SPRING UP

Join us on Windsor Street for 3 days of community action, knowledge sharing & tending hope this spring.

WEDNESDAY 29TH 11AM-1PM – SQUASH PLANTING & SOUP

At the Grapes Community Garden. DROP-IN / FREE / BY DONATION

Come together to celebrate all things Squash! Each year we plant squashes and celebrate all we’re growing on Windsor Street. Join us for:

  • planting many varieties of squash seeds for the community garden and to take home
  • live music with Willy on the squeezebox
  • chats around the fire
  • tasty squash soup
  • fresh-picked herb tea

THURSDAY 30TH 6-9PM – PEOPLE’S EMERGENCY BRIEFING FILM SCREENING

At Squash. BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Join Squash, Mersey Wilders & Friends of Princes Park for a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing; an eye-opening film about climate and nature, and what it means for everyday life in the UK, bringing together nine leading UK scientists and experts with the latest evidence. Full information and booking here

FRIDAY 1ST MAY 6-8PM – BELTANE / MAY DAY DANCING & PLANTING

On Windsor Street, outside Squash. DROP-IN / FREE / BY DONATION

Our annual celebration of May Day / Beltane / Bealtaine* means dancing on the street and planting seeds…as well as eating, chatting and gathering around the fire to mark the start of summer!

Beltane / Bealtaine* is the Gaelic/Irish crossfire festival next point of the 8-Fold year, sitting half-way between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice, marking the beginning of summer. At Squash, we celebrate this a potent time, when the spring sap is rising, by mixing up more traditional and contemporary folk elements & customs including Maypole dancing, stick dancing, folk music, altar making & nature crafting.

  • street Maypole dancing with Kaloco band & Jackie
  • stick dancing with Maxine
  • gather around the Beltane fires
  • plant a seed
  • make a crosh cuirn; a Manx protective charm
  • add your hopes to the altar
  • delicious spring menu available in the cafe

Access info: The Squash building is fully accessible including level threshold entrance (shop/cafe) and ramp access to the garden. There is an accessible toilet. The Grapes Community Garden is a short walk from Squash, approx. 150 meters along Windsor Street. There is some uneven ground in the garden.