The Gift of Life
– at Birdsong Garden, St Ouen…
I
’d heard of BirdSong from this friend and that…all extoling its many virtues, but nothing prepared me for my own beautiful experience one gloriously sunny
Tuesday morning in June. Parking my car, all seemed quiet – I wasn’t sure if I should wait for someone to meet me or if I should explore the trodden path in the long grass flanked by wire fences housing a pony and some sheep. I decided to be bold and explore the path. Clover made up much of the soft carpet beneath my feet so in true ‘earthing’ tradition, I took off my shoes to enjoy the cool grasses and leaves. Apple trees were dotted around and as I got nearer to the end of the
Flower Garden Sign
black hen, eager to show me the way.
path, more and more flowers greeted me; echinacea, California poppies, sweet peas and borage to name a few.
I was greeted by 3 smiling faces – Kate and Sebastien who
Eventually I could hear voices and knew I was on the right
I knew to be the founders, and another lady, a volunteer
path, and delightfully, I was escorted the last few feet by a
called Carolien (it turned out we knew each other from years ago and through natural therapies – Jersey’s like that isn’t it!) who was full of enthusiasm and first-hand knowledge of how everything at Birdsong works. We sat around the fire pit (not lit at the time) and began chatting… I asked Kate to share with me, how they came to be doing what they are doing so magnificently in idyllic St Ouen? “Although originally from Jersey; a farmer’s daughter, I’d been living in France for 14 years where Sebastien and I were subsistence farmers…subsistence being old
Beau Chilling
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traditional minimal farming, producing only what you need,
