Get Your Grown Ups Gardening!

Here are some images of the Radishes that we planted with the children. We had a special afternoon digging and preparing the raised veggie bed. Lots of muddy fun!

May Garlands

Seedlings Woodland Group enjoyed a May Garland workshop in the woods. Children collected leaves and flowers and we decorated them with ribbons!

Spanish lessons

Mini Linguals teacher Vicky taught a series of Spanish lessons for all ages. We enjoyed her music and puppetry and dancing! The small group of families had the opportunity to learn set phrases in spanish and songs to help them remember key words.

Spring Fair 2014

The Spring Fair was full of fun and we all enjoyed setting up stalls and sharing ideas with each other. The children found a newt and that sparked a keen interest to play alongside in the woods, finding creepie crawlies and climbing trees. We had stalls from 'Pink Giraffe' Eco products & baby clothes, a home grown plant stall from Louise & Matthew, 'Little Red Sewing Box' a local crafter and a handmade cards stall, Aloe Vera stall and fair trade refreshments from the Roma caravan and a hot foods stall with veggie sausages! Many people from the village communities came as the event was publicised locally and we had families from the woodland group. We will be repeating this event next year!

Den Building Day!

The skills of making a structure to shield ourselves from the elements are ancient. With delight we created a den structure in the woods and encouraged the children to explore and create from their surroundings.The Seedlings Woodland Group have got an action packed Spring/Summer planned with workshops for families such as yoga, gardening and woodland walks, rural skills and painting workshops. For more information contact Ruth by email ruth.artscope@googlemail.com or by mobile 07989 160602

Chopping down the Great Elm

It was an exciting day to come out and play on the Great Elm, a natural playground for children. However, there was a sadness to the fallen tree, that had blown over in recent storms. Dutch elm disease has destroyed this beautiful species. Unfortunately Ash dieback is an iminent threat to our native trees and we all need to be watchful. The tractor was fully loaded by the end of the afternoon, firewood a plenty and a natural resource.

Spring at the Farm

How we enjoy seeing the first blooms of Spring! All that hard work planting bulbs paid off and looks beautiful before us! The Seedlings Woodland Group planted Crocuses and Narcissus, which have all bloomed under the Poplar trees... We spent a merry afternoon planting peas and carrot seed, weeding the veggie patch and clearing out the greenhouse ready for seed planting. Our new shed is being put up this week and will house our children's spades and gardening equipment. We have signed up to RHS Get Your Grown Ups Gardening campaign. This exciting project has provided us with some great seeds and resources.