Happy Earth Day 2024
22nd April marks Earth Day in the diary for 2024. We place great emphasis on sustainability, greenscaping and ensuring our projects are ecologically sound – it is at the heart of our projects. Last year we installed over 100 mature trees to a woodland trail Playscape integrated with Wildlife houses and Wildlife watch towers, a Pop Up Garden with a productive Winter glasshouse set up for high yields of produce founded on a field to fork self sufficiency ethos. Plus we planted over 1.5km of native hedgerows providing shelter, food and habitat for pollinators and wildlife.
Trees planted by HC so far this year
Meet Pop Up Productive
A completely productive garden, designed to allow its owners to be self sufficient all year round. This magic space defies the typical constructs of the edible garden providing produce even in the depths of Winter. Think Strawberries in December! We believe that every garden should be multi-seasonal and that does not stop at productive gardens. Every element of PUP is founded in a field to fork ethos. From hanging baskets of herbs, berries & salad crops indoors to outdoor troughs boasting an array of hardy Kale and vegetable crops.
Earthday is an opportunity to celebrate our remarkable planet and to take some steps in the right direction but it should fundamentally remain as a reminder to us all that there is still an urgent need to change.
“Earth Day is a reminder of the importance of environmental conservation and sustainability, encouraging us to come together and take action for a healthier planet and brighter future.” WWF
go with the flow
turn your screen upside down for this one
See our release of a vast shoal to this wildlife pond last week. Their job will be to tend to cleaning of all algae. Feel free to click to go to full screen to view in better detail.
In the face of adversity
Last week National Geographic caught some seriously special footage, never before seen. Hundreds of month-old Emperor Penguin chicks launched themselves into icy waters from a 50ft cliff. Scientists anticipate that this rare event will become more common as sea ice declines and Penguins are forced to adapt.
“Ordinarily, emperor penguins nest on free-floating sea ice that thaws and blows away each year, not on the ice shelf, which is firmly attached to the land. But lately, some colonies have been nesting on the shelf. Scientists theorize that the shift could be related to increasingly earlier seasonal thawing of the sea ice caused by climate change.”
We have added the link which you MUST watch. It is extraordinary. Some take leaps of faith, some are pushed, some just fall. There are tragic belly flops and anguishing moments, but this is is one of the most inspiring things that we think we have seen. The sheer resolution of self will, of group community, of faith and belief, and ultimately success. Because each and everyone of those pilgrims makes it, regardless of their grace or lack of grace of fall. Many become rockstars with their jumps. Others hmmm… take a look. Link at the end.
Introducing enki 60th issue, The Home of Design & architecture
enki magazine invited us to feature in their 60th edition this April which focuses on Eco luxury and sustainable living. Our project Pixxie felt like the perfect fit.
Pixxie boasts a wildlife meadow, swimming pool, multiple gathering stations with natural heat sources – a destination secret fire pit area located at the farthest north point and a classic outdoor lounge set up with an outdoor corten fireplace and a Douglas Fir wood Arbor. Bespoke swing sets for the children coupled with the kids own productive raised garden full of produce for cooking within their outdoor cook spots. The garden was designed to be a constant garden – to pull the family outdoors to embrace every month of the year. Get your latest 60th issue of enki to learn more. Available online and from all your usual high street outlets. Waitrose, M&S, WHSmith, etcetera.
Pixxie will be landing on our portfolio page shortly so keep in touch for more on this project.
all ingredients by HC 2024 © as always. With some help from WWF, National Geographic, enki and Luke P.B, Earth Day poster winner (you are awesome BTW)
and Happy Birthday Hon, our very own resident born earth girl.
Watch the video here
