Name: Christmas Table Decorations
Start: 2024-12-07T14:30:0001:00
End: 2024-12-07T17:00:0001:00
Location: 80 Ransom Rd

Create a festive table decoration to brighten up your tables this Christmas!
About this Event

This workshop will be a relaxing and creative session using natural materials to make your own Christmas table decoration using fresh and dried foliage gathered from the gardens and hedgerows of this Grade 2* Listed allotment. Materials and festive refreshments are included.

This session takes place in the beautiful setting of the Community Orchard at St Ann's Allotments, in the Strawbale building.

Workshop details

Capacity: The maximum group size will be 10 people.

Tickets: The ticket price includes materials, and all tools will be provided.

Facilities: A compost toilet is available at the Orchard with hand sanitizer for hand washing.

Clothing: Please dress for the weather, and wear comfortable footwear. The garden is a 5-minute walk from the entrance to the allotments.

Parking: There is free roadside parking along Ransom Road. The entrance to the allotments is opposite house number 80 Ransom Road.

Contact: If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the organiser Kayleigh at [email protected]

About STAA

This event is organised by STAA, a small charity that manages a number of highly regarded projects across 30+ plots at St Ann's Allotments that provide community benefit and offer a wide variety of volunteering opportunities.

About the Orchard

This workshop will be run from the Strawbale Building on our Community Orchard. This unique building is hand-built from bales of straw and weatherproofed with clay sourced on site. It’s also off-grid, being naturally insulated by a living roof, with solar panels and a log-burner.

The Community Orchard is a garden maintained by STAA for educational purposes featuring a variety of mature fruit trees, many of them heritage varieties, and also includes a pond and a stream.

St Ann’s Allotments are Grade 2* Listed by Historic England, and designated an Area of Importance for Nature Conservation. It is the oldest and largest are of Victorian detached town gardens in the UK, with over 700-years of history, 500 gardens, and 32 miles of hedgerow.