News: More lovely willow creations
By popular demand, we’re making willow baskets in our art sessions! Having warmed up with lanterns, we‘re now remembering (for some) or...
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Katy
Nov 24, 20201 min read
News: Woodland Trust Tree Charter event
We are so excited to be part of this year's Tree Charter event! Our home education art groups and forest school group have been working...
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Katy
Nov 16, 20201 min read
News: Creating with willow
Our one to one and art sessions are taking on a willowy feel! Last year, we do a lovely series of basket making session, and we will be...
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Katy
Nov 1, 20201 min read
News: We love mud!
Forest school this week was a bit nomadic- there’s been enough rain to make the clay soil very slippery, so we couldn’t use our usual...
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Katy
Oct 23, 20201 min read
News: Lovely bread on a stick, in the woods
We had rain at forest school this week, so the camp fire was a very welcome addition to our activities! The children spent lots of time...
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Katy
Oct 15, 20201 min read
News: Two art groups, and thinking about lanterns...
We are very pleased to now have a second art group at the allotment! Both groups are going to be working on projects designed to light up...
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Katy
Oct 14, 20201 min read
News: Forest school skills
We’ve been having wonderful autumnal afternoons for our forest school session- although the day we learn to set a campfire was definitely...
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Katy
Sep 18, 20201 min read
News: Forest school sessions
With the new term, we‘ve started our forest school for home educating families again- the perfect setting for socially distanced...
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Katy
Sep 16, 20201 min read
News: Zoom art!
Like everyone nowadays, we’re try to be as flexible and creative as possible to make sure that our sessions can carry on. And although...
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Katy
Sep 6, 20201 min read
News: Very small art...
Our art groups have been experimenting with puppet making - we started off with 3-stick puppets, then moved on to figures made around a...
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Katy
Sep 5, 20201 min read
News: Story making at the allotment
Having lots of different materials about during our sessions means that people can really get into things that they enjoy - including...
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Katy
Jul 12, 20201 min read
News: small Yurt art group starts back
We've had a trial run of how our Yurt Collective art sessions might work, putting into place all the social distancing and sanitising...
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Kate
Jul 8, 20203 min read
Recipe: Summer fruits pavlova
This is a brilliant recipe (thanks, Mum) that can use up almost any quantity of any fruit you have to hand. If you're vegan, you can use...
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Kate
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Activity of the day: Edible flower identification
We've been making a whole lot of fuss about elderflower the past month or so- it's such a great ingredient- that we thought it would be...
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Kate
Jun 15, 20201 min read
Recipe: Fresh mint or lemon balm tea
Since herbs are growing at quite a pace now, we're getting back into using fresh herbs where we've been using dried over the last few...
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Kate
Jun 7, 20201 min read
Frame all done- next step, glazing!
It’s getting there- in spite of the rain, we’re at least half way to having an awesome sheltered growing and groups space at the...
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Katy
Jun 4, 20201 min read
News: YPTE awards Crow Wood's young gardeners a Highly Commended!
It feels like ages ago when our home education families were working so hard at the allotment and in the greenhouse, preparing the site,...
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Kate
Jun 1, 20203 min read
Recipe: Minty everything!
These recipes were adapted from a mint sorbet recipe by Crumbs on the Table - quantities modified into mugs (because that's easier than...
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Kate
May 29, 20202 min read
Recipe: Rhubarb crumble
Well, it had to appear in the end... Something a little more traditional after all these slightly strange rhubarb recipes: The classic...
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Kate
May 28, 20201 min read
Fizzy drinks mk2: Elderflower champagne is go!
All this sunshine and the elderflowers are ready at the allotment. We’re running an experiment with this: Every recipe we’ve ever come...
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