The Stonehill Community Garden, 22nd April 2017
This was our first visit to the Stonehill Community Garden, in the grounds of Stonehill House, for quite some time. Much has changed in the interim and a medium-sized plot of land is being transformed into a vegetable garden, incorporating ideas from permaculture and biodynamics and involving a number of local groups and individuals. We gathered in the field adjacent to the main house and met with site warden, Rachel Hammond. Rachel, and the day's Green Gym session leader, James, then took us on a quick tour of the site with it's many interesting features, while emphasising the tasks for the morning. We were joined for the first time by Eleanor who is still at school and volunteering with us as part of her Duke of Edinburgh award. She was joined by her mother and an additional twelve members - a reasonable workforce yet again. The priority on this occasion was to loosen the soil in a strip from the car park area to the main vegetable plot in order to make a path...