The Didcot Garden Party is returning throughout the summer holidays to bring exciting events and sports activities to Cornerstone Arts Centre and local parks in the town.
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are bringing lots of free activities for families and young people from 23 July up until 31 August. The fun begins at 11am on Saturday 23 July at Cornerstone with a storytelling puppet show, and afterward a food discovery paint workshop will be available for everyone to make colourful prints using fruit, vegetables and other food as templates.
All the events at Cornerstone will be taking place outside in the centre’s decorated courtyard during the six-week period. The whole space is being transformed into a welcoming garden for everyone to use and enjoy. Cornerstone’s café bar, Nourish, will be open Monday to Saturday throughout the summer for visitors to treat themselves to refreshments, lunches or just a coffee and cake.
The theme for this year’s Didcot Garden Party is health, wellbeing and the environment. As well as performances and activities at Cornerstone, the party will branch out to other locations in Didcot. Dancing sessions will be available at the District Community Centre on Great Western Park, a six-week cricket course and three skateboarding sessions will happen at Ladygrove Park, and fun family orienteering will take place at Edmunds Park.
The garden party is part of the district councils’ revised ambitious Didcot Garden Town delivery plan, which has been simplified to focus on more community events and projects that encourage healthy lifestyles, increase sustainability and help to tackle climate change.
