I can’t believe that I have been on placement for a year with the Cumbernauld Living Landscape, what a busy time it has been. Over 500 children have now taken part in my pine marten workshop! The past five months have been ...
Continue reading Natural Connections, all about pine martens

As part of the recently launched Carrickfergus Food Forum the Parks & Countryside section collaborated with health services on a 'Growing Together' initiative in the Sunnylands area.  'Growing Together' is an ...
Continue reading Growing Together, Sunnylands

It's the time of year for winding down, and winding foraged greenery around a ring for Christmas! We spent the morning with community groups in Belfast creating our festive displays to Christmas music and eating mince pies. ...
Continue reading Christmas Wreaths

Instead of introducing things with a short quip about the weather, I'll set down an interesting calendar fact. December was originally the tenth month in the Roman calendar, followed by a number of dark, cold non-agricultural ...
Continue reading Everything you ever wanted to know bout December, and MORE.

It’s been a while since my last entry so here are a few things to bring you up-to-date. Fieldwork has almost come to an end for this year with the majority of waders, nets and buckets being packed away until 2015, but that’s ...
Continue reading Autumn update as the wet weather arrives