Creative Climate Club

Creative Climate Club is a free, monthly meeting for people who care about nature and are interested in creatively responding to the world around us, our local environment, and wider climate issues. 

The monthly meetings will involve creative activities which can help us care for the environment, such as:

• Creative opportunities with artists such as painting, collage, sketch-booking and photography
• Opportunities to learn with local community experts such as bee foraging walks, pond ecology and talks about the Rive Tyne and its health
• The chance to make a connection with local nature, wildlife and planting of urban spaces, such as a ‘garden crawl’ to local community gardens

Saturday 28th September 2024: Garden Crawl

Join us on a walking tour from Baltic to three local community gardens in Newcastle. We'll meet at Baltic (please arrive between 1:45 and 2pm), setting off at 2pm to Shieldfield Art Works to see their beautiful Shieldfield Grows garden. Next we'll have a short walk to Ouseburn to visit hidden gem Wild Roots Community Garden. Finally we'll walk to the Newcastle Quayside to see Live Theatre's brand new courtyard garden, before returning to Baltic by 4pm for a free cuppa or squash in our Front Room.At each site a member of staff or volunteer will talk to us about their garden and how you can get involved, with time to wander around the garden too. Nature bingo cards will keep us entertained on the walks between sites. The longest sections of walking at a time will be 20 minutes; the route is step-free however please be aware there will be both uphill and downhill sections due to the geography of the area. In total there will be 45 - 55 minutes of walking between sites, this will be broken up with 20 minutes at each garden. There will be a first aider on the tour at all times.Meet at Baltic's 'Hello' desk on the ground floor for 1:45pm, ready to set off at 2pm. Toilets are available next to the meeting point.

Saturday 26th October 2024: Plant Medicine with Dilston Physic Garden

Learn about the science behind plant medicine with Nic from Dilston Physic Garden. Nic will be joining us at Baltic to talk about the garden's 2-acre oasis of natural habitat, featuring 700 European medicinal species, and the scientific evidence that the physic garden is rooted in. This session will take place in our Front Room space where you can always help yourself to free hot drinks or squash - for Creative Climate Club we will also have samples of Dilston Physic Garden teas for you to try.