Speke Hall, making compost from kitchen garden waste

Speke Hall, making compost from kitchen garden waste

Speke Hall gets into making garden compost! The National Trust’s Speke Hall in Liverpool is a magnificent Tudor house, one of my preferred National Trust properties. A lot of work is undertaken keeping it a popular place to visit. But behind the scenes there are...
Speke Hall-making compost bins

Speke Hall-making compost bins

All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes,  and wormeries. Speke Hall in 2011 started work on a walled Victorian kitchen garden. Being a compost fanatic, I decided to make some...
Composting flowers from a crematorium

Composting flowers from a crematorium

All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes,  and wormeries. Several years ago, whilst working for Warrington Collegiate Institute and later Mysercough College, as a gardening tutor, I...
Living willow dome – A good example of ecotherapy!

Living willow dome – A good example of ecotherapy!

All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes,  and wormeries. Making natural Christmas wreathes from willow etc, has proved to be very popular with 100’s people visiting the pages...
Champion Eco warriors from Bewsey Lodge Primary

Champion Eco warriors from Bewsey Lodge Primary

All my articles, videos and work are funded by my teaching and sales of award winning bumblebee nest boxes, solitary bee boxes,  and wormeries. Primary schools in climate change triumph 2:30pm Wednesday 1st June 2011 I was delighted to be asked by Warrington Borough...