Phoenix Garden Events
Back to Nature
Free weekly sessions for those aged over 55 years, Tuesday 12:30-14:30 (timings subject to occasional change)
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27 January
Trip to V&A East Storehouse. V&A East Storehouse is a working museum store that’s open to the public to explore. The Visitor Experience team will be there to welcome you and to answer any questions you have during your visit.
Please note, as this is a working storehouse, bags and coats are not allowed in the main hall. Please wear warm jumpers etc beneath your coat which will go into lockers provided along with bags.
Either meet at the entrance on Parkes Street, Stratford E20 3AX, located inside the Here East building entrance on Google maps or meet at The Phoenix Garden at 12:00 and travel on the Elizabeth Line at 12:30 with Niki.
3 February
Herbal immunity support. We will be exploring simple herbal preparations that can help support your immune system during cold season. We’ll look at two recipes: a sweet, traditional elderberry syrup and a daily-use immune-support tea. Both are easy to make, budget-friendly, and based on well-known herbs.
10 February
Create paper mâché bowls. We’ll use a balloon or another bowl as a mould and build up layers of newspaper to form a bowl. Please bring old newspaper if you have any. We will store these for a couple of weeks and decorate them when they’re dry.
17 Feb
Celebrating Chinese New Year & Shrove Tuesday. We’ll combine these two cultural celebrations by making and sharing Chinese style chicken pancakes. We’ll make a slightly easier and cheaper version including a vegetarian alternative.
We will end the session with a round of Chinese New Year bingo.
24 February
Decorate paper mâché bowls. Now that our bowls are dry, we’ll remove them from the mould and decorate using a variety of paints, tissue paper and foil paper.
