🪴Our kitchen garden is coming along nicely!

🍅Here we have ‘tumbler’ tomatoes in recycled light casing, aubergines, cucumbers, chillis & peppers all planted.

🌽In our greenhouse: sweetcorn, beans, squash & courgette.

Big thanks to our volunteer Richard for getting stuck in!

#LoveGorsefield

🪴A huge thank you to our hardworking volunteers from
@stnairport.bsky.social this week!

🌱 This group really got stuck in, clearing the land and digging out some circular beds ready for planting.

#volunteering #community #MakeADifference #givingback

🌱From plot to plate 🍽️

Here at Gorsefield, we are passionate about providing healthy, nutritious meals for all our visitors.

With the news today highlighting the risks of ultra processed foods, we are proud to prioritise seasonal vegetables grown right here on site.

#EatNatural #HomeGrownFood

🧘April is #stressawarenessmonth. Here at Gorsefield, we firmly believe that spending time in natural environments helps to reduce stress & improve mental well-being.

🌿Research has found that spending 30 mins a day in nature reduces cortisol, enhances mood & improves focus 🧠

#stress #mentalhealth

🌳Our apple and pear trees looking glorious in the spring sunshine.

🌿Our apple trees have had quite a hard pruning, so it’s great to see the fruiting spurs so abundant.

🍎Hopefully it’ll be a fruitful year here at Gorsefield!

#fruittrees #nature #gardening #growyourownfood #flowers #plants

🚀 A fantastic couple of days spent at Gateway Academy this week!

📚 The children were so polite and engaged in their learning!

🔋I really enjoyed visiting Science, History & Maths lessons. I even gave a helping hand to Yr 4 who were making head-torches for dog walkers!

#STEM #STEMInspiration

🪴Our gardener, Chris, has built some new beds in the poly tunnel to increase the growing space.

🌱Lots of seedlings are beginning to sprout and our rhubarb plants are producing vibrant leaves.

🌤️Spring has definitely arrived!

#gardeningforfood #kitchengarden #lovegorsefield

☀️The sun is shining, the days are getting longer and today we celebrate the #SpringEquinox

🌷Signs of spring are appearing everywhere- squill, daffodils and cherry blossom looking glorious against the blue sky 🌱

#FirstDayofSpring #CelebrateSpring #SpringRenewal #LoveGorsefield #Biodiversity

🌳 For #BritishScienceWeek2025 we have been tapping our Silver Birch trees. 🌳

The children of Cubitt Town Primary School carefully strained the liquid & tasted a bit each- “tastes like sugar cane, like coconut water, sweet healthy, delicious and fresh, you can tell it's from a tree”

#BSW24 #STEM

Some beautiful slate pendants made by the children of
St Paul's Whitechapel CE Primary School last week.

#schoolresidential #lovegorsefield #outdoorlearning #outinnature

We are so excited to be hosting the @saperep4c.bsky.social Thinking with Nature #P4C course on 28th March.

Are you interested in applying P4C more in your outdoor learning initiatives?

Explore the natural world & the philosophical questions it raises.

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#P4C #OutdoorLearning

In the Essex countryside stands Gorsefield Outdoor Activity Centre. Owned by the LB of Tower Hamlets, Gorsefield is a not-for-profit beacon of hope & growth for children across one of London's most historically deprived areas
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