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A Look at Land Settlement
Thankyou Peter Gant for a great talk on Land Settlement. 56 people attended the evening at Ardleigh Primary School.... This meeting will be followed up by an evening of discussion, stories and skill sharing from people involved in Land Settlement. Details will be posted here when a date is decided.
videos about Transition Initiatives are on our ‘video’ page.
Network Farm
The Apricot Centre has just become a network farm for the Soil Association and continues its rich links with Creative Partnerships -Haven Gateway - working in and with schools in the area in with gardening and other creative areas
The Apricot Centre
The Apricot Centre is a small eco-venue in North Essex, situated on a 4-acre organic market garden 2.5 miles from Manningtree railway station. The aim of the centre is to give courses and experiences on the theme of 'sustainable living' for the general public, schools and for professionals in the fields of education, therapy, creativity, and agriculture/horticulture.
Our focus is sustainable living - People, Food, Energy & the Land. We offer couses on the farm, and work in schools on similar themes. Our courses are continually updated on our 'events' page, and currently include two main themes:
Gardening and Food: Organic Gardening, theory and practical skills, Permaculture, Biodynamic gardneing, Willow Weaving, Cooking and Food presevervation. Making Clay ovens.
The classes on gardening are now part of the master class series for the Soil Association. We offer a £12 discount on any course when you join the Soil Association.
School work: We offer farm visits for schools and are now a Network farm for the Soil Association. We work in schools developing gardens, creative projects (film-making/conflict resolution/community building) and working with teachers to deliver the curriculum via the garden. We work in association with Creative Partnerships and East Feast in both the Tendring and Haven Gateway areas.
Process Work: We are a regional centre for Process Work seminars and psychotherapy training (RSPOPUK). Process Work or Process Oriented Psychology is an awareness-based therapeutic approach developed by Dr Arnold Mindell and his colleagues broadly applicable in discovering sustainablility through personal development, relationship and groupwork. At the Apricot Centre we hold a particular focus of working with children and families.
Course Discount Offer: If you join either the Soil Association or RSPOPUK through us you will qualify for a £12 discount off the price of one of our courses. Just quote your membership reference number when booking your course.
You can download our current newsletter with courses & events here (or visit the events page).
For more videos visit our 'videos' page
