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a forest garden ... or food forest ...

A Dose of Nature...

 In 20 13 we contacted Bodriggy Surgery to see if we could work up a simple programme whereby we could use the land here to provide a community facility for users of the surgery. A very splendid doctor got back to us, and a year or so later, we've run a really fantastic nine week pilot programme in concert with the wonderful Nature Workshops, helped by the University of Exeter.  Here are the photos of our A Team having a splendid time deep in the woods at Permanently Brilliant, in all weathers. We cooked, ate, whittled, chopped, carved, built, swung, laughed and generally Chilled. Our A Team rocked!

Since then - we've begun work on our Sensational Sensory Garden and established our Wild Tuesdays..we're unstoppable!
This is what we begin with.
And we transformed it, with love and care, into mallets...
...and into memorial plaques for our most loved pets...
..and into beautifully carved and whittled wooden frame ready for display at home.
Spontaneously happy. :)
And we Marched Up Trencrom..fabulous views all round. First time up there for some of the group!
Testing out the tyre armchair...
Just us, and the daffodils...
Collecting bracken to make Designer Bracken Cushions...
Our First Designer Bracken Cushion. It worked!
The Beautiful Den, built by hand by Alison. A Work of Art.
Like a fairy palace, we thought.
And we shared our space with all sorts of everthing. There are so many of these tiny guys around we would tip toe down the paths for fear of squashing any of them..!
Using the biilhook and the mallet to cut the wood to the right size...
Team work!
Even rain doesn't stop the A. Team...
All hands (and sometimes a foot) on deck...
Have tarp, Survive the Mizzle...
Brew's Up!
Lunch..
Frittata A La Open Air...
And then on the last day...such a surprise for me and Mark!
Oh, Joy. Guess what was in the tin the guys brought with them on the last day? Yum!
Mark, group leader from Nature Workshops, enjoying our fabulous cup cakes brought to note our Final Session..and they were delish!
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