Saturday 14 March: Mudlarked Make Celebration & Lantern Making

Saturday 14 March 2026 12pm – 4pm. Unveiling at 1pm. Location: Brilliant Bamboo Brownfield Parklet, Boothen Road, ST4 4AH. Free to attend, booking not required. Open to all. Join us to unveil and celebrate the new mudlarked mosaic artwork created with Olivia Azzopardi and the Mudlarkers who met on Saturday 28 February. We’ll have cake […]
Saturday 28 February: Mudlark & Make

Saturday 28 February 2026 11am – 3pm Over 16’s only. Free, spaces must be booked in advance: BOOK TICKETS Location: Brilliant Bamboo’s Brownfield Parklet, Boothen Road, ST4 4AH. Lunch, hot and cold drinks and snacks are provided. You are invited to join our Community Mudlark and Make session with artist Olivia Azzopardi at the Brilliant Bamboo Brownfield […]
Saturday 6 Sept: Wonderful Worms! A worm composting workshop.

Have you ever wondered what to do with your leftovers? Are you intrigued by the wonderful world of worms? Saturday 6 September 2pm – 4pm Land off Boothen Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 4AH When you arrive at the gates there will be an A-board sign saying Open, please walk right and in towards the containers. Come […]
Brownfield Parklet introducing Dan Southward

Artist Dan Southward is working with us at Brilliant Bamboo as part of residency for the development of the Brilliant Bamboo Brownfield Parklet. We hand over to Dan to introduce himself, and his approach to this project “I am a freelance artist and photographer, amongst various other roles and responsibilities, I have been based in […]
Brilliant Bamboo secures brownfield site in Stoke for pioneering parklet

Press Release by Hannah Hiles for Brilliant Bamboo. A Stoke-on-Trent-based bamboo project has found a home on a disused patch of concrete in a supermarket car park where a major pottery factory once stood. Brilliant Bamboo, led by Gemma Thomas, has signed a 10-year lease on an approximately one-acre plot on the edge of Sainsbury’s […]