Creating a Hugelkultur
Hugelkultur is a sustainable gardening method that utilises compostable biomass to create raised garden beds. Here’s how we did created one…
Unearthing Our “Why” (in the Community Garden)
Planting Up MK founding member and volunteer, Kirsty Forshaw, reflects on her experience of the impact that our community gardens and food growing are having on us and how that is defining our “why”…
How Do You Create Your Own Forest Garden?
A forest garden helps us grow food and create a more natural and regenerative environment. This post explains how & why to create one…
Berry Beautiful!
Thanks to our amazing little group of volunteers (largely fuelled by berries) we can now use the path through our forest garden again!
Our First “Field Trip”
This year our Planting Up group is doing things a bit differently. Instead of spending our volunteer garden work parties in our forest garden plot at Westbury, we’ve decided to schedule some of our days together on “field trips” where we go and visit other sites of interest to see what we can learn from…
No Mow May
Take part in Plantlife‘s No Mow May to allow wild flowers to bloom in your grass and help pollinators like bees, butterflies, and beetles.
Forest Garden Design Course Lessons In Our 2022 Garden Plans
Here are the main takeaways from our Forest Garden Design course that we are applying to our plot at Westbury Arts Centre…
The Secret Is In The Soil
Building healthy soil is a crucial foundation for increasing biodiversity and producing healthy food for a more sustainable future…
Growing a Food Forest
What are food forests? Why are they important? And what is all the fuss about with their growing popularity in urban spaces? We’ve got all the answers here for you…
Sharing Our Seedlings
Got seedlings coming through and don’t remember what you’ve planted? Fear not! Here are a few classic veggie seedlings to help you ID them…