The Smile Connect families returned for the second time this summer for another day of creative woodland and river fun. We had a super day and it was lovely to welcome back familiar faces. A big thank you to the JP Morgan volunteers for being a part of the day and helping to make it…
Our All age Fridays have been very popular over the summer with all sorts of creative and bushcraft activities. The weather has obviously been incredible so each week the kids have ended up in the river either on kayaks, a homemade raft, or casting willow fishing rods with the hopes of catching a 20 pounder!…
Our second All age Friday was full of worm exploits as we created wormeries large and small. But a day at Manna is not really complete without time on the river so mini egg rafts were created and launched to round off the day. Next week we will be cooking over and working near the…
The Smile families returned for another day of fun involving birdbox making and egg raft creations. Lots of new faces joined us and got stuck in alongside others who have been before. It was lovely to have a family back who attended for our first ever Smile activity day 6 years ago!
The winter is passed, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come… This is indeed the case at Manna, and I reflected upon this yesterday with a visitor as we listened to the birdsong drifting from tree to tree. Manna is bursting into life with…
Following the successful rearing of 8 hens from eggs we have just been given another 9 chickens to add to our colourful flock. We will soon be selling our eggs which are delicious, so do pop in to purchase a box or 2.
Wandering around the woods yesterday with the dappled sunlight shining through the trees we stumbled upon some super mushrooms which confirmed that autumn has finally arrived. So goodbye to the shorts and endless watering, and hello to layers of clothes and Manna grown soup and stews.
Following generous funding from the National Gardens Scheme to create wheelchair accessible raised beds, we have spent months building and planting and are very pleased with the results. Two members from the NGS visited us to present a lovely plaque and we had a very enjoyable time with them. A huge thank you to all…