Hello,
I hope that this finds you well. We've had a little sprinkling of rain here in South Devon today and it has felt very welcome, the plants and myself are needing it.
The Summer solstice has drifted by in somewhat of a blur for me this year. I gave my talk 'bringing back the buzz of the wildflower meadow' at Kingsbridge Nature fest, which went really well. I have been really enjoying giving the talks and meeting so many passionate people about wildflower meadows and wildlife in general. I am excited to be taking my talk and scything taster to Buddhafield festival this year 17th - 21st July, I will be in the land and social change area and I am really looking forward to it. Maybe see some of you there?
I have been thinking a lot recently about motivation, and what motivates me to do what I do. I realised that a big one for me is beauty, I am really passionate about creating beauty. For me beauty comes from flowers, predominantly wildflowers especially swaying gently in a meadow or on the banks of a hedge. Hearing birdsong and the cacophony of insects coming from a meadow. Creating deadhedges that blend into the landscape and offer fantastic habitat. Something I realised that doesn't motivate me much is reducing carbon. I do find it slightly baffling that often the main headline from conservation groups can be around reducing carbon. Whilst I do think its important I do think it is slightly missing the point. Carbon reduction is a by product of taking care and tending to our green spaces not the focus. To me it isn't tangible or relatable, where as creating beauty is for me. I would love to know what motivates you with your gardens?
Talking of creating beauty my next scythe course is coming up on Saturday July 13th and has 2 spaces left. After that I am excited to be teaming up with Charlotte Parton from The Sustainable Garden to run a scythe course on Saturday August 10th. To book a course or to find out more click here.
I hope that you enjoy this glorious time of year and take time to see what's going on in your garden amongst it all.
Warmly,
Ross
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