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.
How to Save Money by Never Wasting Food Again!
Want to reduce your negative impact on the environment and save yourself some money? Try our Top Tips for How to Save Money by Not Wasting Food…
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.
Online Course from Lancaster Uni – “Soils: Introducing the World Beneath Our Feet”
Learn about soils, the variety of life they contain and how humans impact this fragile system with this free online course from Lancaster University starting 2 July 2018.
Companion Planting
Today’s “Seed Swap” event from Bletchley Garden Club got us thinking about companion planting… This infographic from lovethegarden.com illustrates the advantages of planting the right crop next to each other to get benefits like deterring common pests and diseases, amongst other things…