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Although I have written about compost before, there are many ways of thinking about compost, here is a slightly different approach… The ancient system of bodily chakras (or energy centres) which many of us know, lists seven main chakras – moving from the base of the spine – the root chakra, to the top of…

When and where new homes are built is always a controversial subject. I receive a lot of correspondence on planning in Wealden, and I recognise the level of frustration at the current housing targets for Wealden. I fully acknowledge that we do need more homes, and a level of development in Wealden is inevitable. I…

As we write this article in March, spring has most definitely sprung on the farm. The daffodils are flowering, the bees are waking up, we have spring garlic available in the shop and we have a couple of newly born calves in our dairy herd (as well as plenty of new piglets). In terms of…

Borde Hill Garden, near Haywards Heath in West Sussex, is home to a truly impressive collection of magnolias. Some, collected by the Great Plant Collectors in the 1900s, are now 90 -100 years old and many have established so well that they have become ‘champion’ trees, and are either the tallest or have the largest girth…

The very popular Rude Mechanical Theatre Company will be back in Hartfield on Sunday 5th June with a brand-new outdoor play on The Croft. Always good for a laugh, great live music and a bit of provocation, you won’t want to miss them. Their new play is called ‘Gods and Dogs’ and is an hilarious…

Since opening in 2017 the Repair Café has had many different items brought to us. Some are practical like toasters and vacuum cleaners but others have much more meaning or significance to the owner of the item. One such item that came to us recently was for one very special Forest Row resident who lives in…

Your Local Medical Transport Service.  Do You know about us and how we work? Even if you do, let us introduce ourselves… Originally, transporting people to medical appointments was a scheme linked to the local surgery, Ashdown Forest Health Centre. The current service was launched by the Wealden District Council jointly with Forest Row Parish…

Barcombe Village Hall, Barcombe, nr Lewes (just 30 minutes from Forest Row) is the place to be on Friday 15th October 2021 at 7.30pm. Natasha Kaplinsky, Patron of The Bevern Trust, will host a dinner and auction to celebrate the tireless work of the charity and the residents of Bevern View, whilst simultaneously raising much…

Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, has welcomed recent progress regarding the future of the Forest Row Household Waste Recycling Site. Nusrat Ghani said: “I’m pleased to learn that the Forest Row Parish Council approved the making of a bid to the County Council for the freehold of the old Household Waste Recycling Site in the…