A GARDEN Festival taking place on a ‘secret’ rooftop spot is coming to Warrington this week.

The free event will take place at ‘Sky Garden’ in Golden Square tomorrow, Thursday and will give green-fingered people of all ages the chance to watch performances, take part in various events and meet like-minded folk.

Culture Warrington and Golden Square teamed up to launch ‘Sky Garden’ last year on the top floor of the shopping centre’s car park. The site is a ‘living addition’ to Warrington Museum’s natural history offer, particularly for educational projects.

Organisers hope many new families will be able to explore the rooftop garden for the first time during the festival.

Amanda Moore, education and learning officer at the museum, said: “We believe that together we can improve our local environment, build community, and benefit people’s health and wellbeing by making our town a greener and happier place to live and work. That’s the main aim of the Sky Garden really.

“This mini festival is a great way to bring community groups together and show off this space along with its amazing views of Warrington and beyond.”

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The festival will feature three performances of Tuckshop Dance Theatre’s Sunflowers, a colourful show about self-care and personal growth, at 11am, 12pm and 2pm.

The museum team will be making herbal bath bags and Play-Doh gardens while their friends at The Old School Project will be making bug hotels, bug hand puppets and ID cards for bug hunting.

Causeway Community Garden representatives will be giving out gardening info and potting seeds, and have a kids’ colouring zone, while Warrington Library will have a storytelling and craft activities area.

Kim Moate, from Golden Square, added: “We are very proud that we can offer a tranquil space for our customers to come and enjoy. The Garden Festival Event is a great way to promote the space while networking with other community gardeners across our town.

“The event promises to be fun and educational with lots of activities for people of all ages to take part in and we are really looking forward to it.”

The festival will also see the launch of ‘Warrington Community Gardens’ – a network for not-for-profit community gardens.

Amanda said: “Warrington Museum is delighted to facilitate this exciting new gardens network that aims to encourage and support the people behind local green spaces to come together and share skills and resources, gain training and grow an informal group for the benefit of local communities."

The rooftop Sky Garden is on the top floor of Golden Square’s car park but can be a little hard to find at first. The top floor can be accessed via the lift near Starbucks in the shopping centre. Go out of the doors on the roof and head out then turn right towards the grey building. The garden is behind this.

The Garden Festival is free and takes place between 10.30am and 3pm. For more information about Warrington Community Gardens, contact Amanda at amoore@culturewarrington.org or call 361730.