Our Arts & Crafts Workshop worked on the Camphill Flag Project for the Festival of Camphill. They designed and made a series of Batik silk flags for the opening ceremony and to decorate our grounds. These flags also featured in the Newport Pagnell Carnival and created lovely borders for our carnival float! Our participants started...
Do you have a passion for the environment and want to share your knowledge of vegetable and flower growing and sustainable horticulture practice? We’re looking to employ a permanent, full-time Gardens Day Opportunities Support Worker. The job role offers an opportunity to work alongside adults with mixed abilities to develop and maintain our beautiful gardens,...
In 2019, we embarked on an epic flax growing, processing, and spinning project. Initiated by Emi Fujisawa, our Art and Craft, Weavery, and Ceramic Workshops leader, the long journey has been a true collaboration across our workshops, which also include our Gardens and Tools for Self-Reliance. Keen to proceed with the experimental growing and processing...
We had a blast at the Newport Pagnell Carnival—the biggest and longest-running carnival in the MK area! Despite the rain, the turnout was fantastic! It was lovely to see so many friendly faces waving at our freshly decorated lorry. Our workshops spent months preparing beautiful handmade decorations and fabulous costumes for the special day. Those...
Our Garden Workshop made hot compost. We want to introduce hot composting so that we can better use our grass cuttings and spend less on buying compost. Everybody in our Garden Workshop pitched in, measuring and mixing the grass with woodchip in the correct proportions, wetting it as required and stacking it up. The next...