The last year has just flown by – we signed the lease on the 25th June last year, so to celebrate a whole year of being on the site and to share our story with the community, we are having a summer garden party and open day on 13th July Read more…
We have been so busy it’s been hard to get around to writing the blog, but better late than never! Our book-swap, coffee morning and plant sale was a great success, Sam spent hours sorting and labelling individual plants making sure they were all healthy and ready to sell. Most Read more…
We are very excited that we are now able to start SELLING STUFF! Starting a couple of weeks ago we began selling our salad veg on Saturday mornings including fresh salad leaves and rocket, spring onions, radishes and beetroot. On the first morning we sold out of salad altogether and Read more…
We’re having a book swap and plant sale! Bring good quality books for children and adults, and DVDs to swap like-for-like (bring 5 take 5 or donate for extra!). Ginny and the wildflower nursery team will also be there selling their plants. Have yourself a cuppa and stock up on Read more…
I have just realised I haven’t written an update about the public pond area, it seems like ages ago now but our pond volunteer day back on the 11th May was a massive success. Our team of 10 volunteers painted the shed, dug around and cleared under the picnic benches Read more…
Would you like to meet new people and have a cuppa and a chat? One of the things we have wanted to do for a while is to be available to open the common room for people to come and enjoy a tea or coffee and meet new people. Now Read more…
As promised, we are running our next workshop on Sunday 19th May, 10:00am-12:00pm in the Medway block, Higher Ground, Allendale. Come and make a colourful bracelet and learn how to master a few basic macrame knots, adding your own detail with different beads. Perfect for a personal gift or for Read more…
We are delighted to welcome the Plugging The Gaps Project, which is situated at the bottom of the site, into the Higher Ground family. This fantastic project has previously been led by Ruth Star-Keddle, Ben Scotting and the North Pennines AONB partnership and they have had a brilliant year with Read more…
We are having another volunteer day in May. As some of you may know, as well as developing the veg plot we are also looking after the communal part of the site for the general public to enjoy, like the public footpaths the top area planted with trees which we’re Read more…
Well we did it! And the wee ones did at least 11 miles per day I’m so proud of them. We are overwhelmed by everyone’s support and sponsorship, we have raised over £1,200 to keep the project running which is amazing. Thank you so much to all who donated xx Read more…