Stories From the garden
FROM THE WILD WOOD TO THE URBAN FOREST
Living in the city, trees are a precious resource so often overlooked and neglected, yet are a defining character of our streets, highways and parks. For those of us who love them, they bring nature close to us, and we may get to know a few intimately if we pass them each day or watch them changing through the seasons from windows and balconies.
A WORKSHOP AT KAICYCLE – WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
Sitting in a circle, with a group of teenagers choosing values that mean something to them, could easily be what you might find in one of Global Generation’s London gardens. This time, Rod and I were having a parallel but different experience.
FROM THE HEART OF A NEW ZEALAND NATIVE FOREST
I am sitting here overlooking a huge bush-clad gulley north of Auckland in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Ahead of me is a thick green mantle of forest giants; rimu, kahikatea, tanekaha and three huge kauri that tower above the other trees. In hot weather kererū, the native wood pigeons, swoop through the forest in their mating dance, and tui sing their trickster tale songs.
A FLOATING GARDEN SLOWLY COMING TO LIFE
The Spring Equinox. A perfect balance between night and day. And now the days are getting longer and warmer. For many across the world this is the celebration of the new year. Which makes so much more sense than our calendar years.
UPDATES FROM THE PAPER GARDEN
As we edge closer towards spring I have found myself reflecting on the year before in the Paper Garden, where we saw more time spent among the plants than people. We have built so many new growing beds that I have lost count, and seen an influx of birds and smaller crawling creatures to the habitat we are creating.