Recycling and Upcycling
During your visit to the Pines Calyx you will notice many functional objects from where you wipe your feet, to hang your coat. These unremarkable but essential items have been cleverly recycled from man made and natural materials. Take time to...
Apprenticeships in Horticulture
We offer apprenticeships in horticulture that help to give people a new start in life through a mix of practical experience and paid-for studies. I spoke to two apprentices, past and present, to find out how they’ve benefited from their time here.
Farewell to Lisa and Alice our Mangalitsa Pigs
We’re saying goodbye to two of our residents this week as Lisa and Alice, our Mangalitsa pigs, are moving home. They’re off to a rare breed farm in Norfolk where they’ll help to ensure the survival of their line.
Growing organic veg in July
Cucumbers To keep your cucumbers sweet, remember to pinch off the male flowers. You can see the tiny baby cucumber at the base of female flowers so you should be able to easily tell the difference. Keep your cucumbers tied in and take off and burn any leaves...
Volunteering at The Pines Garden
Volunteering brings many benefits, such as better health, learning something new, improving your existing skills and making friends. The Bay Trust has a team of volunteers who help out in a variety of ways. Anita Sedgewick spoke to some of them about why they chose...
Report for the Outdoor Learning Residential Programme
Evaluating the residential programme of activities for children 2015 There is a trend of research to show that time spent outdoors has helped children’s personal development, with school grades along with improving social skills. The Bay Trust, in partnership with...
Kronos and Experimental Science, Art & Educational Project
The project encompasses a significant sculptural piece that evokes mankind’s reaching out into deep time and space, providing a start and end for an interactive pathway in a natural setting for people of all ages to walk
Steps Bank – ecological land management project
Our permaculture team and local volunteers are working on the restoration of indigenous trees, shrubs and meadow plants on Steps Bank.
Internship in sustainable building
Kristian Bird talks about his research project with sustainable building company Helionix Design and his career development through our internship programme.
Farewell to our Elms
Just before Christmas 2014 we received some bad news. The eight Elm trees in the Pines Garden had become infected with Dutch Elm Disease. Following consultation with the Tree Officer of Dover District Council we were instructed to remove all eight trees. At around 50...
Camera Obscura Installation
A Point of View Artist Sue Toft is creating a camera obscura in the lower roundel of the Pines Calyx building. There will also be an art installation by Sue and photography by Kevin Francis, with workshop sessions each morning and afternoon for both children and...
Rural Skills Roundhouse
The Roundhouse Shelter is an ideal restful spot to picnic and look back out over the garden towards the grass labyrinth, seventeenth century facade and lake. The 2003 roundhouse project was conceived in response to creating a useful space with wood that came from the...