There is no doubt that the financial year for 2021 is looking pretty grim for small businesses right now. One quarter spent recovering from lockdowns, one quarter in lockdown and another quarter while the whole country, no doubt, has a long holiday during the Xmas period. So let's forget about doing business right now [...]
Are you feeling a bit fed up and need a good smile? Here are my 5 favourite things to do during lockdown If you are lucky enough to have a bottle of gin and a cucumber, try this for a great pick-me-up, guaranteed to make you smile. Finely grate about a tablespoon of [...]
The Industrial Age and Information Age are finally being replaced with a last call to humanity, the Age of Nature. Whether we chose to act swiftly or delay, will determine the fate of our history. Some say it is too late already. Human optimism, determination and ingenuity are our only weapons now. For [...]
Brian Cox in and on the brain As the horrors of 2020 fade, I am left with a smile on my face and warmth in my heart thanks to Brain Cox who has been much on my mind recently. If, from the far reaches of the garden I hear his mellifluous voice, I drop [...]
Having just read Deep Ecology for the 21st Century - edited by George Sessions, I thought I would share a couple of items that jumped out at me. "To achieve a viable human-earth community, a new legal system must take as its primary task, to articulate the conditions for the integral functioning of the [...]
Hanging Gardens of New Zealand was awarded the Ports of Auckland contract for the installation of the largest vertical garden of its kind in the world, on the new car-handling building on Auckland’s waterfront. Ports of Auckland Chief Executive Tony Gibson said “This vertical garden is one of the design features of this new [...]
From our very beginning 8 years ago, Hanging Gardens has focused on how we can create sustainable and beautiful environments for the benefit of people and the planet. We hope we can inspire you to do things differently! Hanging Gardens started 8 years ago when I could not find a single DIY vertical garden [...]
I know that there are a lot of people active in the green economy, who have been flat out for months. Six months, years or more. So I have to admit that today, I did not feel guilt walking my dogs on a deserted beach. A little global pause feels good! In Venice, the [...]
Voice recorded messages when calling a business should be banned. Who wants to hear sales blurb when you want to talk to someone who cares? Today I spend half an hour trying to find someone who cares about the fact that my water suddenly dried up. I was diverted to the outages answering system [...]
This year, moving into the new and bigger garden provided the perfect time for me to grow my own edibles. The fruit trees were established some 6 years ago and now, crop after crop, the peaches, apricots, pears and apples provide a veritable feast for the birds. Some of the birds are so fat, [...]
