The workshops are being led by community arts specialist Debra Tracey of The Creative Space Studio and will be held in the community room at Noble's Park Pavilion.

Garey Glass ('Green Garden') is one of a number of Marks and Spencer Greener Living Spaces being delivered across the British Isles by national charity Groundwork, an organisation working with partners to raise environmental awareness and promote greener lifestyle choices through community projects.

The project is being co-funded by profits from Mark and Spencer's 5p per carrier bag charging initiative launched in May 2008, Douglas Borough Council and the Douglas Development Partnership.

Garey Glass's 'recycle, reuse' theme will be interpreted largely in mosaics and on January 26 and February 2 and 9 Debra will be holding mosaic-making workshops.

A workshop was also held on Tuesday (January 19).

These will be followed by three eco-art workshops in February: making kites from carrier bags on February 15, learning how to fuse, sew and knit plastic bags on the 23rd and discovering how to recycle a bag of rubbish and transform it into eco-art on the 24th.

Debra, who is operating from premises at Grenaby Art Studios, said: 'With the Garey Glass project I'm looking to involve the community at large, so these workshops are open to all ages and all abilities. The sessions will be great fun and absolutely no experience is necessary.'

The mosaic workshops will be held on January 26 and February 2 and 9 from 1pm to 3pm. Eco-art workshops are on February 15, 23 and 24 from 10am to 3pm. They will be held in the community room at Noble's Park Pavilion where refreshments will be provided. Workshop sessions must be booked in advance.

To book or for more information contact Debra on 348470.