Dulcie, one of our GA support workers, talks about the value of our recent Thursday produce stalls to the self esteem of our gardeners: “Since doing a recent course with the charity “Thrive” and coming up to my first year of working on the Growing Ability project, I’ve been thinking carefully about specifically how various … Read more

On 27th June after much planning and much anticipation, almost all our Growing Ability gardeners (12 in all), along with staff and volunteers, headed off on a trip to Cambridge Botanical Gardens. We met at Hitchin and Letchworth stations and congregated in one carriage, also joined by Riley the support dog. Some of the gardeners … Read more

The Growing Ability allotment is currently a hive of activity! As we transition between seasons, we have been reflecting on what we have enjoyed over the last three months, what we haven’t, and what we would like to do now. At this potent time of year in terms of growing, projects that are beginning include … Read more

by volunteer and DofE student Edward: On this day of volunteering lots of work was finished. The weather was sunny and mild which was perfect for doing work but attracted many hoverflies. Some of the work that was completed was the planting of wildflowers. 400 small wildflower plants had been grown from seed by members … Read more

Here, Mel Coath (of the Triangle Garden events team and Hitchin Nature Network) describes our latest adventures in nature with a group of Hitchin Beavers: ‘It was a sunny March evening and sixteen excited 6-8 year olds had just buzzed into the Triangle Garden chattering away. “Don’t just talk at them” my wise friend advised … Read more

Now that Marie Kondo has renounced her special brand of tidiness for a slightly more relaxed approach to family life (on the arrival of her third child), we can all feel a little less anxious about holding on to things. Because holding on to things that still function, rather than swapping them up for the … Read more

by Edward “On Sundays each month at the Triangle Community Garden anyone can take part in volunteering to take care of the garden. Here are some examples of jobs to do at the garden in March 2024. Here some volunteers pruned an apple tree in the community garden. They spent about one hour and a … Read more

What we wear means a lot to us, whether we love fashion or not. Even those who only wear things for practicality, have taken a conscious decision somewhere along the line to eschew trends and go minimal. Throughout history and across the world, clothing is more than just a way of keeping warm or protected. … Read more

Planning a holiday? How much do you know about the impact of your plans? and how much do you want to know? Recently I’ve been taking time to explore places nearer to home, in the realisation that in over 60 years there were countless places in the UK that I’d never visited. Until 2022, I’d … Read more

For some, having a total reset from day one is the best way to go about changing things – out with the old, in with the new! For others, like me, winter feels like the worst time to try and make radical changes, especially to your diet. It’s still cold and dark, we’re all hunkered … Read more