Beanpole Day
Get your garden ready for summer!
Buy plants, plant supports, FairTrade goods, second-hand goods from local environmental groups.
Despite all the scaffolding in place, Econet’s annual Beanpole Day is on Saturday April 18th from 10.00-15.00 at Caversham Court gardens, Church Road, Caversham.
Enter by the side gate or from St Peters churchyard.
They have everything you and your garden might need for an environmentally friendly summer including:Â
- natural beanpoles and plant supports from local woodland management
- locally grown ornamental and vegetable plants and trees
- home-made cakes and jams
- local craftsmen with wooden bowls, decorations, bird tables, hedgehog homes, walking sticks, house signs to order
- second-hand tools
- a range of environmental charities offering advice on conservation and wildlife gardening, global justice, bee-keeping, how to grow vegetables, climate change, and much more!
The Repair Cafe tool sharpener will be there to bring your secateurs and shears into good order and the Bicycle Hub are there to give your bicycle a once-over maintenance check and offer secure storage for bikes during the event.
They are also happy to receive unwanted bikes that they can refurbish and sell to keep this charity going.
Bring a picnic to have on the grass by the Thames or have a coffee and a snack produced by Ways and Means in the garden kiosk.
There is no parking, other than very limited disabled parking, at Caversham Court so please come by bus, bicycle or foot or park in local side roads and walk down.
They will have a creche available for all of your purchases so that you can come down later with a car and quickly load any bulky or heavy stuff.Â
NATURE DISCOVERY CENTRE
THE NATURE DISCOVERY CENTRE OFFERS A GREAT DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY
We all need nature – for clean water, food and fresh air – but nature needs us too.
Their mission is to bring about nature’s recovery by inspiring and empowering local people and partners to help bring nature back.
The Nature Discovery Centre is surrounded by a mosaic of different habitats with fantastic wildlife to see all year around, packed full of interactive wildlife and natural history displays.
There is a network of footpaths ranging from small family-friendly walks to longer paths for the more adventurous.
Surrounded by a mosaic of different habitats, there is fantastic wildlife to see all year round.
During the autumn and winter, large groups of wintering wildfowl congregate on the lake, whilst the reedbeds and surrounding woodland and hedgerows host birds like fieldfare and redwing.
In spring and summer, purpose-built rafts attract breeding common terns.
House martins, swallows and swifts are a common sight over the lake and surroundings.
In summer there are glorious displays of purple loosestrife, yellow-flag iris, reeds and sedges on the floating island, the lake shore and in the reedbeds.
All year around look out for the willow and alder around the edge of the lake, and hawthorn, blackthorn, spindle and bullace in the hedgerows.
 variety of moths and butterflies can be seen, including garden tiger, butterbur, waved black, holly blue, and gatekeeper.
There are dragonflies and damselflies including beautiful and banded demoiselles, emperor and four-spotted chaser.
A range of beetles such as bloody-nosed beetle and rhinoceros beetle have been recorded on site.
Discover autumn colours, fabulous fungi and wintering wildfowl.
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