3pm: Circus Workshop during Mud Island Christmas Markets! We supply all of the props. Let the kids find a new obsession that isn't video games. Circus skills are great for […]
🌿 Join Us at the Mudisland Community Garden Repair Café! 🌿 Discover the joy of fixing things together at our Repair Café! Bring your broken items (nothing with a plug) and learn how to repair them with the help of skilled volunteers. From mending clothes to fixing bicycles, we tackle it all. Enjoy a friendly, […]
Dear all, The garden will be closed until the 1st of February
We will be re-opening the garden on the 1st of February with music and stories, Bridget's cross making and even a Céilí! Join us to shake off the winter months away and welcome nature's awakening! From 12:00 onwards we will make CROSSES - we have plenty of rushes (from Leitrim, the best ones!). Artist Rachael […]
Let’s get muddy, crafty, and curious! A new Forest School term is coming to the Mud Island, offering children the opportunity to explore, create, and learn through hands-on play in nature. Children will build, craft, get muddy, and grow in confidence while connecting with the natural world. Each child enrolled should bring their own paper journal […]
The return of Liam O Maonlai to Mudisland to celebrate IMBOLC, the start of growth in the new year bringing hope for us all! 6:30 Spoken Word with Roxanna Nic Liam & Brian Treacy 7:00 Liam O Maonlai 8:00 Tornaido Fire Show NB: This event had to be moved indoors because of the weather...
We're back for the first Repair Café of 2026 from 2:30 to 5:30. Come along if you want to check or mend your clothes, bags, soft toys, crokery, jewellery, bikes and garden tools or knives / scissors. We also always welcome volunteers (skills with sewing, mending clothes, jewellery, bike TLC, care of garden tools + […]
Mary is a reformed internationally acclaimed landscape designer who launched her career at the Chelsea flower show in 2002, the story of which was made into a 2016 movie called “Dare to be Wild”. Bestselling author, inspirational speaker, occasional television presenter and founder of the global movement “We are the ARK”, a practical groundswell movement […]
Come to the garden to take part in our "meitheal' - Hometree will be talking about the importance of hedges for biodiversity in Ireland. 2pm: Intro - history of Ireland's woodlands 2.15pm: benefits of native hedgerows and trees in community gardens 2.20pm: prepping group and planting 3.20pm: Tea /coffee and cake. Clinic - Q&A re […]
Come to this fun workshop - all material provided ! BOOK your space with callycrochet@gmail.com
Starting at 11 am and finishing at 6 pm. The Mud Island members will be back with their stalls, There will be loads of activities for children and a few artists' performances. Agenda KIDOKA OKO DOKA 11am Kidoka Oko Doka, which means “Resilience, Be Resilient” in Lingala, is a series of African traditional dances with […]
We're back for the first Repair CLUB instead of Café from 2:30 to 5:30. Come along if you want to check or mend your clothes, bags, soft toys, crockery, jewellery, bikes and garden tools or knives / scissors. We also always welcome volunteers (skills with sewing, mending clothes, jewellery, bike TLC, care of garden tools […]
Mud Island Community Garden Biodiversity Action Group (BAG) met for the 1st time on Sat April 18th. We shared a sense of collective hope from taking positive action to promote biodiversity, a strong interest to learn more about what we can do, and some initial ideas: “I am doing a biodiversity course right now; situation […]
‘Shared community spaces help displaced people feel valued, connected, and push for fairer systems and support’ Meabh Bonham Corcoran, 2026. Read the article HERE
