How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other
See how trees “talk” to each other by forming underground symbiotic relationships with fungi to relay stress signals and share resources with one another.
Storm Callum Moves Sun 14 Oct Permablitz to Sat 20th Oct
The permablitz we had planned for Sun 14 Oct is being cancelled due to Storm Callum. We’re moving it to Saturday 20 October when sunnier times are forecast.
A Productive Day’s Gardening
Thank you to the volunteers from Network Rail who generously helped us tidy up our permaculture plot for the whole day. Just look what we achieved…
5 Reasons to Leave the House This Autumn…
It’s time to mark some of the final Planting Up events of the year in our diaries as we make final plans to get together and enjoy the garden.
What Our Foragers Found…
Our Introduction to Foraging nature walk with Alissa Pemberton opened up different perspectives on how to see and work with the plant allies that nature provides all around us…
August Seasonal Foraging Finds: Blackberries
August marks the time for the humble blackberry to offer up a great introduction to foraging – as they’re easy to identify and relatively simple to pick…
Save the Date – Upcoming Events for the Diary
With so many events on the horizon over the next few weeks, we’ve listed them here with links for you to save them in your diary…
A Successful First “Summer Social”
On 5 August we had our first-ever Summer Social event where secrets to gardening success were revealed to us and we were shown how to make a DIY wormery…
Oh Rats!
Tips for deterring and preventing rats from getting your compost. Natural solutions to keep you composting your “black gold and keeping the rodents at bay.
Change of Plan: Sunday’s Permablitz is a “bring & share” Brunch starting at 9.30am
Join us for an early start to our permablitz on Sunday 22 July. We’ll meet at Westbury Arts Centre between 9am and 9.30am to work in the garden for a couple of hours before we sit down to our “bring & share” pancake brunch.