27th October - How to Build a Bat Box with Ffion Hughes
£35.00
Tuesday 27th October 9:45am - 12:30pm Best for ages 8-12 years! Tickets include a snack, hot chocolate and marshmallows from Hawarden Estate Farm Shop.
We’ll collaboratively build bat boxes to place in the walled garden, and to take home, learning about bat habitats and raising environmental awareness.
Refine your woodworking skills, use tools, and enjoy working together to build these homes before gathering around the campfire for a hot chocolate.
During the workshop, we will:
Develop confidence using hand tools (saw, hammer, sandpaper).
Learn about the needs and behaviours of local bat species.
Understand how bat boxes support declining bat populations.
Build resilience, independence, and problem-solving through risk-managed activities.
Get creative with natural materials and gentle decoration.
Strengthen teamwork, communication, and awareness of wildlife conservation.
Children will come away with a bat house and the plans to make more in the future.
About the day:
9:45am: Arrive
10am: Introduction
10:15am: Demonstration
10:30am: Start making
12:30pm: Finish with hot chocolate and marshmallows around the campfire.
About Ffion Hughes
Ffion has led the super-popular Explorer Club sessions at Hawarden Estate Farm Shop for the past few years. She is a qualified Forest Leader, and is a “huge believer in everyone having the opportunity to explore nature and reconnect with their roots in the earth and aim to foster that connection through experiences and opportunities.”
