Amanda Mealand

There seems to have been a lot of walking up hills at Splatt Farm Gardens lately. It started with Lughnasa, when a group of us headed up into the Quantock Hills together to mark this old seasonal festival, which falls at the beginning of August, halfway between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. Traditionally, Lughnasa marks the beginning of the harvest, that wonderful turning point in the year when all the invisible work of spring and early summer begins to become something...

Life can feel busy. There are always jobs to do, messages to answer, places to be, and expectations to meet. It's easy to find ourselves moving from one task to the next without stopping to ask a simple question: What do I actually need right now? At Splatt Farm Gardens, that's the question at the heart of everything we do. Not because we think everyone needs the same thing, but because we believe wellbeing looks different for each person, on each day. Sometimes we need adventure. Sometimes...

Forest School in Somerset: Child-led explorer-based learning for neurotypical and neurodivergent children