Great Outdoors Project Activities

Sowing Wildflowers in Knowsley
Great Outdoors is sowing wildflower seed into 15 parks and greenspaces in Knowsley, Merseyside. This is the third year of this project, which won the UK Public Health Association Michael Varnam Award for Health, Humanity and Environment in 2009. Awards

We worked with Knowsley MBC's Playbus and Play Pathfinder teams to involve young people in wildflower sowing events in parks. These teams have been developing more challenging play areas for Knowsley young people and running outreach activities based in parks after school to engage them. We aim to develop this partnership through a Creative Play workshop event at the National Wildflower Centre in mid June 2010, bringing the former Play Officer from Cornwall's award winning Eden Project to share good practice.

The Knowsley wildflower areas for 2010 are:

Kirkby
Old Rough (Quarry Green), Northwood
Wignell Park, Southdene
Webster Park
Valley Road

Halewood
On the Torringdon Drive Estate:
Doorstep Green (the Backie or Dista)
New Hutte

Wood Road Play Pathfinder area
Court Farm

Huyton
Jubilee Park
St John's Millennium Green
King George V entrance/road verge
Foxshaw Close Play Area

Cronton
Hall Lane Play Area

Whiston
Whiston Gateway

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National Wildflower Centre Events
Great Outdoors is also supporting creative nature and gardening events at the National Wildflower Centre, to encourage more people to see their local environment as a resource for health and wellbeing. From paper making to nature walks and outdoor picnics, hanging basket workshops and storytelling, nature provides that Natural Chill! Download the events programme and visit www.nwc.org.uk for more information.

Knowsley Green Fayre Sunday 6th June 2010
Great Outdoors is supporting Knowsley Green Fayre again at the National Wildflower Centre with our Health and Wellbeing marquee. We are also funding a free bus service from Kirkby Town Centre to bring more people from across the borough to the event. Great Outdoors is working alongside Landlife's new Get Growing project at the Green Fayre to encourage more local people to get involved in food growing and cooking.

Project Activities Archive 2009

Project Activities Archive 2008