Stories From the garden
Paddling and flowing in urgent times
When Silvia came into the garden last week, I asked her how she was, she took her headphones out of her ears, and responded with a big smile ‘Very inspired!’ I was curious and wanted to feel inspired too.
Ear to the ground
Waking to the sound of my cat meowing and yowling for her breakfast 17 minutes before my alarm is set to jingle me awake. The bubbling of my limescale-caked kettle reaching a boil.
How the Story Garden grows: Jan 2023
Winter is one of my favourite times in the Garden. I love spending wet afternoons in the cosy back office rifling through leftover seeds, misty mornings pruning soft fruit bushes and cold but sunny days turning the steaming(!!) compost. This year, we’re trialling reduced working hours and programme delivery during January and February to align with the rhythms of the seasons, spend time reflecting on the year that has passed and planning for the future.
Voices of the Water - Stories in Action
Salina Khatun is a primary teacher and CEO of Kindle Corner as well as a local Somers Town resident. She and her team of storytellers have joined the Voices of the Water team by running water themed storytelling afternoons with young children and their parents, grandparents and guardians.
Gardens of a thousand hands
Recently I had a call with Jan Kattein, the architect Global Generation has worked with since 2015 when we collaborated to make the last Skip Garden. Jan is writing a book called London made by Londoners, and he was interviewing me for a chapter about Global Generation.