Sustainable ways of living workshops for young people
The farm is running a series of educational workshops to teach young people about ways to live sustainably. These workshops will offer the opportunity to learn how to use natural and recycled materials to make what we need. There will be key skills taught that equip young people to live a resilient, sustainable life including, growing food, composting, woodworking, sewing, natural dyeing, felting and making simple herbal remedies. Kentish Town City Farm is offering this training at a time when there are few opportunities for young people to learn these skills so we are very pleased to be able to offer this training for free.
The workshops are open to young people aged between 8-21years. They are free to attend but you need to register so we know numbers attending.
Please register by completing this form: Click here
Woodworking and Sustainability: Building Bee Hotels
Saturday 15th February, 2pm – 4:30pm
This workshop is to introduce young people aged 8yrs-21yrs to sustainable woodworking. They will learn about different types of wood and how to harvest wood sustainably.
They’ll have a chance to learn how to use a saw and a drill (supervised) when they prepare the wood and build boxes for bee hotels. They will learn about the bees that will use the bee hotels to lay their eggs and once they are installed at the farm they will be able to come back later in the year to see whether they have been used.
This workshop is free to attend but you need to register in advance so we know how many materials are needed. Register by completing the form by clicking here.
Willow weaving to make bird feeders
Sunday 9th March, 2pm-4.30pm
As part of our sustainability workshop series for young people we have invited an expert willow weaver who will be teaching young people to make a willow bird feeder to hold fat balls, apples or other fruit.
This workshop is free to attend but you need to register in advance so we know how many materials are needed. Register by completing the form by clicking here
Workshops will run regularly until June offering the chance to learn how to:
- recycle your clothes instead of throwing them away
- recycle pallets to make planters
- compost your kitchen waste
- grow food from seed
- set up a solar panel charger
- use local clay to make pottery pots
- cooking a healthy meal using food you’ve grown