Something that’s been in my mind for a while, and today we finally got around to making our own kaleidoscopes from scratch. They seemed...

We’re using special waxed paper to carefully cut out designs that will overlap and create gorgeous colours when the light is behind them....

Our young people were learning the safe use of tools this afternoon- in fact, they were using shears to clear nettle. They made the...

Lovely weather, and we’re still marvelling that it’s light until the end of our session! New energy for creating different sorts of dens,...

Much cooler and quite overcast this afternoon, but there’s was lots of potion making! We have lots of herbs on the plot, and the mint is...

Probably the last of the really warm weather for a while, so at our after school session we did some work on the allotment- weeding,...

We’re really loving the longer evenings- hard to think that we needed the greenhouse lights on until quite recently. We used some...

This was our first after school session where we didn’t need the greenhouse lighting- it’s definitely spring! And we used our first...

Our volunteer session was very productive- we took a load of thornless gooseberry cutting. Hopefully, if they take, we will have plenty...

One of the lovely things about winter after-school sessions is being able to see the stars. We sometimes use a free star chart app to...

Our after school session definitely felt spring-like…not only was it (a bit) warmer, but there was lots of birdsong. We had one indoor...

We had a huge pile of bark chippings to move at the allotment, which we were very glad of as it kept us warm!

They’ve been amazing, not least because they made such lovely, magical leafy archways everywhere, but today we decided the runner beans...

This week’s after school session was so lovely and warm- we thought that autumn had come to stay, but apparently not! Delicious dinner of...

It’s great to be able to make our lunches using produce that we’ve picked from the plot! Rhubarb is the obvious one, and both Saturday...

Since we've been able to have people on site at the allotment again, we've been very busy! With willow leftover from our sessions with...

Just as spring is really starting to spring, we are allowed to have our groups back at the allotment, which is wonderful! We've started...

Our first sessions of 2021 were icy! The muddy ground was hard, which made a lovely change- although it was soft enough underneath the...

Despite the weather becoming a bit grey and damp as we get towards winter, we still have lots of jobs to do on the allotment. Today, we...

We've recieved some lovely certificates from the RHS, in recognition of the work we've been doing in our community - from giving away...