Arboretum Spring Fest 2017

Plant Stall

Friends of Derby Arboretum

Egg Decorating

Community Gardening

Spin the wheel tombola

Morris Dancing - Chip off the Old

Spring Hat Making

Textile Tepees and Pompoms

We had a busy March working with ladies from 2 groups, Upbeat Refugee Group and Knit and Knatter from the Women's Centre.
The work was used to decorate the community garden at the Spring Fest.
Well done to all the groups, they looked amazing!

April sessions in the Arboretum

Come along and be creative in April

Free session in the Arboretum

Pipe Cleaner Bugs 

Tuesday 11 April 1pm - 3pm

Patterned Pencil Pots

Tuesday 18 April 1pm - 3pm 

at 

Grove Lodge, Derby Arboretum, Grove Street, Derby DE23 8EL

Free 2 hour parking on Grove Street and Leonard Close.

Free Drop In Workshops in Derby Arboretum

We have planned some exciting workshops for 2017 in the Derby Arboretum.
Have a look at our Park Workshops page to see the dates and themes.
Workshops are for all ages and are drop-ins at Grove Lodge at the Grove Street entrance to the Derby Arboretum.
Free on-street parking on Grove Street and Leonard Close for 2 hours.

Textile Tepees @ Derby University

We created textile tepees with Early Year's Students at Derby University over a few days.
The tepees are on display on the lawn at the front of the university.

Bunting @ Goldsquad

We spent a great session with the GoldsQUAD ladies at QUAD creating bunting for our Spring Fest in the Derby Arboretum.
We used different printing techniques to create a leaf and flower pattern.

Bottle top mosaic @ Flamsteed Centre

Here are some of the lovely bottle top mosaics we have been creating with the Flamsteed Dementia Group in Ilkeston.
We have used words to describe the group.