We held our annual summer activity day for the Smile project at the end of August with nearly 50 attendees. The day was filled with creative and active fun including canoeing, glass painting, jewellery making, bird pizzas and the all essential fire pit barbecue. It was great to have some ‘old’ families back as well…
Yesterday we welcomed 6 new residents to Manna who generously thanked us this morning with 6 eggs. They are very friendly hens who will eat from your hands, or if you are foolish enough to go near them wearing flip flops, will peck your toes presuming them to be worms!
After months of hard work we have finally completed our ‘accessible for all’ raised beds which are already producing abundant crops both for edible and sensory enjoyment. A huge thank you to the National Garden Scheme for making this possible.
Spring really is here now with the arrival of some beautiful lambs.
So here we are after a very long year of closure thanks to the changing world of Covid. But we are now very happy to say that we have re-opened the gates with gusto by launching straight into a raised beds project. Over a year ago we were fortunate enough to be given funds by…
We have spent the past couple of months re-shaping the website so as to make it a more informative resource for anyone interested in Manna. We have finally launched this ‘new look’ website which will no doubt continue to evolve in the coming months and years as the Project grows. So if you get a…
We held another successful tree planting day in November thanks to funding from the Tree Council, the International Tree Foundation, and our supporters. These lovely fruit trees are thriving now and will provide plentiful produce for those at Manna in years to come. The International Tree Foundation are keen to know what your favourite Tree…
We have recently received the great news that the National Garden Scheme are giving us £3,500 to build a sensory raised garden for wheelchair users. This will be such an asset for the Project as we currently don’t have anywhere accessible for wheelchair users. The beds will be built from railway sleepers, resting on a…
A few days ago, after what we think was a tricky birth, our final Jacob lamb was born. It is a female which is wonderful because she will join our group of ageing ewes. However, we are a bit concerned she may have some issues with eyesight, and is quite frail. It’s hard to see…
One of our more ‘mature’ ewes has produced a beautiful pair of Jacob twins, who are bouncing around in the sunshine today.