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🌿🐝 On Saturday at Gardening Club, Deb Rogers

🌿🐝 On Saturday at Gardening Club, Deb Rogers @msdmeanar and Anna Maluk @heritage_llama had a wonderful time helping children from the neighbourhood create their very own Air Bee & Bee's (AKA Bug Hotels) to go in the beds alongside The Pippin.

Using sturdy sticks and string, everyone built triangular frames before filling them with natural materials collected from around the green space, including leaves, weeds, grass and pine cones.

The Air Bee & Bee's will provide a safe haven for insects and help support local biodiversity.

A huge thank you to everyone who came along and got involved. Especially to those who helped with litter picking ahead of the session. It was a fantastic afternoon of creativity, learning, and connecting with nature! 🌼🪲

#bughotel #stoke #biodiversity

We were pleased to attend the @vastvolunteering Co

We were pleased to attend the @vastvolunteering Community Health Champions summer celebration today - @rebeccamariadavies and @annafrancisart shared our Community Health Impact Assessment project which we are so pleased to be continuing to develop. This year our focus is on understanding more about air quality in the neighbourhood and starting to explore the impact that bad landlords can have on neighbourhood health. We were joined by Community Health Champions from across the city and it was great to hear about the work people are doing. We will be sharing more about our health impacts project soon - we are looking forward to working with @thecentriclab as part of their Air Is Kin academy and @home_energy_action_lab who will be coming to the street later in the year to help us think about indoor air quality in our homes and loving our continuing work with @kavita.bp to explore what makes our neighbourhood special and also what can make it a challenging place to live at times.

Here's what's on over the next fortnight at PIP! ☀️ Please note: This afternoon, Gardening Club is running earlier from 3.30pm and our yoga session may take place at The Pippin if it's raining.

This Week:

🌱 Tuesday 30th June
🕓 3.30 - 5pm
Gardening Club at The Pippin

⛹️‍♀️ Tuesday 30th June
🕓 4.00–5.30pm
Youth Club at The Pippin

🧘‍♀️ Tuesday 30th June
🕓 5.30 - 6.30pm
Yoga with ESPI at Festival Park OR The Pippin

🌱 Saturday 4th July
🕓 1 - 3pm
Gardening Club at The Pippin

🏀 Saturday 4th July
🕒 3.00–4.30pm
Sports at the Park

Next Week:

👥 Tuesday 7th July
🕖 1pm - onwards
121 Interviews with Kavita at The Pippin

⛹️‍♀️ Tuesday 7th June
🕓 4.00–5.30pm
Youth Club at The Pippin

🌱 Tuesday 30th June
🕓 4 - 5.30pm
Gardening Club at The Pippin

🪑Tuesday 7th July
🕖 6 - 9pm
Upholstery Group Workshop at Acava

👥 Wednesday 8th July
🕖 All Day
121 Interviews with Kavita at The Pippin

🤝 Thursday 9th July
🕖 6 - 7.30pm
CDMP Meeting at The Pippin

🏀 Saturday 11th July
🕒 3.00–4.30pm
Sports at the Park

🪑Saturday 11th July
🕖 9 - 5pm
Upholstery Group Trip to Wightwick Manor

Have a lovely week!

#what'son #stokeevents #stokeontrent #portlandinnproject #communityevent

Cordial Workshop, 18th July from 1 - 3pm with Deb

Cordial Workshop, 18th July from 1 - 3pm with Deb Jackson and @msdmeanar.

It may be a surprise to discover that many of the flowers and plants that we either think of as pretty and ornamental or just ignore and pull up as weeds are actually little powerhouses of flavour, nutrition and healing.

Our neighbours will go on a journey to get to know our plant allies. Discover edible flowers and make delicious cordial; explore herbs that heal and make infused oils and healing balms; learn how to dry plants and work with them to make nourishing teas and incense.