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Today is Mark's birthday and if that wasn't enough excitement we had a huge delivery of wood generously donated to us from NFF Timber...

This week it was a lovely dry, calm autumnal day and one of our keen photographers made the most of photographing the autumn fungi and...

Happy Samhain- this week we celebrated the traditional Celtic/pagan celebration of Samhain. It is now know as Halloween but before Trick...

It was a surprise to receive not one but two requests for orders for planters last week and so the building begins. We had two planters...

This week we've been embracing the fruits of autumn. Over the past few weeks, some of us have been cracking the outer shells off the...

This week Sam brought some sheep fleece and carding brushes to the Heartwood Project so we could have a go at making some felted sheep...

This week it's been all about making things. We've been honing our woodworking skills to complete making the planter we started last...

What a fabulous day! We celebrated the Autumn Equinox and also one of our student's birthdays with homemade pizzas made in the wood fired...

It was fantastic to welcome back one of our students after a long break. Our Heartwood community really appreciate spending time together...

We are very proud to have finished making the new rustic chair for our fire circle. We all had a try on it and were pleased with how...

This week at Heartwood we had a quieter day and enjoyed the late summer sunshine and blue skies. It was lovely to spend time fixing the...

We had a hugely enjoyable day in the warm sunshine. Puppy Barley was incredibly relaxed today and sat in his crate watching all the...

We returned after our week's annual leave and it was great to see everyone again. One lovely surprise was that everything in fruit corner...

The big news of the week is that Mark has got a puppy and it came to Heartwood. Puppy Barley was an absolute superstar and won everyone's...

It was an incredibly hot day at Heartwood so we were very grateful for the leafy shade of the trees. There was a lot of work done in...

It was a great day at Heartwood as we saw our first harvest from the planter. It was the broccoli that has been growing so well and was...

We have had a busy day at Heartwood. There was a lot of sawing and splitting pallet wood to make kindling. Mark and some of the students...

Helen was delighted to celebrate her birthday at Heartwood this week. It was great for her to be in the woods with the Heartwood team for...

Today we have noticed how incredibly well everything is growing. Fruit Corner is looking great and benefitting from all the warm sunshine...

This week we have celebrated the Summer Solstice with pizza! Last thursday 20th June it was midsummer and the longest day.Mark brought...