The Apricot Centre

The Transition town movement believes we need to have a positive vision for our communities for the future – let’s say 30 years in the future – 2042 – when we have made a transition to a “post peak oil […]

For many years Marina and I have been interested in the connections between wellbeing and our connection with nature. It’s exciting now that we are moving increasingly into the area of wellbeing through becoming a […]

Marina will this year be running two course series which may be of interest to you this year.

The LAUNCH Transition Training is a part-time course for people just starting out with new transition groups. It is […]

We have just built a new wood-store and filled it up with split logs and boxes of kindling – it is immensely satisfying and makes you feel warm and safe just looking at it.  So why am I telling you this ? Apart […]

Wow Marina would really kill me if she knew i was writing this. But luckily she doesn’t read the website too much

On the weekend of the 12 June Marina gave her final presentation of all her permaculture […]

I am a sixteen year old girl who suddenly has come to terms, or is trying to, with the fact that every day I am making decisions which will ultimately affect the rest of my life. Without overdramatizing […]

Being held in someone’s mind is no small thing. It is known to be a huge factor in child development whereby the child experiencing  themself to be held in the mind of their parent becomes increasingly self-aware […]

Marina filmed this on her phone this weekend. She said the atmosphere was particularly lovely. Apple pressing was taking place. I believe Harry was […]

Hello, I thought I’d let you know how the ‘electric pony’ aka Wallace and Edward 3-wheeler milk float renovation project is going. As you may remember the Electric Pony was conceived during a ‘Ways and Means’ walk […]

This is the first of a regular monthly series of Newsletters from the Apricot Centre providing news, ideas, and upcoming events. In this newsletter we will be catching up on what has been going on since the […]

We are finally setup. I wanted to go back to our earlier discussions with Mark when we both though anna was pregnant. It’s harder when you view things from a distance but I will try to give you my take on things. […]

To add to what kenton has said. I had been monitoring my basal body temperature for at least 8 months every day and had taken a course of acipuncture to de-stress me and regulate my menstrual cycle. I am used to […]

This will be the 3rd Permaculture Design Course in 3 years at the Apricot Centre. Full Permaculture Design Course (PDC). The Apricot Centre has been hosting and helping to run PDCs with Hannah Thorogood here on […]

“Tao of Community? Yes. We spun the pen amongst hundreds around the world in our (free) June World Community Class , and the TAO pointed to someone focusing on the conflict between realistic structures, and […]

A month or two ago I was visiting somewhere with Anna and I told her that I was thinking of doing a child observation as part of developing my skills around working with children, but that i didn’t want to do a […]

I am sitting here with Kenton and Anna sharing stories of conception, and talking about how to blog. Lots of blog setup problems, but we are there now. Exciting to hear that Anna is now 5 1/2 weeks pregnant. […]

A youngish teenage boy came to see me each week in his secondary school. He sloped into the room for his session and lolloped onto his chair. People were concerned about this young man’s low mood and that he had a […]