Muddy Mums

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Winter Program.....Don't forget to pencil the dates into your diaries!

Autum Activites sunday sept 30th and goodbye from Emma

Since its creation in 2010, Muddy Mums have appeared at many events offering creative playful activities in our local natural environments. We started out transforming our mums into merfolk in a magical kingdom in the sand at Goodrington, discovered the wildlife on Totnes high street through a quiz that took us on the garden trail provided by gardening for health. Fantastic boggarts at National Play day, giant snakes and ladders at the Jubilee picnic, magical autumnal mobiles at the anniversary of the Leechwell garden and bees on sticks at the Lamb garden to help us identify the bee friendly plants.

This year we have been holding the regular sessions for Kids corner in the Leechwell garden. Planting seeds, making bird scarers from tetra paks and a good old fashioned scarecrow. We have had fun discovering the world of the mini beast With Duncan Allen and Tarryn Castle of PUPA education and recently made luxurious herbal bath bags with Tania Bryson.

It has been a wonderful journey, making friends and wondering at the ingenuity of nature and our place in the natural world. I am very grateful to all the folk who have given of their time freely to support and enrich muddy mums with their presence and skills.

From Mid October I am passing the reins to Rachel Rafiki with confidence and great excitement. She is a natural forager for life with a passion for folk music and desire to share the knowledge held with in it.

Hold on to your hats as Muddy Mums go really wild, connecting us to the land through the wisdom of our elders, celebrating the seasons and nourishing ourselves through wild foods and lots of play.

Emma Capper

We were in the Leechwell Garden on Sunday and had great fun making an Autumn picture from found materials. Although, i think us adults enjoyed it even more than the kids!!

Monday, 6 August 2012

how the garden grows..finally!


Scarecrow did his job

The clover..so soft and springy

Preparing our flower salad

flower salad from the garden

relaxing after a busy session

house leek.. wow!

one of the residents

THIS SUNDAY we have entomologists Duncan Allen and Tarryn Castle of PUPA-education in the Garden
Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to discover the world of the mini-beast in the Leechwell garden and learn how to make a little bug house to take home for your favorite creatures in your garden or allotment.

wear old clothes and bring any natural object that has lots of neat nooks and crannies for bugs to hide away in.
You may also want to bring or borrow a camera.

suggested donation £3

This event is part of National play day

Monday, 23 April 2012

Planting up and making bird scarers

Week two on the kid's garden. Despite rain the was a gang of us, dodging showers and coppicing hazel for the magic beans to grow up. Planting seeds and seedlings and painting some stones to decorate our patch. Check out the great strawberry planter we filled, made by David, a local resident and our silvery crow scarers made with...you guessed it! TETRA PAKs.