in the garden Nurturing Nature
Family friendly events for children
The New Inn, Norton Lindsey organise a series of family friendly nature events in the garden for pre-school and primary aged children
Please keep your eye on our events page for details of dates and times for these events
spring Activity Sheet
For Spring, we have created a Word Search & Colouring Sheet that is available in the pub, complete with crayons, or if you prefer, you can download it from HERE to use at home.
the New Inn Bug Hotel
Nurturing Nature would like to provide hidey-holes for creatures galore. Building a bug hotel (also known as a wildlife hotel or stack) in the Enchanted Garden will provide a safe hideaway for wildlife and help make use of your garden waste. A well-built hotel can shelter anything from hedgehogs to toads, solitary bees to bumblebees, and ladybirds to woodlice
To provide materials for this, if you have any of the following please could you email pippa@brookfamily.net
Old wooden pallets
Strips of wood
Straw
Moss
Dry leaves
Woodchips
Old terracotta pots
Bricks, preferably those with holes through them
Old roofing tiles
Old logs
Bark
Pinecones
Hollow bamboo canes
Planks of wood
Dead hollow stems cut from shrubs and herbaceous plants.
in May Grow your own sunflower
in May Sunflower Planting
On 19th May, join us in the Enchanted Garden to plant your sunflower seed: while you are there enjoy Kate’s Storytree and explore the residents of the bug hotels. Take your sunflower home and nurture it, returning to the garden with it in June to plant it in the garden. Judging will take place in September. It’s only £2 per child to join in the fun.
in August Bedtime Stories
in August Stories Under the Stars
Kate’s Storytree will be setting up under the trees in the garden with blankets and cushions to read you bedtime stories while you gaze at the stars. Come dressed for bed, all teddy bears welcome. We’ll also be offering hot chocolate and homemade biscuits. Keep an eye on the Events Page to see the details & dates for this event.
in October Halloween
in October Halloween in the Garden
Keep an eye on the Events Page to see the details & dates for this event.
in December Christmas Decorations
in December Christmas Decorations
During the build-up to Christmas, it is difficult to find activities to engage little ones in the open air, join us in the garden to make decorations to adorn the pub’s outdoor tree. Using natural materials you can design your own. We will also be serving hot chocolate and homemade biscuits. We have decided that the event that we had planned now clashes with the Christmas Fair and so we won’t be running this in 2023. We will be back again in 2024.
Nurturing Nature at the New Inn is a not-for-profit group, all monies raised from events will be used for future events and to maintain the children’s garden.