We are so pleased to have our volunteers back! It’s been really difficult just the two of us keeping on top of everything since the beginning of lock-down. In between home schooling, day jobs and the weather, we have just done what we can to keep it going so we Read more
This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of welcoming the wildflower nursery into the Higher Ground family! 🥳🌿 The AONB led and funded project completed in April 2019, handing the ongoing running of the nursery to a group of volunteers as a sub-project of Higher Ground. Since then the team have focused Read more
What strange times we are now living in. Since the lock down restrictions were announced three weeks ago we have been living in a peculiar, strained state of limbo. Like so many others we have been grappling with the concept of home schooling while trying to maintain some sort or Read more
Ugh we’re totally sick of this wind. With a blustery preamble and then two days of rage, Storm Ciara thankfully left the poly-tunnels in one piece but continues to chuck slushy snow at us so the site is a boggy mess. Thankfully Sam has gone and got all manly and Read more
Happy new year and a huuge thanks to everyone who helped out in any way, big or small, in 2019! We’ve had a fantastic year including our first crops, our first referrals, and over 60 volunteers offering over 500 hours of time. With their help we’ve created a lovely pond Read more
We’ve been opening the building for a coffee drop in now for a few months, sometimes we have up to 8 people, sometimes only 1 or 2 and sometimes none – I might have frightened people away with my attempt at baking – but we don’t mind this, we’re there Read more
We’re now selling a fair few veg boxes on Saturday mornings from the poly-tunnel. There’s something different in them each week depending upon what is ready to pick, last week was onions, french beans, carrots, Desiree potatoes, cucumber, courgettes and herbs. Boxes are £8 and we only have a limited Read more
On Friday we had a visit from the newly elected North of Tyne Mayor, Jamie Driscoll. He met some of our regular volunteers, met the ducks, and had a tour of the garden and building to find out all about the project as he is interested in social enterprises that Read more
We are looking for more volunteers to help us out in a few different areas:- Groundwork on Fridays and Saturday mornings Thursday morning coffee den supervisors (just sitting around drinking coffee really) Thursday aftenoon craft drop in supervisors and facilitators If you are interested in becoming part of the team Read more
Our garden party seems like such a long time ago now, it was less than a month ago but it seems like so much has happened since then. The event was fantastic, everyone had such a great time and the snail racing was brilliant fun. They ended up being surprisingly Read more