A huge thank you to all who came! Visitors from Islington and beyond enjoyed home-made cake and tea on the lawn, and drinks from the bar. Music groups played throughout the afternoon: Kadialy Kouate (kora), The Angel Band (folk), Myles Jones Brass Band, Music for Children, Leora Cohen String Quartet, Erik Kris (Spanish guitar), AMLB Soundcheck, Archway Mountain Lightnin Boys (bluegrass), London International Gospel Choir. A special thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who made cakes and helped on the day, ensuring our music festival was a great success!

Volunteers from Macquarie built steps between the orchard and the vegetable garden and mulched fruit trees with manure from Freightliners Farm and donated woodchip. Thank you to the BIG Alliance for arranging the session.

Encouraged by beautiful sunny weather, over 70 visitors came to our National Garden Scheme (NGS) Open Day in April. Our visitors learned about our vegetable growing, walked in the woodland and enjoyed tea and cake outdoors. We raised funds for NGS good causes and to help pay for repairs to our terracing. We also welcome donations through Local Giving to help with our ongoing terracing repairs.

Kokedama is a traditional Japanese technique. Participants learned how to wrap the plant’s roots in a ball of soil and moss to create a beautiful, living sculpture.