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Summer of Play: Young Gardeners

Get back to nature every Friday as part of Summer of Play with Young Gardeners, packed full of gardening, crafting and relaxing activities as well as plenty of nature-based stories for all the family to enjoy.

  • Booking not needed
  • Free event

Summer of Play is sponsored by Starling Bank and supported by Sport England.

There’s no need to book in advance and no admission to the hall necessary. Just turn up to enjoy our free weekly drop-in gardening session in the Community Kitchen Garden.

Everything happens outside in the Community Kitchen Garden, so dress appropriately for the weather and be ready to get very muddy!

Craft activities:

25th July: fork flowers 1st August: spray bottle art 8th August: egg box bird feeders 15th August: tissue paper flowers 22nd August: build your own bug hotel 29th August: bottle laterns

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This event is free. Admission to the hall is not essential and not included.

Upcoming events

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Summer of Play at Seaton Delaval Hall 

Find a whole lot of fun, theatricality, drama and mischief at Seaton Delaval Hall this summer. Like a party from the Delavals' Georgian heyday, expect the unexpected with pop up activities throughout from Saturday 19 July – Sunday 31 August.

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13 Aug to 31 Aug 2025
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10:00 to 17:00
+ 18 other dates or times
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Summer of Play: Wrongsemble presents Breadcrumbs 

This brand new take on Hansel & Gretel is a family show packed full of music, magic and puppetry from Wrongsemble celebrates how even the simplest story can become the wildest fairytale in the hands of the right storyteller!

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13 Aug 2025
at
14:00 to 14:45
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Summer of Play: Let's Circus! 

Let's Circus, are back for the summer! Enjoy drop-in circus skills, have a go sessions and mini shows from the region's leading circus agency.

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15 Aug to 29 Aug 2025
at
12:00 to 16:00
+ 2 other dates or times
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When the Lost God Speaks. LIVE performance by singer-songwriter Catch The Sparrow and Sam Baxter 

Hear folk musician Catch the Sparrow’s When the Lost God Speaks performed live with fiddler and singer, Sam Baxter.

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16 Aug 2025
at
13:00 to 13:20
+ 2 other dates or times