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We started our new nature and gardening focused group in early September with thanks to funding from Awards for All. Each week is themed and so far we've covered seeds and leaves, with looking at nature journaling and mindfulness for week three. Each session is seasonally themed with readings, poetry and art based around the time of the year. This Gather and Grow course will be running up to Christmas, and we may look at putting on another set of sessions in the new year for those who missed...

We had the lovely Sassy from Eve Apple Press here on Thursday 18th September pressing the apples that the volunteers harvested from our heritage orchard. We will be selling the pasteurised apple juice at future events - a taste of summer!

On Thursday 17th September we opened our doors as part of Heritage week. This was the first time we've done this and it was a great success with visitors arriving all day from when we opened to when we closed for the day. It was the first time that we've talked to the public about the research we've been doing about our site and the exciting stories we've been uncovering about local shipbuilder William Thickett, Tommy Tickler and his orchards and artist-gardener Gertrude Jekyll. We are...