organicARTS is working with West Exe Nursery and Age UK on the What’s on your plate? project. Groups come out and explore the organicARTS’ Community Garden, find out what is growing seasonally and then, back at the Nursery, cook up…
We had our first session of our Community Upholstery course on Wednesday. We had to make a stool before we can start upholstering and we had a hilarious time together sanding, shaving, drilling, sawing the parts for the stool which…
While activity revs up the in the veg patch, and work is done on our newly-made compost bays, it’s also been a great time to harvest our willow wands. Volunteers have been helping Deggie, our resident willow expert, to coppice…
We got stuck into preserve-making this month. While the rain poured outside, Christine and Lou prepared ‘winter sunshine’ Seville orange marmalade and ‘funky chunky’ chutney in the West Town Farm kitchen. The workshop was led by Jo who also teaches…
I first came to Organic Arts to do a mindfulness course, to help with my anxiety. I hoped that being outdoors and taking time to connect with and appreciate nature would help me manage my mental health. The course did…