We borrowed an apple press from friends of the community garden, Kay and John. We used up all the remaining apples from the community garden orchard and the juice was delicious. The apple press all set up and ready to go! Everyone got busy collecting apples, chopping and crushing...producing the sweetest fresh apple juice...looking forward … Continue reading Apple Pressing Day with Wren Music
Junk Music Day with Wren Music
This was great family activity organised by Wren Music. Both adults and children had fun in equal measure. A few people starting to make a noise A bit of instruction before everyone gets stuck in It got quite noisy in the community garden for a little while as everyone got into bashing their drums and … Continue reading Junk Music Day with Wren Music
Summer Celebration with Wren Music
The sun was shining and we even had a visit from the local Mayor! Morris Dancers jingled and the tea and cake flowed! Things get a bit jingly with the Morris Dancers A Swedish traditional song and dance around the floral arch
The Geodesic Dome
This has been a fun little project to do. It took us a couple of goes, but we got there in the end! The first layer was easy! Then a few more people got involved, and things started to get complicated! Then the 'Sisterhood' got together and put the dome up in no time at … Continue reading The Geodesic Dome
Show The Love Campaign – Green Hearts
The Climate Coalition set up a campaign to show how many people share the desire to see action to tackle climate change and protect nature. #ShowTheLove - Green Hearts campaign has been growing for 10 years, to find out more and how to get in involved go to theclimatecoalition.org Thanks to Fran Rickwood for coordinating … Continue reading Show The Love Campaign – Green Hearts
Wassail with Wren Music
We had a fabulous time at our Wassail this year! Wren Music always show a warm welcome, lovely folk songs and very loud drumming. With mulled cider and a hearty winter soup after waking up the apple trees. Let's wake up some trees with lots of noise! Our tree being blessed, wassail songs being sung … Continue reading Wassail with Wren Music
Donating
We are often asked "how can we donate?" Well, we have just made it easier! Follow the link to our PayPal page https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PF22RN2MFFPG8 We currently have numerous projects running at the garden. We hold regular well-being sessions, such as Tai Chi, Meditation, and Sound Baths. We try to raise funds to help keep the cost … Continue reading Donating
Midsummer Celebrations
This year the community garden is celebrating it's 10th Anniversary and we had a lovely opportunity to work with Wren Music, thanks to funding from Arts Council England, to bring to the community an afternoon of 'folk and frolicking' - floral headdresses - folk music - maypole dancing - songs around the fire and a … Continue reading Midsummer Celebrations
Gratitude
We began 2021 with great deal of optimism. With life slowing down and changing in unexpected ways during 2020, some people discovered the community garden for the first time, and were pleasantly surprised by what goes on right on their doorstep. This encouraged us to apply for some funding to help us extend our offer. … Continue reading Gratitude
Going with the Flow
Spending time enjoying the outdoors lifts the spirit, coupled with some gentle Tai Chi and the beautiful backdrop of Dartmoor, it's very easy to lose time in the community garden. We don't take things too seriously, we seldom rush and we always have time for a cuppa. We are proud of the variety of thing … Continue reading Going with the Flow
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