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Saturday 16 March @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

This is the second permablitz to create a decorative, sensory, wildlife-friendly garden for the care home’s elderly residents, many of whom have Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. We will be adding plants that provide year round colour and painting the existing pergolas. We will also be planting scented climbers and creating a food growing area for the care home.

This permablitz is part of an initiative from Kentish Town City Farm partnered with Permablitz London to establish six new edible, green spaces in Camden. The designs were created on the Permaculture Design Certificate course they jointly delivered in 2022 as part of a Growing Food and Community gardening traineeship at the farm.

Mini-workshops will include:

• choosing plants for people with dementia and Alzheimers
• designing for nectar and pollen throughout the year

RSVP Essential: if you want to come along you need to let us know so we know numbers for lunch, which is provided, and so we can give you all the specific details. Contact Permablitz London here letting them know you want to join Wellesley Road Care Home Permablitz.

Come and learn how to assess and improve a pond

Sunday 24th March • 2pm-5pm

The pond at Kentish Town City Farm is crucial to attracting a diverse range of wildlife. Find out how to investigate who is living in the pond so we can identify the creatures living there and thereby assess the health of the pond. We will document this before we add pond plants and pea gravel to improve the habitat. So you’ll also learn about pond plants: how to pot them up using aquatic compost and where to position them in the pond. To improve the bacterial balance of the pond we’ll also add pea gravel.

Please fill in this form to register for the workshop: https://forms.gle/QsDox1e9kcf9Pscd9

We’re so excited to announce that booking is open for Easter 2024!

Open to children and young people aged 8 to 16, spend four days on the farm with us and learn about how to take care of our animals, garden, and cook, as well as arts and crafts, games, baking, and more!

Visit our Holiday Hub page for all the exciting details!