I was lucky enough to get an early view of the new Weston Open Living Lab that the Open University (OU) Milton Keynes (MK) has created to tackle crucial sustainability issues. This blog tells the story of my tour…
On 22 June UK citizens will be taking part in a family-friendly, legal march behind one simple message – Restore Nature Now – in a call for all political parties to take urgent action to restore nature and tackle climate change in the UK.
Hugelkultur is a sustainable gardening method that utilises compostable biomass to create raised garden beds. Here’s how we did created one…
After all the rainy, stormy and bitterly cold days, we made the most of the beautiful sunny day we got for our garden work party on 11 Jan…
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”…
A forest garden helps us grow food and create a more natural and regenerative environment. This post explains how & why to create one…
Permaculture is a powerful way to live in a more sympathetic way with the earth but the principles don’t just apply to the garden… In this post, we dig in (pun intended) to this topic and explain what permaculture gardening is, and how you can get started with your own garden.