Introduction to carving
Our next art project is more 3D work. Over lockdown, our online art sessions concentrated on painting and drawing, so it's good to get...
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Katy
Jun 28, 20211 min read
More mosaics
After spending a few sessions using tesserae to make mosaics, we've gone a bit more industrial now, and are using pebbles and cement! The...
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Katy
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Summery Forest school
If ever proof were needed about how much we NEED TREES...then being in the woods on a really hot day just proves it! Trees not only...
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Katy
Jun 4, 20211 min read
Derby Umbrella sessions
We've just done our fourth session at Annie's Place, the centre where Derby Umbrella run their sessions for children and adults wth...
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Kate
May 27, 20211 min read
Bees at the vineyard
Under-planting the vines with pollinating plants is improving the vineyard plot for biodiversity- and the vines are nearly ready to...
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Katy
May 16, 20211 min read
Home ed art group
Our in-person sessions at the allotment have started! We’re doing a series of workshops using two different ways of creating mosaics- the...
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Katy
May 16, 20211 min read
Saturday sessions at the allotment
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...
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Kate
May 7, 20211 min read
Bemrose School raised beds beginning to bloom!
After some great work over the last couple of months from year 3 and year 6 students, the overgrown raised borders at The Bemrose Primary...
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Kate
Apr 20, 20211 min read
Lovely evening for some conservation work!
Today’s job: dead hedging to thicken up some habitats, making them better for birds nesting and worse for hunting housecats!
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Katy
Mar 26, 20212 min read
Spending time in woodland
Our second session of forest school this year was a bit colder than the first, as the sun stayed behind the clouds. The trees are still...
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Katy
Mar 23, 20211 min read
Forest Schools sessions start after 3 months away!
It was a beautiful afternoon to have the first of our forest school sessions since mid-December. The group is slightly smaller than...
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Katy
Mar 21, 20211 min read
Back at the plot!
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...
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Kate
Mar 9, 20211 min read
Bemrose Primary Gardening Club- week 1!
Ready to roll... We’re running three gardening club sessions with key stage 2 children from Bemrose Primary School in the weeks before...
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Katy
Feb 19, 20211 min read
News: More making at the plot
Because it wasn’t raining, and the ground wasn’t flooded, and the ground wasn’t frozen...we did some more outside jobs at the main...
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Katy
Feb 12, 20211 min read
News: Jobs on the allotment
Over the past few weeks, we've been doing lots of jobs on the allotment. Despite the mud, rain, snow and ice, there's been plenty to do!...
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Katy
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Activity: Paper marbling
Our art sessions for home educating children have moved onlin, due to the current lockdown, and we’re try out all sorts of practical...
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Katy
Jan 31, 20212 min read
Activity: Big Garden Birdwatch feeder
This year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch didn’t start off too well for us in the Midlands (for garden birds or spotters!), with lots of...
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Kate
Jan 19, 20211 min read
Winter work: Willow withy bed
Last winter we were fortunate to be given yellow, red and green willow cuttings and some coloured dogwoods too. We planted them into a...
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Katy
Jan 17, 20212 min read
Recipe: Orange cakes
This is another forest school recipe that you can do at home! When we make them at forest school, they're wrapped in foil and cooked...
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Katy
Jan 15, 20212 min read
Recipe: Mulled apple juice
Mulled apple juice is a delicious, hot, non-alcoholic drink, that has a very festive and wintery smell! We often make it over the camp...
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