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GREEN FUTURES - PLANTING POSSIBILITIES FOR BUDDING MINDS

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Your chance to be part of a local green initiative, supporting the wellbeing and education of our children through outdoor learning.  What are our plans? At Kings Somborne Primary School in Hampshire we are in the process of transforming the largely unused outdoor garden area into a multifunctional space for outdoor learning. We aim to create a legacy for our future children by designing a space that will support children’s development now and in years to come. Alongside the development of the physical space, we will be building an online learning hub which will grow with the garden, providing a...

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GROWING A NATURAL DYE GARDEN #2

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Image: My only two weld plants growing in a large pot Due to the cold, everything has been rather slow on the growing front this year. I've been hovering over my sprawl of coreopsis plants for weeks, thinking they're going to burst into flower at any minute, and then finally, last week, the first flowers popped open, adding a very welcome, bright splash of golden yellow to the garden. Coreopsis is really easy to grow and look after. You can read more about using it as a natural dye in Claudia's blog 'NATURALLY DYEING WITH DYER’S COREOPSIS (Coreopsis tinctoria)' Image: The...

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GROWING A NATURAL DYE GARDEN #1

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Having threatened for several months to write a blog on what I’ve been up to in the garden, I thought I ought to follow through! I get so much joy from spending time in my garden and i'm keen to see how much I can grow in the space that I have. I'd also like to share my progress and show you what is possible with limited space so that you too can reap the benefits of growing your own dye plants. A couple of years ago I claimed a sunny little patch of the garden that backs onto my...

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