These 2-hour sessions at Platt Fields Market Garden are FREE for Manchester’s SEND families. Activities include seed balls and bug hotels, painting plant pots and pebbles, Garden Bingo, and sowing seeds to take home.

Sessions are 1-3pm every Thursday in the holidays – 30th July and 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th August.

Booking is essential.

How to Book

The booking line is 0161 219 2125

Please ring anytime between 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.

Reminders and Notes

Siblings are welcome.

Please note that you have to be with your children during these sessions.

Booking is essential.

About Platt Fields Market Garden

Info from their website:

Platt Fields Market Garden is a community market garden and part of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) network. As a CSA member we offer a Veg Box Subscription service as well as sell produce, supply local restaurants and develop our own fruit, herb and vegetable based products.​

Everything we do revolves around food, community and wellbeing. On top of producing wonderful vegetables grown with organic techniques, we provide a space for a whole host of other activities that you can find out about below.

There are toilets and parking space near the garden.

Full Address: Platt Fields Park, Fallowfield, Manchester M14 6LT
Website: www.wearemud.org
Facebook: @plattfieldsmarketgarden

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Manchester City Council’s Local Offer and Specialist Resource teams for co-producing the summer offer for SEND with families. We’re also grateful to Platt Fields Market Garden for offering their space and expertise to make this happen.

Much thanks to the Parent Champions for the excellent ideas they shared during the discussions with partners.