

#BigGardenBirdWatch2020 at Global Gardens
Today we had a bird-watching workshop at the garden, as part of the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch (25-27 January 2020). The RSPB Big Garden...


GLOBAL GARDENS 2019
2019 has been a busy time at Global Gardens. From sowing seeds, planting out, watering in and harvesting at the plot. Writing, weaving...


WRITING RESIDENCY WITH GLOBAL GARDENS
This year, from May to October, I had the wonderful opportunity to write about the Global Gardens Project, producing a piece of work each...


BUILDING THE KITCHEN/CLASSROOM TRUSSES
Having set out the foundations, the next step of the build was to assemble the trusses. Hugo's design is based upon six modules connected...


LAYING THE KITCHEN/CLASSROOM FOUNDATIONS
This month we have been working on laying the foundations for the new Global Gardens structure designed by architect Hugo Keene of QORA....


HARVEST SOUP WITH APPLE AND SQUASH
Vaida Barzdaite is a food coordinator in Global Gardens and a food blogger at onesmallspoon.com
She likes simple and seasonal food.


STOOL MAKING WITH COPPICEWOOD COLLEGE
I’m not sure what I expected turning up to a ‘stool’ making workshop at Global Gardens. I’ve had a lot of fun at the other workshops...


AUTUMN BERRY & NUT INKS
This weekend artist Cat Lewis of Colourfield joined us at Global Gardens to lead a workshop on berries and nut inks. Cat encouraged us to...


LATE-SUMMER CREATIVE WRITING @GLOBAL GARDENS
On the last day of August, while the weather went wild – thrashing rain one minute, scorching sun the next - we sat inside the greenhouse...


ANTHOTYPE AND CYANOTYPE PRINTING
Anthotypes and cyanotypes are a type of photographic printing invented in the mid 19th century by the scientist and the Renaissance man...




