Learning to Love Winter
The winter solstice, for many of us, brings about feelings of melancholy, deprivation, a sense of loss. Here in the northern hemisphere, we are in the darkest part of our year. There is however, another side to winter, one demonstrated by nature. In the plant world,...
Harnessing the Power of Plants: Winter Wreath Refresh and Early Spring Bulbs
As excited as I was to take the Christmas tree down and put the baubles away last week - the house feels calm and serene again and it seems a little bare... I feel the desire to find some winter freshness, airiness, light, newness and peace to bring indoors and...
What shall I do with my Christmas Tree?
Happy New Year! Today is all about decluttering the house for me and getting ready for 2022, which brings me to the topic of what shall we do with our Christmas Tree? Here are a number of environmentally friendly options available to consider if you are debating this...
A Celebration of Your Festive Wreaths
Below you will find a gallery of beautiful Christmas wreaths made at workshops taking place during this festive month. These photo's bring me huge amounts of joy. They have been created in the majority by people willing to have a go at something totally new... an...
‘Gardening through Grief’ with Serenity Wellbeing Gardens
I have had experience recently of working with a client gardener who was struggling to cope and process their grief in a healthy way. It prompted me to publish this blog because the results of working in our Community Garden at Happy Days, Halifax, and the positive...
‘Grow Well’ at The Outback Halifax, with Serenity Wellbeing Gardens
I was very grateful and honoured to be chosen to lead and facilitate this wonderful Social and Therapeutic Horticultural Therapy Programme at The Outback Garden Halifax. Here's what Sarah Waddington, The Outback Garden Manager had to say... "The Outback were proud to...
Green Wellbeing for the Great Indoors @temperancecafe, Halifax
With the change in seasons limiting the hours that can be spent outside in the garden, I am drawn to my houseplants, to pamper them once more, after a summer of focusing my attention outdoors. Bringing nature into your home is fun, nourishing and wonderous! Nurturing...
Willow the Wonderful Canine Befriender 🧡
Willow and I both get such a lot out of volunteering at with the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. We volunteer because it makes a difference, that in itself it is a good enough reason to do it. However, I have found so many unexpected benefits to...
Oh so Chipper at Happy Days!
Oh dear. It's a cold, cloudy, rainy, Autumn day and the Chipper hasn't arrived on time, several hours late in fact! We are all wet and a little despondent perhaps.. We had been looking forward to creating some mulch for our newly cleared community planting bed. We...
Propagating at The Outback Garden!
What a lovely Autumnal Horticultural Therapy Session we had at The Outback Garden this week 🧡 It's always good to relax into the session with a walk around the garden, preferably with a cuppa to take in the beauty all around you. Everything is changing so much at the...