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

Bea's Week at Permanently Brilliant

My name is Bea Swallow, a 14-year-old aspiring photo journalist, given the chance to explore and record my week at a local permaculture business.

This opportunity appeared as a work experience placement for school to get an idea of ‘working life’ but the experience wasn’t really as I’d expected.

During the week I gained an entirely new perspective of the environment and the world around us, that I wasn’t even aware I was missing. We engaged in countless conversations about politics and personal views on the current economic situations, all while sitting down for lunch. We were faced with coming up with sustainable solutions to fix an issue I would’ve otherwise been oblivious to. I was forced to go back and rethink every opinion I’d ever come to because these people, who I had just met, had given me a whole new side of life I hadn’t recognised was there. I learnt new skills and am now able to envisage a world with better intentions, because I have met the people trying to undo the damage. My week was an enlightening adventure, and much better than sitting in an office.


Work starts on reclaiming the Cornish orchard...
Lots of Cornish variety trees were lost in the bramble and bracken
We worked around the trees and reclaimed the land for the orchard
We formed a pathway which allowed visitors into the Cornish Orchard
Before work began you could not even see where the orchard previously was..
The finished entrance was a hexagon shape made from bamboo and gateposts to give the impression of stepping through a beehive..
The process of building the entrance was rewarding, productive, and enjoyable
The previous orchard was plagued by brambles and branches that stretched across the land
The new and finished pathway was welcoming and inviting
I was taught about biodiversity, so I wandered around and recorded anything new I hadnt seen yet
There were pigs on site.. which I admittedly spent a lot of my time with
The Magpie Moth: abraxas-grossulariata. Gorgeous.
Perfectly camoflaged grasshopper...
Another perfectly camoflaged grasshopper...
Bees coming and going, bringing home the harvest of nectar and pollen. Up to 50,000 bees in one hive...
Bea....in a bee-suit....
Bumblebee in action, heading for the woodland orchids...
Oaken Pie Apple Tree: an old Cornish variety. Cleared of bracken and bramble and with light streaming in...
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