A Huge Thank You

A huge thank you to everyone who supported us at the Co-op Dudlow Green & Stockton Heath for choosing our fabulous charity when using your Co-op card! You raised over £2000 for us – Thank You!!!!!  

Our learners “brushed up’ their knowledge in time for Remembrance Sunday

Yesterday, a group of our learners “brushed up’ their knowledge in time for Remembrance Sunday by clearing leaves at the cenotaph in Lower Walton. We have researched how the red poppy is a symbol of remembrance and hope which grew on the battlefields after the war, whilst the purple poppy is to remember the animal […]

The Biggest Bug Hotel in Warrington!

Eight weeks ago, we accepted the challenge from Zookeeper Peter Cookson-Dean to build a giant Bug Hotel for the Children’s Zoo at Walton Hall and Gardens. Today, we successfully handed over the gigantic new home, filled with cones, bark, twigs, wood, moss and other natural materials. This will become a snug and warm home for […]

Gardening Tips and Tricks – We had a loofa-tastic time!

Our horticulture adventure with loofahs has been nothing short of a tropical rollercoaster!  We embarked on this journey armed with green thumbs and a curiosity as big as our sunflowers.  And let me tell you, loofahs are the best-kept secret of the plant world.  Who would’ve thought these scrubby shower companions were once living it […]

Our Amazing Learners

Here at Walton Lea we don’t waste anything, our learners decided to give our surplus homegrown vegetables to our local Warrington Foodbank. Our team picked fresh produce from our garden Michael took along the first pumpkin picked this year which he had grown from seeds saved from last year.  

It’s Busy In Our Garden!

This time of year is always busy here at Walton Lea; there is lots of harvesting of French beans, broad beans, courgettes, lettuce, black currents, raspberries, red currents, kale, onions, rhubarb, gooseberries, runner beans and tomatoes are starting to ripen. All our vegetables and fruit are organic, and we don’t use pesticides. Everything is nurtured […]

Guess where we are?

Right in the heart of the Golden Square, just across from the cheerful WHSmiths! We’re absolutely thrilled to invite you to explore our fantastic exhibition and pop-up shop. Take a moment to marvel at the incredible creations our talented learners have crafted, and don’t miss out on the treasure trove of amazing items available for […]

TV Superstars!

  The BBC News recently interviewed and filmed staff, our learners and one of our Trustees and Councillor for Walton Parish Council, Sharon Alicia Harris, about our defibrillator guardian role, made possible with huge thanks to Walton Parish Council. Everyone was very excited. The film was recently broadcast on BBC North West and was well […]

Our 25th Anniversary 1998 – 2013

To mark our 25th Anniversary this year we wanted to say a huge thank you to all our amazing staff, trustees, volunteers and learners who have gone above and beyond to make Walton Lea Partnership the wonderful Charity it is.  We had a huge party for everyone in our beautiful garden, it was a fantastic […]