Parklings is on tomorrow 2pm to 4pm (Saturday 19th). Rachel is joining us on a rock painting workshop (partly for hiding and also for entries to the opening handicrafts competiton). Karen from Crafty Learners is joining us for landscape painting. Again for entries for the handicrafts show.
Bring rocks for painting (we had the idea before the craze!!) and come in sensible outdoor clothing as paint involved!! Activities taking place at the park. See you tomorrow!
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The Parklings were on great form this weekend - all 28 of them!
They created insect hotels (with help from Luke and Noor of Peckish Bird Food) and miniature "parks in a tray" which will be entered into the Handicrafts competition at the Park opening (they will look more "park - like" when the grass seed germinates). The Parklings also tried out the concrete tunnel (yet to be grass covered) and admired their wildflower meadow - which is looking fabulous! The Parklings have created a curved seat (once its wood covered) using stones and gabions. The stones were previously picked up (by Parklings and adult volunteers) from The Park itself. It is fabulous to recycle these in such a practical and visible way. The seats look great.
Parklings this Saturday 2-4pm. The activity is creating a curved seat around the Horse Chestnut tree using gabions and stones (that the Parklings and volunteers previously collected from The Park). Hope to see you there!
What fun today at The Park!
We were joined by stone carver Patrick Walls who led a stone carving workshop for 25 Parklings (and 5 adults who joined in on an adult workshop). We had a fabulous time. Meanwhile park maintenance was going on in glorious sunshine! The carvings are going to form part of the signage / nature trail at The Park and will be in place ready for the Grand Opening. A huge thank you to Patrick for guiding us all through the process. We are absolutely thrilled with the carvings everyone produced. This is a draft calendar of events, and more events will be added, but these are our plans for the next few months for Kilnwick Parklings:
17th June Stone carving - with Patrick Walls 10am - 1pm (early session) 1pm - 4pm (late session) * FULLY BOOKED * 8th July Gabions - creation of seating Painting pallets for insect hotel creation. 2pm - 4pm 22nd July Insect Hotel creation and Pond dipping 2pm - 4pm 5th August Painting landscapes Decorating stones / cobbles 2pm - 4pm 19th August Campfire and bushcraft 6pm - 8pm 2nd & 3rd September Grand opening Karen - Crafty Learners running Parklings activities 16th September Exercise / Agility trail challenge 2pm - 3pm 30th September Bulb planting 2pm - 4pm Another exciting event at The Park. On Friday 9th June at 7pm Jon Trail - Living Landscapes Manager for Wolds and Holderness Yorkshire Wildlife Trust will be providing a workshop at The Park. This is a free of charge event for all - but particularly suited to our older Kilnwick Parklings and adults. He will be discussing how we best utilise the bird boxes, bat boxes and insect hotels kindly donated by CJ Wildlife to maximise biodiversity. He will also be assessing the site for further opportunities to enhance wildlife opportunities (such as creating a wetland habitat and so forth). This event will take the format of a "walk around" The Park with Jon. Please meet at 7pm at The Park.
We are absolutely thrilled to announce a forthcoming Kilnwick Parklings youth event.
On the afternoon of the 17th June Patrick Walls will be coming to run a stone carving event! This is strictly limited to 25 young people (no age limit, parents can assist). Each young person will be able to carve their own 25cm x 25cm limestone tile which will be used to create a long term piece of art for The Park. Numbers are strictly limited due to the funding for this workshop and if oversubscribed those young people who have already attended a Kilnwick Parklings event will be prioritised. If any adults / additional young people would like to have a go the cost is £15. Please enquire / book in with Ellen - The Park secretary - by emailing her: ellen.beddows@gmail.com The event will also be covered by Driffield and Wolds Weekly Newspaper. For further details please visit: https://patrickwalls.com/workshops/ We've had more Parklings fun at The Park today... firstly Karen (from Crafty Learners) led a Scarecrow making workshop. We used recycled old clothing and pillow cases to create the fabulous Scarecrows. We then positioned them in the wildflower meadow so that they can scare the birds away whilst the wildflower seed germinates. We also completed the seeding of the wildflower area with some seed donated by Mortimers of Driffield. A great afternoon - thanks to everyone for their support.
The next activity will be extremely exciting. Jon Trail from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is going to come to The Park and guide us on the positioning of our bird boxes, bat boxes and insect hotels. We will also be creating a giant Insect Hotel from pallets! Date to be confirmed very soon once we can liaise further with Jon. The next Kilnwick Parklings event is at 2pm to 4pm this Saturday 13th May at The Park (please meet there). There will be 2 events going on. Karen from Crafty Learners is going to be leading a workshop to create 6 scarecrows. Please can you bring any old (child size) T-Shirts / Trousers / Pillow cases for recycling into scarecrow clothing! There will also be the completion of the wildflower meadow seeding (we have more seed kindly donated by Mortimers). So please also bring rakes! Parents do need to stay for these events, and will need to fill in a registration form (if not done last time). Thanks.
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