Daily Archives

7th September 2023

  • Media

    Hello! Magazine – September ‘23

    Media 7th September 2023

    Hello! Magazine – What a surprise… Eventbrite, our booking platform, asked us to support them in a fun challenge where competition winner Jennifer Barton would join an exciting event every…

  • As the days start to get lighter, we can look forward to more sunshine and new opportunities.
    This February & March issue includes the growing popularity of the Brentford Clothes Repair Cafe and the new opportunities to get involved with growing food at the Eco Garden at St Paul’s Church.

  • Blog

    Cracking Plans Ahead!

    Blog 7th March 2022

    A spring day bathed in sunshine is the promise of the summer to come. March is ‘The Month of Expectations’ and we’ve certainly got loads to look forward to. With…

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    The Weekends of Spring

    Blog 7th February 2022

    Whilst the days are definitely getting longer and we can start to feel that pull to get out into the fresh air, until the clocks go forward next month, let’s maximise the opportunities of the weekends when we can leave our work worries behind and see signs of new life springing up all around.

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    A Very Productive Year!

    Blog 7th January 2022

    Regular readers and subscribers will know that I see Christmas and New Year as an apex allowing me to take time to look back with thankfulness and look forward with hope.

  • Each summer, I’m quick to answer phone calls from numbers that I don’t recognise as we are in the midst of swarm season and I’ve signed up to the British Bee Keepers Association Swarm Collectors list. Whilst an unexpected visit from 30,000 bees might cause concern for many, it’s a privilege to be on hand to help collect and rehouse the honeybees hoping that they will become new strong healthy colonies.

  • We are now starting to approach the wonderful, but narrow, window of opportunity for making Elderflower Cordial. Find our recipe and top tips in our regular column, The Good Life in the City, in the latest issue of Country Living Magazine.

  • Media

    The Big Issue – January ‘20

    Media 7th January 2020

    It was lovely to chat to Hannah Westwater of The Big Issue last month, however, I didn’t discover until it was published that I had been included as one of the Top 100 Changemakers of 2020! Whilst honoured, as I read about others on the list, I’m very humbled. Let all try to make the world a better place…

  • There’s just something about strawberries…
    Our latest feature has won a double page spread in Out & About magazine with our recipe for scones (and photos by Pam Wade Photography) also published in the Surrey edition.

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