Crafts and
conversations
Community learning for 2016
The Green
Backyard
Contents
Please book as
spaces are limited.
All materials are
provided.
Arts & crafts
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The Art of Mosaics
Working with Clay
A Masterclass in 3D Mosaics
Painting Mini-canvases
Polymer Plants
Textures, Senses and Memory
Art for Well-being
Written Word, Spoken Word
& Performance
08The Poet’s Calendar
09 Improvisation for Beginners
10 From City Animals to Talking Hills
11 Nonsense, Unsense & No Sense
12 Introduction to Theatre
13 Page to Stage
14A Theatrical Response to The Green
Backyard - A Masterclass
15 Storytelling Around the Camp-fire
16 Storytelling for Everyone
Horticulture
JAY GEARING / PAPER RHINO
17 Willow Weaving
18 Gardening Starter Kit for May & June
19 Vegan Cookery for the Sweet Toothed
20 Viva la Vegan PIZZAS!
21Cooking Outside - Make Soup From
and in the Great Outdoors
22 Garden Design for Beginners
23Foraging, Frying and Feeding - Find
What is Wild to Eat
Arts and crafts
This strand of our community learning is for participants who like to make, paint and
try new arts and craft techniques, whilst being inspired by The Green Backyard’s
natural & haven-like space. You can be at any level for these workshops and there
will be a cup of tea for sure. Please read our notes for more information too.
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WHEN 11th May - 8th June, every
Wednesday from 11:30am-2:30pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
WHEN Thursday 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th May
& 2nd June from 11am-4pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
Working with Muni of Muni’s Mosaics,
this set of five workshops will encourage
you to be creative with mosaics by
starting off with a small project, then
teaching you how to design slabs, tiles
from the very beginning to grouting your
final products at the end. If you would
like to try mosaics with an expert, in a
beautiful setting and be taken through
everything you need to make mosaics
then this is the course for you.
Clark Watling is a pottery tutor who has
been described by his learners as being
“able to bring out the best in everyone”
As part of an already welcoming class,
any participants will get to try many
pottery techniques and create ceramics
they never thought possible. Plenty of air
drying clay to play with, plenty of tea and
plenty of relaxing.
The Art of Mosaics
Our advice is book yourself onto all of them
for a more comprehensive experience.
Working with Clay
Our advice is book yourself onto all of them for
a more comprehensive experience.
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WHEN Saturday 9th July from 10am-6pm
PRICE £15 each
INFO Please book a space by emailing
[email protected]
WHEN Thursday 12th May & Wednesday
18th June from 1pm-4pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
A Masterclass in 3D Mosaics
This is a workshop for those who love
mosaics and want to make something
much bigger and more 3D! You will
design, from a motif of your choice, your
very own terracotta plant-pot that you
will then mosaic. You will be in the
expert hands of Muni from Muni’s
Mosaics and get real hands-on
experience and learn new techniques.
Just imagine showing your loved one
that plant-pot.
Painting Mini-canvases
Tony Nero is a still-life and portrait
painter working in oils, who is famed for
his fine detail and intricate small
canvases. With Tony guiding you on how
to scale down and scale up your work, he
will also give you some extra painting
techniques and tips, so you too will
produce beautiful pictures. Using The
Green Backyard as your inspiration, who
knows where it might lead.
This workshop is so good that we are
repeating it twice so that as many people can
take part as possible.
For all enquiries please call 07732 823542
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Textures, Senses
and Memory
WHEN 26th of May, 2nd and 9th of June
(Thursdays) from 11:30am-2:30pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
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Polymer Plants
WHEN Thursday 19th May from 1pm-4pm
& Saturday 11th June from 11:30am2:30pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
Using white polymer clay, you’ll invent
and create miniature plants inspired by
ones growing in The Green Backyard.
Working with ceramic artist Kathryn
Parsons, you will learn simple handmodelling techniques and make your
own, unique plant sculptures.
This workshop is so good that we are repeating it
twice so that as many people can take part as
possible.
For all enquiries please call 07732 823542
Artist, crafter and creative
practitioner, Vikki Harold will be
leading this set of unique workshops
where you will produce something
stunning using paint and textile
techniques that will explore your
personal approach to making and be a
lovely memory.
Week 1 - Textile Wall Art, 26th May
With an abundance of fabric, fibres
and textiles at your disposal, you can
bind, stick and sew these together,
finally embellishing to create a unique
wall hanging. The hours spent within
the cosy group might challenge ideas
of what artwork is to you and what
you enjoy from art. This positive space
encourages trial and error and a
playful approach to create something
that’s one of a kind and representative
of you.
Week 2 - Textured Sensory
Painting, 2nd June
You will explore paint, colour and
texture within this workshop, utilising
the natural materials of The Green
Backyard. You will experiment with
paint mixtures and alternative
methods of application. Be prepared
to get covered in paint and relax
whilst exploring different processes.
Week 3 - Memory Books, 9th June
Over the session you’ll be exploring
memories, emotions, and tools for
happiness. From time to time we all need
reminding of the good times in our lives.
This workshop will provide materials and
the base to create a ‘’Memory Book’’ this can be used to store and collect
objects, mementos and recollections
from positive points in your life, providing
something solid to turn to when things
might not feel so good. Expect colour,
paint, laughter and artwork, just for you.
The collective aim of these courses will be to
explore different textures and methods of
application to achieve a piece or series of pieces
that represent you - the participants. There is no
‘’beginner’’ or ‘’accomplished’’ artists levels for
these workshops, the artwork created will be
purely personal and self exploratory. With a
relaxed approach, each member can go at their
own pace to begin a project or just explore
techniques, finishing work at a later stage. If you
work with a group who have learning difficulties
then these are the workshops for you and that
group. The three workshops can be attended
singularly but all three would feed in to each
other nicely.
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Art for Well-being
WHEN 5th May, 12th May, 19th May from
11:30am-2:30pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
These sessions are led by art therapist,
Alison Hawtin. If you struggle to get out
and be with others, and maybe are
lacking in confidence to join arts groups
or events, do come along to this low
pressure 3 session project where a
skilled community artist will help and
encourage you to safely get involved,
meet others and make something of
your choice. The theme is around
reducing stress and increasing wellbeing, through mandalas, but you are
welcome to bring your own ideas too.
These workshops are suitable for persons who
might feel socially excluded due to mental
health or any other reason & if you represent a
person or a group that this workshop would be
suitable for then please email: education@
thegreenbackyard.com
Written Word, Spoken
Word & Performance
This strand of our community learning is for those participants who like to write
a little, read a little and perform a little. This is about you being able to tell your
story whether that is through improvisation, storytelling around a fire, writing a
poem or exploring theatre. You can be at any level for these workshops and there
will be a cup of tea for sure. Please read our notes for more information too.
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WHEN Wednesday 4th May from 1pm-4pm,
Saturday 21st May from 1pm-4pm,
Saturday 11th June from 1pm-4pm &
Wednesday 29th June from 11am-2pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
WHEN Saturday 7th May & 4th June
from 1pm-4pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
The Poet’s Calendar
Would you like to learn more about how to
write or fine tune your poetry, and then see
it displayed in the calmness of the GBY?
This is the start of a set of seasonal
poetry workshops that will ask the
participants to respond to the GBY in the
Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.
With former poet laureate for
Peterborough Keely Mills the group will
be taken through some exciting and
inspiring writing exercises that will help
to bring out your best words. Keely will
provide editing support too so that
the work created can then be
displayed around the GBY for the
forthcoming months on a new
poetry trail.
The four workshops can be
attended singularly but all
four would feed in to each
other nicely.
Improvisation for Beginners
The aim of these workshops is to share
the techniques that theatrical
improvisers have developed for creating
spontaneous and satisfying stories with
absolutely no prior preparation.
Improvisers are able to walk on stage
and instantly establish characters,
dialogue, relationships and plot, to
create engaging scenes and stories.
This workshop will share some of
the improvisation games that
improvisers play in order to practice
their storytelling skills. On top of all of
that, be prepared to laugh and have
lots of fun!
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From City Animals
to Talking Hills
WHEN Wednesday 18th May and 8th June
from 1pm-4pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
Explore the relationship between
identity and habitat with Peterborough
Poet Laureate 2016, Charley Genever.
Sharing examples from some of her
favourite writers, Charley will guide you
through a series of playful and exciting
exercises to unlock your creative
landscape, surrounded by inspiration in
the calm of the GBY. Treat this
workshop like a mini writing retreat!
This is an exciting opportunity to learn
new skills, techniques and methods for
generating material, gain confidence
with your writing, and receive feedback
in a safe environment. This workshop is
appropriate for writers of all levels,
from beginner upwards.
This workshop is so good we are repeating it
twice. This is also a great workshop for those
who want to learn more skills to deal with
having to make that presentation or performing.
For all enquiries please call 07732 823542
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Nonsense, Unsense & No Sense
WHEN Saturday 4th June and 18th June
from 1pm-4pm. PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
Experimental poetry workshop with
Peterborough Poet Laureate, Charley
Genever. Poems don’t always have to
make sense. They don’t even have to be
written with words. Experiment with new
and unconventional ways of writing
poems with Peterborough Poet Laureate
2016, Charley Genever. Sharing examples
from some of her favourite writers,
Charley will guide you through a series of
playful and engaging exercises to unlock
your inner poetic scientist, surrounded by
inspiration in the calm of the GBY. Treat
this workshop like a mini writing retreat!
These workshops are an exciting opportunity to
learn new skills, techniques and methods for
generating material, gain confidence with your
writing, and receive feedback in a safe
environment. This workshop is appropriate for
writers of all levels, from beginner upwards.
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Page to Stage
WHEN 30th June, 7th July & 14th July
(Thursdays) from 5pm-8pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by emailing
[email protected]
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Introduction to Theatre
WHEN Wednesday 4th May, 11th May &
18th May from 5pm-8pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
Working with theatre director Poppy
Rowley (Eastern Angles Theatre Co,
New Vic Theatre & Sheffield Theatre)
this course will introduce theatre in a
way that is practical, informative and
allows you to use theatre to tell your
own story. If your a budding writer,
playwright, director or actor then
these workshops are for you.
Week 2 - 11th May
Theatre Guru’s- Look at how key
historic theatre directors and
practitioners have influenced the way
performance is created and their
personal dramatic styles: including
Mitchell, Lecoq, Meyerhold, Meisner
and Stanislavski.
Week 3 - 18th May
The voice and body on stage- a brief
exploration of how to use the voice
and the body; techniques and warm
up’s useful for any performer, public
speaker or those who perhaps aren’t
confident speaking in groups.
These workshops are great for confidence
building, The three workshops can be attended
singularly but all three would feed in to each
other nicely.
Working with theatre director Poppy
Rowley (Eastern Angles Theatre Co, New
Vic Theatre & Sheffield Theatre) Over
three workshops in a relaxed and friendly
environment we’ll take you from page to
stage. The sessions will cover: finding the
rhythm and texture of your piece;
exploring the story and images; engaging
an audience; dealing with stress and
anxiety before performance.
Bring a poem, prose or monologue you
want to take to performance level. It can
be self-written or from your favourite
script/book/poem. It can be for a specific
event or just to learn techniques.
(Pieces should be approximately 2-5
minutes long. Please email education@
thegreenbackyard.com in advance if you
would like one to be provided for you.)
These workshops are great for confidence
building, The three workshops can be attended
singularly but all three would feed in to each
other nicely.
Week 1 - 4th May
Learn the techniques of how to
explore a script. Looking at a text
through the lens of an actor, it will
explore how to view the script
emotionally, uncovering the desires,
objectives, motives and
circumstances.
For all enquiries please call 07732 823542
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A Theatrical Response to The
Green Backyard - A Masterclass
WHEN Saturday 2nd July from 11am-4pm
PRICE £10
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
Taking the space as a whole and
individuals and objects within The Green
Backyard as inspiration, each member
will aim to create a theatrical response by
the end of the day.
Teaching techniques in how to develop
work and inspire self-creativity, this
masterclass is aimed to encourage
proactivity in the initial stages of
theatrical development.
Members will have the choice of creating
something in written form, a visual
performance, a design idea for a
performance space or another theatrical
form of their choice.
Passion for theatrical forms and enthusiasm to
get stuck in is a requisite. Attendance at the Intro
to Theatre courses (4th, 11th and 18th May) is
preferable but not essential.
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Storytelling for Everyone
WHEN Wednesday 22nd of June, 29th June
from 6-8pm & 6th July from 5-8pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
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Storytelling Around
the Camp-fire
WHEN Saturday 4th June & 9th July from
5pm- 8:30pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
These workshops are a chance for you to
share some of your stories with a lovely
audience, around a toasty campfire with
warm tea and lots of encouragement
from the campfire leader, Terena
Worlidge. Terena has travelled along the
byways of the countryside and has
practised the art of campfire storytelling,
which is both magical and ancient. At the
beginning of the workshops you will
practise your own story then the rest of
the workshop/evening will be the sharing
of tales as the sun goes down in the most
wonderful open air of The Green
Backyard.
This workshop is so good we are repeating it
twice and please be aware that this is an event
for over 16’s
Tom Fox, a theatre director & creative
practitioner has an ability to help people
to tell their stories and to enhance their
confidence using informal & inspiring
techniques. He will take you through a
range of themes so that you will be able
to present any idea, tell a beautiful yarn
and share your stories with others.
Week1 -Fictional Stories
22nd June from 6-8pm
In this session you will explore how to
make imaginative stories with a narrative
and structure.
Week2 - Stories about You
29th June from 6-8pm
In this session you will explore how
storytelling can be a way of expressing
your own life, history and memories.
Week3- Stories in Performance
6th July, from 5-8pm
In this session you will take the skills
from the other session(s) and put it into a
public performance. Performance open
to family and friends starting at 7pm.
These workshops are great for confidence
building, The three workshops can be attended
singularly but all three would feed in to each
other nicely.
For all enquiries please call 07732 823542
Horticulture
This strand of our community
learning is for participants who
love all things that are outdoors,
involve gardening, are scrummy
and green. Not only will you be
inspired by The Green Backyard,
you will get to plant, design, cook
and forage there too!
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Willow Weaving
WHEN Sunday 8th,15th May, 5th June and
3rd July from 11am-2pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
Continue to learn the basics of willow
weaving & how to work with one of
nature’s best products to make
something beautiful and practical for
your garden. Co-founder & willow
sculptor, Renny Antonelli will take you
through these relaxed and practical
workshop in the peaceful surroundings
of The Green Backyard.
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Gardening Starter
Kit for May & June
WHEN Saturday 14th May & 4th June from
11am-2pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
Want to start off your dream garden but
unsure where to begin? Then take part
in this workshop which is co-ordinated
by Renny Antonelli the co-founder of the
GBY, and also a gardener with over 30
years of experience. Renny will guide
you through what needs to be
happening in your garden in May and
June. You will even get to test some of
your gardening skills on the GBY
allotment, and take away a basic kit to
get your own garden at home started.
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Vegan Cookery for the
Sweet Toothed
WHEN 14th May & 4th June, 11am-2pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
With Rose Croft, the founder of
Peterborough Vegan & Vegetarian
society, make sweet dairy free and
sometimes gluten free treats that are
both healthy and yummy. Rose will also
be creating these recipes on the GBY’s
very own Pizza Oven and Rocket Stove.
Learn to cook and then eat your goodies
in the calm of the GBY.
This workshop is so good we are repeating it so
more people can attend.
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Viva la Vegan PIZZAS!
WHEN 21st May & 25th June from
11:30am-2:30pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
With Rose Croft the founder of
Peterborough Vegan & Vegetarian
society, make delicious calzone &
pizzas from scratch. It’s all dairy free
and will dispense with the myth that you
need cheese to have a good pizza. You
will be cooking the pizzas and using
produce from The Green Backyard as
toppings. Rose will also be creating
these recipes with you on the GBY’s
very own Pizza Oven and Rocket Stove.
Learn to cook and then eat your goodies
in the calm of the GBY.
This workshop is so good we are repeating it so
more people can attend.
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Cooking Outside - Make Soup
From and in the Great Outdoors
WHEN Wednesday 11th May & 15th June
from 11am-2pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
There is nothing better than homecooked food & its even better if its made
from fresh produce straight out of the
ground, and cooked and eaten in the
tranquillity of The Green Backyard. Taste
Spring or Summer on a plate with Renny
Antonelli who will take you through what
to harvest at this time of year and how to
use it to make a tasty dish that you will
be then cook on a Rocket Stove outside,
and you get to eat it too!
This workshop is so good we are repeating it so
more people can attend.
For all enquiries please call 07732 823542
The Green Backyard
Our Organisation The Green Backyard is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
based in a two acre urban green space in central Peterborough. The Charity has a
plans to acquire the land and to develop it in a sustainable way.
What is The Green Backyard?
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Garden Design for Beginners
WHEN Sunday 15th May from 10am-4pm
PRICE £10
INFO Please book a space by emailing
[email protected]
This workshop is led by award winning
garden designer, Jeni Cairns. Jeni won
gold for her garden design at Hampton
Court Flower Show in 2014 and her
garden was Monty Don’s favourite! Jeni is
getting ready to take her next garden
design to Hampton Court this year, so we
are very lucky to have her! Throughout
the workshop you will learn how to plan
your design from measuring a space and
how to put it on paper to scale to testing
the soil and maximising the situation of
the plot. You will then go on to use the
basics of good garden design to plan your
layout and styles. Finally you will identify
what is best to planting to suit a garden
aspect , style and soil type.
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Foraging,Frying and Feeding Find What is Wild to Eat.
WHEN Wednesday 1st June and 6th July
from 11am-2pm
PRICE FREE
INFO Please book a space by going to
www.greeniversity.org.uk/peterborough
Ever wondered if that weed could actually
make something good to eat. Renny
Antonelli will lead a workshop where you
will forage not only for produce you
recognise but also for food you don’t!
Renny will also help you to identify plants
that are good to eat and then you will cook
these with the rest of the group. This is a
great workshop for people who like food
for free and enjoy trying new tastes.
This workshop is so good we are repeating it so
more people can attend.
The Green Backyard (GBY) is a fertile
space for Peterborough to pull together in
the journey towards a fairer and more
sustainable society. We are a community
growing space, a charity and a place of
huge potential for the city of Peterborough.
Established by local people as a way to get
people healthier and happier, the GBY
occupies a position unique both
geographically, and in the hearts and
minds of Peterborough residents.
Founded in 2009 as a community
garden, the project’s remit has grown
rapidly to encompass art, culture,
education and health. Volunteers from
across the city work to provide a
space that is therapeutic, stimulating and
inspiring, and that delivers engaging
community events, workshops and
innovative projects.
Why?
We believe that building a closer
relationship between people and the
environment around us is essential to
inspiring and creating the positive
change we need in society.
How do we work?
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for ourselves
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communities
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We grow together
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row, make and sell local produce
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Where are our roots and shoots?
We are a grassroots organisation,
developed over 7 years of volunteer work by
thousands of local people on underused
land in central Peterborough that has a long
history of community use dating back to the
13th Century. We are now a Charitable
Incorporated Organisation, governed by a
board of 11 trustees and supported by local
people across the city.
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Arts & crafts
Written Word, Spoken Word and
Performance
Horticulture
01 The Art of Mosaics
08The Poet’s Calendar
14A Theatrical Response
17 Willow Weaving
02 Working with Clay
09 Improvisation for Beginners
03 A Masterclass in 3D Mosaics
10From City Animals
04 Painting Mini-canvasses
to Talking Hills
05 Polymer Plants
11 Nonsense, Unsense & No Sense
06 Textures, Senses and Memory
12 Introduction to Theatre
07 Art for Well-being
13 Page to Stage
to The Green Backyard
18 Gardening Starter Kit for May & June
- A Masterclass
19 Vegan Cookery for the Sweet Toothed
15Storytelling Around
the Camp-fire
16Storytelling for
Everyone
20 Viva la Vegan PIZZAS!
21Cooking Outside - Make Soup From and in the
Great Outdoors
22 Garden Design for Beginners
23Foraging,Frying and Feeding - Find What is
Wild to Eat.
The Green Backyard
Oundle Road, Peterborough,
Cambridgeshire PE2 8AT
T: 07523 939424
For more information on these and all other courses
at The Green Backyard, please email
[email protected]
www.thegreenbackyard.com