And an understated title to a news update if ever there was one. The past year has gone ridiculously fast for me, but I have been determined from the start to make it up there and see what was going on. Having heard so much about our neighbours activities, from many people & groups, I was not let down! I pity the fool who waits a year to visit. As this is a place worthy of a better article than I can write, which is already calling me back! If it was on Netflix, then it would be assigned binge-worthy status!
“When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true too.“
Granted today I may have resembled the disagreeable-looking child remark, but Tillydrone ‘Manor’, really does hold something special, easily surpassing the one from the pages of that Frances Hodgson Burnett book.
“It is only now and then one is quite sure one is going to live forever and ever and ever.” “As long as you have a garden you have a future and as long as you have a future you are alive.” What is this?
“And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.”
..and how do I follow that?! Simply to add it was a lovely welcome to Earth & Worms, which should not be kept a secret! Where fresh soup & coffee, knowledge & innovation, fun & sustainability, smiles & kindness abound. This really does show just what can be achieved when a community comes together, with team work and everyone #InThisTogether.
Huge thanks to John and all of the team for a lovely welcome today, see you all soon, Sam!
“Earth & Worms came to life from an overgrown, disused piece of land in Tillydrone, Aberdeen. It has since been cleared and converted into a space where people can visit, participate in the development of the garden, learn how to grow food, and understand the value nature has to offer.
Our community garden serves as the hub. It’s for everyone, and will include workshops and projects that engage the community in how to support native wildlife, grow food, and produce compost.
As an organisation, we are passionate about addressing food and fuel poverty, healthy eating, mental wellbeing, and education around food, climate change, sustainabilty, and biodiversity.
Come have a peek, a pick and a ponder at the constantly changing sensory, edible and medicinal plants growing at the garden. See you soon!“
Be sure to check out Earth & Worms on Facebook, or their website.