Another busy week full of gardening activities; the Men in Sheds team putting up a well needed shed, The Parenting Space successfully launching a new term and the visit of the children’s group The Beavers to the garden, the highlight of the week for us though was Thursday - World Mental Health Day.

It was wonderful to see so many turn up on Wednesday, despite an overly gloomy forecast the day before which didn't come to pass!

We gathered on Wednesday to enjoy a harvest lunch together! The food, most of which had an element of the acre in it, included parsnip soup, apple cake, apple pie, potato and leek soup and roasted hazelnuts.

Only three weeks ago we were steaming under record temperatures and and now there is torrential rain! We were surprised to see so many volunteers on Wednesday, all sheltering from the rain in the cabin - optimists all.

The acre has been a hive of activity so far this summer but now it's time to take a short breather, take time to reflect on what a beautiful garden we have created and to enjoy it.

A small group of volunteers started work on Monday to ensure the acre was at its very best this week with two judging days looming and a picnic to host.

The week was incredibly busy for us all as we prepared for two more days of judging for the South and South East in Bloom. This year we had been asked to be part of Farnham's bid to win Gold, a huge honour for us.

On Monday a group of volunteers were on the acre for the first of our judging days - In your Community ( South and South East in Bloom).

Having had consistently very wet days three days in a row we can count ourselves lucky as the rain stayed away on our ‘Welcome Wednesday’ until after lunch

The view of the meadow now is stunning with a sea of white and yellow interspersed with a few red poppies with lots of buttercups highlighted against the bronze fennel.

What a great turnout we had on Wednesday for a fantastic day of achievement - we're creating a garden that will be a joy to be in this summer!

What a day! No hiding in greenhouses today as the glorious sunshine bathed the acre in its warm rays, highlighting the beautiful colours that are beginning to emerge all around us.

Black clouds hovered over the acre today, finding us hunkering down in the workshop cabin whilst outside the pond was naturally filled as the clouds emptied.

So many things happening on the acre in the past week it seems as if we’re competing with the spring flowers to come to bloom!

Next day saw the Wednesday crew role up their sleeves and really get stuck into the garden. Don was soon busy weeding one of our beds and planting some of the flowers that Nick had kindly donated from his garden and now we only have one bed in urgent need of weeding.

The acre is beginning to look quite glorious. Marianne and Sarah went plant shopping and the " Madge Green Bee Bed " is really taking shape.

A noticeable feature has moved location as our greenhouse now sits proudly on its new base.

Welcoming Wednesday had a great turnout of volunteers together with some visitors to the acre. The first visitors we welcomed were from Hart District Council whom we had met at the NHS Innovation Conferences that we have attended.

Despite the recent wild stormy weather our new shed is very nearly complete…all the electrics are in, it's fully insulated and solid as a rock!

Work has finally started on our much longed for gardening cabin! For months we’ve had the square of rubble, promising to be the foundations and finally it’s going up, another milestone for space2grow!

On our regular gathering on Wednesday it was like Picadilly Circus with guests and visitors, volunteers and the acre pack all making the most of the wonderful weather.

Nothing heralds the change of season as well as the bright yellow daffodils with their ' trumpets' proudly announcing that spring is coming. With such lovely weather drifting over the acre it is truly magical to see the changes, knowing that longer and warmer days are on the way.

On Wednesday it was busy, busy, busy as we made great strides under Nicks guidance in laying our new path. The ground was prepared before a membrane to suppress the weeds was laid down.

This week saw us start the second layer of our willow fencing which also meant harvesting the boughs by pollarding the trees by the stream.

After a bitterly cold start we were soon bathed in sunshine and worked under a perfectly azure sky.

It was a real treat on Wednesday to have John Negus on the acre and he gave us an insightful demonstration on caring for our trees.

A rather wet and windy Wednesday meant that we had a week of planning rather than out pottering in the rain!

Despite the wet start we did get the acre looking a lot smarter although it was too damp to do much strimming. The cabin lawn was mown together with areas around our vegetable strips.

It was a lovely, relaxed atmosphere on the acre; the cabin lawn was given a a much needed trim and the same went for the secluded corner and the entrance point to the Old Vicarage.

We achieved quite a bit today. Abigail cleared the path leading to our dumping area and was stung numerous times by our ferocious nettles for her troubles