Wild Hive Ecological Educational Collective is helping us to grow a new HCF team. Welcome to Green Team@HCF! Wild Hive founder, Jo Hutchison, explains how it works.
Wild Hive educational outreach projects
Wild Hive Ecological Educational Collective gets our local schools and neighbourhoods growing. Founder Jo Hutchison shares how they're doing this.
Wild Hive takes community farming to the community
From its inception in the dark days of pandemic lockdown to its current set of thriving local initiatives, Wild Hive Ecological Educational Collective is going from strength to strength. Founder Jo Hutchison describes how she envisioned and developed Wild Hive.
Worming our way into soil health
Andrew Ross organises regular surveys of earthworms in our soil at Highbridge Community Farm. He explains why we do these surveys and what we learn.
Community farming Down Under
On a recent trip to New Zealand, Julie and Andrew visited some local community gardens. Read what they found - and how much connects us from one side of the world to another.
The power of seaweed
UK coastal communities have a long tradition of wild harvesting of seaweed for food. But its potential reaches far further than this.
Drowning the Highbridge water meadows
We were delighted to be invited by Highbridge Conservation Group to see them removing the boards to divert water onto the meadows. This is another step in the restoration of this scientifically-important water meadow.
Getting to know our neighbours: Highbridge Conservation Group
The fields that we use for Highbridge Community Farm are next to some historic water meadows and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, also owned by our landlord. Lyndsey runs Highbridge Conservation Group and explains how it came about and how you can find out more.
HCF soil carbon
Since we started HCF, we've worked hard to enrich the soil. Andrew had some samples analyzed to see how we're doing. With sustainability as one of our core values, he also looks at how our plants played their part in carbon offsetting.
Scouts visits to HCF
HCF is pleased to say that few days ago we were visited by a couple of local scouts groups. Education activities are a core purpose of the farm and we were delighted in receiving and spending an afternoon with these young children introducing them to a range of farm based activities. To accomplish this we … Continue reading Scouts visits to HCF