GAIA Women's Tea Making Project
SOLA ARTS
Working with women from the Syrian and wider refugee community in Liverpool to utilise a green under-used space to develop a herbal tea making project incorporating wildflowers.
Visitor Information
Room 19
Toxteth Town Hall
15 High Park Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L8 8DX
We are open Mondays - Fridays normally 9am-7pm with different public access times according to our projects. For more information please contact us via email or phone :-)
Get involved
Volunteering opportunities / Upcoming events
We welcome volunteers in a range of key areas to support our programmes, and who can commit for a minimum of 6 months. Feel free to make contact for more information.
Get in touch
Contact information
There are several ways to contact us;
email: [email protected] or [email protected]
phone: 0151 726 8440 / 07832232849
Photos of the site
Experimenting with tea mixes
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Making 'Sunrprints'
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Role-play for Afternoon Tea Party
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Conversations about ethical teas
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Making salt dough
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Preparing salt dough
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Wildflower bomb mould making
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Wildflower bomb mould making
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Today's experiences 1
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Today's experiences 2
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Today's experiences 3
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Today's experiences 4
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Language in practice
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Making wildflower seedbombs
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Finished Seedbomb Moulds
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Finished Seedbomb Moulds
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Wildflower Seedbombs
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Seedbomb mould making
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Seedbomb mould making
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Seedbomb mould making
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Making wildflower seedbombs
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Making wildflower seedbombs
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Exploring the garden
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
A bit of colour for a sunny day:)
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Inspired by the outdoors :)
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Post party counting up tea votes
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
OMG everyone loved the tea mixes!
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Afternoon Herbal Tea Party 1
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Mad Hatter Hat Making
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Photo!
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Afternoon Herbal Tea Party 2
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Wildflower seed bomb making 1
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Wildflower seed bomb making 2
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Putting our moulds to use today:)
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Wildflower seed bomb making
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Wildflower seed bomb making 4
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Fun in the sun!
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
As mad as a hatter! :-D
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Proud Herbal Tea makers :-)))
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Weather and growing outdoors
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
words around making teas
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
We worked hard today 1!
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
We worked hard today 2!
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Grow Wild grant holder meet up 1
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Grow Wild grant holder meet up 2
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Grow Wild grant holder meet up 3
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Learn more about wildflowers!
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Grow Wild grant holder meet up 4
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Herbal tea blend brewing
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Preparing ingredients
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Herbal tea preparation
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Exploring the garden
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Exploring the garden
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Meeting a ladybird
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Exploring the garden
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Wildflower seedbombing!
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Wildflower hunt 1
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Wildflower hunt 2
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Wildflower hunt 3
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Painting woodland windchimes
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
The women sharing their teas 1
Friday, May 31, 2019
Some tea samples!
Friday, May 31, 2019
More tea samples!
Friday, May 31, 2019
The women sharing their teas 2
Friday, May 31, 2019
Exciting opportunties await!...
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Grammar lessons!
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Serious concentration :-)
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Emma teaching us all language
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Planning another tea stall...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Garden centre visit 1
Monday, July 1, 2019
Garden centre visit 4
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Flowers for the bees and bugs
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Garden centre visit 3
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Paper plant pot making 1
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Paper plant pot making 2
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Roya sunning up the garden :-)
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Seeding
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
& language for planting 1
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
& language for planting 2
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Our neighbour's strawberries yum!
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
All together now
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Another selfie :-D
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Caterpillars galore!
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Leave something for us!
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Equiopment planning...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Cornflowers in bloom
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Painting tiles for our planters
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Painting tiles for our planters
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Checking our seedlings
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Wildflower seedbombs!
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Seedbombs!
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Seedbombs!
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Seedbombs at Granby Market
Saturday, August 3, 2019
Seedbombs in Princes Park
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Seedbombs at Princes Park
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Tile painting
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Tiles for the garden
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Tiles for the garden
Wednesday, August 14, 2019What we've been up to
| What we did | When we did it | How many people took part | Who was there |
|---|---|---|---|
| We painted sticks for woodland windchimes, we also went on a wildflower hunt and threw some wildflower seedbombs. | 29/05/2019 - 12:00 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| It was a rainy day so we painted tiles with pictures of bugs and veg to go in the garden | 14/08/2019 - 12:00 | 7 | Mixed ages |
| Making wildflower seedbombs at Princes Park Play Day, we used salt dough moulds the gardening group had made to make different shapes. | 07/08/2019 - 14:45 | 29 | Mixed ages |
| Making wildflower seedbombs with visitors to Granby Market & talking about wildflowers. | 03/08/2019 - 17:00 | 32 | Mixed ages |
| Painting tiles and pots for the garden. We also watered our seedlings and plants and looked for wildflowers. | 31/07/2019 - 12:00 | 5 | Mixed ages |
| Painting tiles and pots for the garden. We also watered our seedlings and plants and looked for wildflowers. | 31/08/2019 - 12:00 | 5 | Mixed ages |
| We thought about what5 basic equipment we need now that things are growing and we need to get planting our growing design in the garden. | 24/07/2019 - 12:00 | 2 | Mixed ages |
| Only Adele today- looking at the mass of caterpillars that are munching away at wild flowers! | 17/07/2019 - 12:45 | 1 | Mixed ages |
| 1st session planting and making paper pots | 10/07/2019 - 12:15 | 7 | Mixed ages |
| 1st visit to a local garden centre to buy a few flowers, herbs and wildflower seeds to start our garden off! | 01/07/2019 - 12:15 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| Chita chat and drawing plans for the garden | 26/06/2019 - 12:15 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| Learning a whole heap of grammar around the tea making enterprise! | 19/06/2019 - 12:15 | 9 | Mixed ages |
| Decisions, decsions, decisions...what to do over the coming months to get into the garden more and share more tea recipes | 12/06/2019 - 12:15 | 4 | Mixed ages |
| Reflecting on our 2nd public tea sharing event and how to make use of even more wildflowers in our receipes! | 05/06/2019 - 12:15 | 8 | Mixed ages |
| We had a flora based creative family play day with the children and painted twigs ready for keeping the plants safe :-) | 29/05/2019 - 12:15 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| We explored chamomile, marigolds and berries that grow in the wild | 15/05/2019 - 12:15 | 6 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Adelex met Ben from Grow Wild & other grant holders and had some great conversations and learning around local flora and fungi :-D | 09/05/2019 - 11:00 | 11 | Mixed ages |
| We thought about the language around sharing the teas and getting donations for the garden through this | 05/08/2019 - 12:00 | 8 | Mixed ages |
| We explored language around different weather we experience in the garden and how it helps the growing | 05/01/2019 - 12:15 | 8 | Mixed ages |
| We shared our tea samples at the Culture Liverpool Yolart event and had great conversations about growing and tea making :-) | 31/05/2019 - 17:00 | 40 | Mixed ages |
| We met with Liverpool Yoga Centre and Culture Liverpool tto spread the word about our teas and explore more opportunities for the future! | 13/05/2019 - 12:15 | 6 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| We learnt more language about growing and making teas. We thought more about what things we can grow in the garden for this | 28/04/2019 - 12:15 | 7 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Tested our teas and tried cutting the ingredients smaller. Then we explored our area in the garden and discussed future plans. | 22/05/2019 - 12:15 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| We planned out where we want to build our raised beds and had a meeting about the next stages of the project. | 23/04/2019 - 12:00 | 4 | Mixed ages |
| Today we had the Afternoon Herbal Tea Party and we had a great time! Sharing, making, exploring and enjoying together :-) Great team work :) | 17/04/2019 - 11:00 | 58 | Mixed ages |
| We made more wildflower seed bomb moulds and then tested them with the seed bomb mixture using compost, clay wildflower seeds and water. | 10/04/2019 - 20:45 | 12 | Mixed ages |
| We started to refine our herbal tea recipes, which herbs we can grow in the garden for this and key language for the 17th April event. | 03/04/2019 - 12:15 | 9 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| We had lots of fun making salt dough moulds for wildflower bombs, we based them on the shapes of leaves and flowers. | 02/04/2019 - 12:00 | 6 | Mixed ages |
| Working out the spices we can grow and the ones we can introduce to our teas. Thinking about language for flowers & herb conversation! | 27/03/2019 - 12:15 | 7 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Thinking about ethics around working with nature and making herbal teas. | 20/03/2019 - 12:00 | 4 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| Tea making experimenting is fun- exploring tea mixes and finding flowers and herbs to grow in the coming months. | 13/03/2019 - 12:00 | 4 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| 1st session: Tea making language development session- having fun exploring language for the teas we will be growing and drinking! | 06/03/2019 - 12:00 | 6 | Mostly adults 25+ |
| We made a list of plants and flowers we want to grow, then explored outside and made 'Sunprints' using leaves and flowers on special paper. | 26/03/2019 - 12:00 | 9 | Mixed ages |