Drinks and hot food will be provided.
Drinks, snacks and lunch will be
provided. Suggested donation of £1.
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Monday 16 Marchth
Monday 16 March th
Tuesday 17 March
th
Pony Handling with Arboretum Short Walk Allotment - Spring Equinox
Helping Hooves Allotment Celebration
Join us for a gentle stroll around
Helping Hooves is an Equine led Nottingham’s oldest public park Join us for a range of tasks, as well
development centre working as we experience the nature on as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
specifically with people our doorstep. Slow pace and some welcoming allotment site. Help
experiencing mental health slopes. us to grow a variety of fruit and
difficulties. They work solely through vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
non ridden horsemanship and The Arboretum Café at cook with produce and share a meal
handling and use equine therapy Waverley Street entrance whilst making friends and picking up
as a basis to everything they do. new skills.
Located on the outskirts of Derby 1.30pm - 2.30pm
city in a peaceful rural location with We will be celebrating the days
a small herd of four ponies, we will Hot drinks will be provided. starting to get longer than the nights
be building relationships with the with a fire, food, crafts and hand
horses and learning about equine Tuesday 17th March drumming
behaviour and psychology. Art Workshop at Lakeside
St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road
We will enjoy a group handling Mat Collishaw rose to prominence
session learning the basics of in the 1990s as one of the defining 10.30am -2pm
moving and leading safely. generation of Young British Artists.
Often drawing on subjects from the Drinks, snacks and lunch provided.
Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory Suggested donation £1.
Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX
history of art and photography, his Wednesday 18th March
works focus on opposites such as
nature and artifice. A preoccupation Southwell Workhouse and
10.15am - 2pm has been his fascination with early Walk
forms of photography and other
Please bring some lunch. Victorian devices such as the After a 3 mile walk around Southwell
Hot drinks and biscuits will be zoetrope. area led by NIM volunteer Alan
provided. Davies we will head off to The
Featuring his 2016 installation Albion Workhouse for a self guided tour.
– a ghostly apparition of the Major
Oak, this is the first major exhibition Built in 1824 and situated just outside
of Collishaw’s work to be mounted the town and the most complete
in the city of his birth. After a wander workhouse in existence it soon
round the exhibition we will take part became a blueprint for workhouses
in a practical art workshop. throughout the country.
Nottingham Market Square tram Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory
stop Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX
10.30am - 3pm 10am - 3.30pm
Please bring some lunch. Please bring some lunch.
Mat Collishaw Hot drinks and biscuits will be Drinks will be provided.
provided.
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Thursday 19 March
th
Narrow Boat Trip
Enjoy a tranquil trip along the Nottingham and Beeston Canal and River Trent
with the Nottingham Narrowboat Project. In our narrow boats we’ll be heading
to Colwick Country Park where we can get out and stretch our legs for 20
minutes before heading back to Nottingham. Learn something of the history of
the canal and have a go at steering the boat and working the locks. Places are
limited for this trip.
Carrington Street (above the canal) at 10.15am
10.15am - 3.30pm
Please note that we will be on the boats for about 4 hours – there are toilets!
Please bring some lunch. Hot drinks and biscuits will be provided.
Friday 20th March Friday 20th March
Woodpeckers at Best Foot Forward
Wollaton Park Embankment Walk
Today we’ll be joining the Nature This is a steady walk 2-3 miles
Nomads group. This monthly group
Friday 20th March
along the beautiful tree-lined
explores wildlife around Nottingham embankment – crossing the Allotment - Wash-Stands
using public transport. river Trent at Wilford Bridge and for Hands and Vegetables
returning to the starting point at the
We will be looking for signs of Embankment gates. Join us for a range of tasks, as well
Britain’s 3 woodpecker species as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
including the elusive lesser spotted The Embankment gates at welcoming allotment site. Help
woodpecker. Approx 2 miles, some 10.20am or, meet a bus stop W4 us to grow a variety of fruit and
slopes, some standing. on Lower Parliament Street at vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
10am cook with produce, share a meal
Nottingham Market Square and pick up new skills.
10am - 1pm
10am - 4pm To make it safer and easier for us
Smoking cigarettes or e-cigarettes to cook our tasty lunches we will be
Public transport – please pay your is not permitted on Health Walks. making a stand for our new hand
own fare. A Robin Hood ticket (£5.10) wash basin and setting up a new
will cover buses and trams all day. sink to wash our vegetables.
Please bring some lunch. St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road
10.30am - 2pm
Drinks, snacks and lunch provided.
Suggested donation £1.
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Monday 23 Marchrd
Monday 23 March rd
Tuesday 24 March th
Tuesday 24th March
Nature in Mind Meeting Arboretum Short Walk Industrial Heritage: Allotment - Outdoor
Cromford Mill and Village Cooking and Food Origins
A chance for you to come and have Join us for a gentle stroll around
your say about Nature in Mind. Join Nottingham’s oldest public park Cromford remains as an intact Join us for a range of tasks, as well
us for an informal meeting where as we experience the nature on example of an 18th century industrial as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
you can tell us what you like and our doorstep. Slow pace and some village. It was largely built to support welcoming allotment site. Help
what you don’t. slopes. Cromford Mill, the world’s first us to grow a variety of fruit and
successful water powered cotton vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
We’re always interested in your The Arboretum Café at spinning mill, built in 1771 by Sir cook with produce and share a meal
feedback. Staff will also be filling in Waverley Street entrance Richard Arkwright. whilst making friends and picking up
forms with you towards completing new skills.
the Nature in Mind evaluation for our 1.30pm - 2.30pm A tour of the mill from The Arkwright
funders. Society will be followed by a tour of We will be looking at the origins
Hot drinks will be provided. the historical features of the village and nutritional benefits of seasonal
The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West, with volunteer Paul Scotting. We will vegetables and cooking up a tasty
Nottingham NG7 4EQ also have time to walk along the lunch to share on our waste wood
canal and see adjacent countryside. burning rocket stoves using crops
12pm - 1.15pm Three mile walk with hills. grown on site. Come and join in
lighting the stoves, keeping the
Drinks and hot food provided. Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory fires burning, chopping firewood,
Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX preparing the food and sharing a
tasty lunch.
10am - 4.30pm
St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road
Please bring some lunch. Minibus will
be provided. 10.30am - 2pm
Drinks, snacks and lunch provided.
Suggested donation £1.
Wednesday 25th March
Circus Skills Workshop: Exploring
Object Manipulation
Through a sequence of movements and the use of juggling props, we will
create and explore routines with singular and multiple props.
Join Michail Athinaios for the latest Circus Skills Workshop. Everyone is
welcome, come and have a play or watch!
The Pavilion, The Forest Recreation Ground, Nottingham
10.30am - 12.30pm
Hot drinks and biscuits will be provided.
27 28Nature in Mind March Activities
Wednesday 25th March Thursday 26th March
12 Mile City Bike Ride Windmill Community
Garden
Today’s ride will begin at Arkwright
Meadows Community Gardens A selection of activities for us to get
and will follow the track alongside involved in today including regular
the River Trent leading to Holme gardening tasks plus re-edging the
Pierpont Country Park. Depending herb beds and creating new plant
on the weather and group we will beds for a selection of dyer’s plants.
have the option to continue our ride
to Cotgrave Country Park before Bus stop W2 on Lower Parliament
returning to AMC Gardens. Street (outside Wilko)
Today’s ride is for confident cyclists. Alternatively, make your own way
Staff will speak with all participants to Windmill Community Garden,
when booking on this event about Ascot Drive (near Collins Cash
their cycling experience. Bikes and Carry) for 10.30am
provided.
10am - 3pm
Bus stop W4 on Lower Parliament
Street at 10am Hot drinks and tasty food will be
provided.
Alternatively, meet at AMC
Gardens, off Wilford Grove, The
Meadows NG2 2HZ at 10.30am
10am - 4pm
Friday 27th March
Allotment - Welcoming Wildlife
Join us for a range of tasks, as well as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
welcoming allotment site. Help us to grow a variety of fruit and vegetables,
from sowing to harvest, cook with produce and share a meal whilst making
friends and picking up new skills.
Many species of wildlife are in decline in the UK and we will be looking at what
we can do to support mammals, birds, insects, amphibians and all the other
wildlife that our allotment can support and improving on what we already
provide.
St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road
10.30am - 2pm
Drinks, snacks and lunch provided. Suggested donation £1.
29 30Nature in Mind March Activities Nature in Mind March Activities
Friday 27th March Monday 30th March Tuesday 31st March
Drum Club - World Arboretum Short Walk Allotment - Wild
Rhythms Food Walk
Join us for a gentle stroll around
Led by local percussionist Crispin Nottingham’s oldest public park
Join us for a range of tasks, as well
Harris today’s session will raise as we experience the nature on
as a cup of tea, on our friendly and
awareness of a range of percussive our doorstep. Slow pace and some
welcoming allotment site. Help
approaches as used in various slopes.
us to grow a variety of fruit and
cultures from around the world. vegetables, from sowing to harvest,
The Arboretum Café at
cook with produce and share a meal
We will learn and play styles Waverley Street entrance
whilst making friends and picking up
including Latin, Samba, Klezmer, and new skills.
Reggae. This is a great opportunity 1.30pm - 2.30pm
to try out instruments while learning Paul Paine will be showing us the
about the history and heritage of Hot drinks will be provided.
wild food available to us at this time
rhythms and their influence on of year on St. Anns allotments.
modern music. All welcome
St Ann’s Allotment, Ransom Road
Beeston Resource Centre, Middle Monday 30th March
Street, Beeston Heritage Landscape Walk: 10.30am - 2pm
Catch bus 36 at bus stop A4 Langford Lowfields Nature Drinks, snacks and lunch provided.
(near Nottingham Central Reserve Suggested donation £1.
Library) or catch Line 3 Toton
tram to Beeston. Buses and Langford Lowfields, near Newark
trams stops outside Beeston is a flagship partnership project
Resource Centre. involving the RSPB and Tarmac,
showcasing wetland habitat
2pm - 4pm creation on a large scale. A thriving
reed bed sits at the heart of this
Drinks, snacks and lunch provided. expanding reserve, with wildlife
Suggested donation £1. highlights including bitterns,
bearded tits, marsh harriers, starling
murmurations and colourful
wildflowers.
Enjoy a guided walk in the company
of RSPB staff member Joe Harris.
Three miles on the flat, some
standing.
Val Roberts House, 25 Gregory
Boulevard, Nottingham NG7 6NX
10am - 4pm
Please bring some lunch.
Minibus will be provided.
31 32Nature in Mind Other Activities Nature in Mind Other Activities
Other Activities Other Activities
The following organisations are also Arkwright Meadows Community Dig In Community Allotment Gardening sessions at Windmill
running activities - please contact Gardens, Kirkby Gardens, The Meadows (Stapleford) Community Gardens
them individually for more information:
Volunteering opportunities for all abilities. Volunteer opportunities. Ascot Drive off Aspley Lane,
Nottinghamshire County Council Park Bobbersmill, NG8 5HD
Activities: Wednesdays & Thursdays at Telephone 07943 700302
www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/enjoying/ 10am - 12pm and 1pm - 3pm Mondays 10am - 1pm and
countryside/countryparks/ See website for details: Thursdays 10am - 4pm
Every Tuesday to Saturday, 10am - 3pm www.diginstapleford.org.uk (including lunch).
St Ann’s Community Orchard Tandoor oven available to hire £5 per
Activity Days are on the third Sunday session. Bring your own dough. Nottingham Park Rangers Contact 07816 899978 for details.
of every month. Our activity days have
been attracting people from the local Please phone ahead 0115 986 7777 Gentle local Wednesday walk. Use NCT turquoise bus 77 to AS17 stop
community each month for more on Aspley Lane.
than seven years. They often focus on Cook and Eat, Arkwright Meadows Meet at the Forest (Pavilion)
looking after the site, providing informal Community Gardens Best Foot Forward – Health Walks
activities and special events such Come and learn some simple and Every Wednesday 10.30am - 11.30am A free activity and everyone is welcome.
as our season celebrations. They are healthy cooking skills with us, socialise, Telephone Nicky Newberry on
informal, community-led and are open and eat. We have limited spaces so Bulwell Forest Garden 0115 841 4473.
to everyone! Refreshments available. please call ahead on 0115 986 7777 if you Nottingham
are planning on joining us. Mondays - Bestwood Walk Woodthorpe
For information telephone 0115 958 9255. Austin Street, Bulwell, Nottingham, Grange Walk
Every Tuesday 11am - 1pm NG6 9JU (behind Cantrell School Tuesdays – Nuthall Railway Walk
St Ann’s Allotments, Ransom Road playing field). Wednesdays – St Ann’s & Sneinton Walk,
Cycling with Ridewise, Arkwright Strelley Woodland and Countryside Walk
Third Sunday of every month. Meadows Community Gardens Garden Club: Drop-in sessions on 1st Thursdays – Mary Potter Walk
12pm - 4pm On the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. and 3rd Wednesdays of each month Fridays – Wollaton Park Walk, Victoria
10am - 1pm Embankment Walk & Old Basford Walk.
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Evening Yoga, Arkwright Meadows
Conservation Volunteer Days Community Gardens The Garden Club is for all ages, abilities Beeston Resource Centre
Every Monday evening, two different and level of gardening knowledge, no Providing a wide range of activities
Wednesdays and Thursdays classes, one at 6pm - 7pm and the previous experience necessary, tools and events for everyone including
other at 7.30pm - 8.30pm. and gloves provided. gardening, arts and crafts, music
Telephone Julie Reed on 0115 958 8242 (guitar, keyboards, drums), wellbeing
Summerwood Community Garden, Advice, share tips and make new friends. and walking groups.
Bestwood Country Park Conservation Summerwood Lane Allotments, Clifton
Volunteers Volunteer Fridays and spend as little For more information visit Beeston Resource Centre, 74 Middle
time or as long as you want and in return www. bulwellforestgarden.co.uk Street, Beeston NG9 2AR
Every Monday 10am - 3pm lunch and gardening tips will be provided.
(excluding Bank holidays) Ecoworks Community Garden, Open seven days a week.
Every Friday meet 10am at the St Ann’s Allotments, Ransom Road Telephone 0115 925 2516
Telephone 0115 927 3674 allotment gates
Supershed project, green build and
Contact Emma 07944 124423 or, landscaping opportunities, all welcome.
Leo on 07816 036084
Tuesdays 10am - 3pm
Please see website for more details:
www.summerwood.org.uk Contact Paul on 07973116291
33 34External Special Events External Special Events
Special Events
Please note that the following activities are not organised by
Nature in Mind.
Arkwright Meadows Community Gardens, Kirkby Gardens,
The Meadows
Please phone 0115 986 7777 for more details. There may be a cost for
some of these activities.
• Family lantern making session - for adults and children together
to make lanterns to illuminate the gardens at our Light Night event.
Saturday 1st February
• Lantern making for our Light Night event - two Wednesday
evening sessions on 29th January and 5th February for adults to help
us create a host of lanterns to illuminate the community gardens
for our Light Night event on Saturday 8th February.
• Light Nght event at the Gardens - Saturday 8th February.
35 36If you have any question about the listed activities
or anything else, please feel free to get in touch with
Nature in Mind.
Address: The Burrow, 40 Forest Road West,
Nottingham NG7 4EQ
t: 0115 970 9591
e: natureinmind@frameworkha.org
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