What we are doing, what’s happening locally
We love to hear from you, all articles welcome!
Grow Batheaston celebrate the completion of several areas of wildflower meadow on the Elmhurst estate.
This project was made possible by a grant from Your Park which enables us to buy the seed and plug plants and work with volunteers to scarify the areas by hand and then sow and trample in the seed mix.
Introducing your local eco hairdresser - Karen Silk
Karen Silk is a Bath based, eco-sustainable hairdresser offering a one-to-one bespoke service, in a welcoming and relaxed studio with views over Batheaston Meadows.
30 Oak saplings planted by the children from Oak class - Batheaston Church School
Local Primary school pupils from Oak class got the chance to each plant their very own oak sapling on Bathampton meadows near to New Leaf Farm.
A visit to the Shumei Natural Agriculture Farm at Yatesbury by local resident Jan Watterson
A visit the Shumei Natural Agriculture farm at Yatesbury was bewildering. I thought I knew a fair amount about organic agriculture, but my assumptions about the relationship between growers and crops were turned upside down.
Slow Flowers - Grown Not Flown
Local resident Cathy Crozier-Cole talks about the benefits of locally grown ‘slow flowers’
Middle Ground Growers - Your Local Veg Box Scheme
We are Middle Ground Growers, a small ecological farm on 1.5 acres in Bathampton. We are young passionate growers who are determined to change our local food system by producing fresh organically grown and affordable food for all.