Garden design, project management and consultancy
The Oxford Real Farming Conference rivals the NFU Oxford Conference in January every year. It has now more delegates than the NFU conference, 800 this year. And as if to highlight its rise in prominence, this year’s conference was addressed by environment, food and rural affairs secretary Michael Gove. It’s not about being rivals but
Seed Co-operative is a community owned seed company that is growing and selling organic and biodynamic open pollinated vegetable, herb and flower seed in the UK. Launched in 2014, this initiative is building on the work of Stormy Hall Seeds which for 20 years has been the biggest organic vegetable seed producer in the UK
I often wonder why as a society we continue to let valuable front gardens be largely concreted over. Yes of cause people need somewhere to park, but by dropping curves we often rob other road uses of somewhere to park. Don’t they pay their road taxes too? Yes people own these front gardens often,
We live in a society of ever-present chemical cocktails that have long-term consequences. Should we not re-evaluate our lifestyles? I believe we should. I, therefore, choose to encourage organic management of all the sites I am involved with. Developing systems that work with rather than against nature is the key, whether it’s a small suburban
Kevin Pressland 