After a serious amount of commitment to grow food at Banister House, the gardens are being to take shape. Well done all for all the hard work. Brilliant!

Tonight is the launch of the special works schools’ first publication. Come along!

First established by the Royal Engineers during the first world war as a place to teach, display and experiment with new techniques of camouflage. The school was eventually dismantled but has been brought back to life by this collection or artists, writers and designers.

For more information on the project visit http://www.camouflagepark.org/

After a splendid time in Metis the garden went up. The bubbling pumps to aerate the algae went down a treat.

Find out more about the garden here http://www.physicgarden.org.uk/ and we are just doing up the algae garden site here http://algaegarden.wordpress.com/

I put together a quick recipe for spirulina biscuits that you can have as a nutritional supplement if you fancy it.

Spirulina cookies - for 16 biscuits

2 tsp olive oil

200g rice syrup

2 generous tbsp Almond butter

4 rounded tsp spirulina

200g puffed rice

pinch of salt

optional: vanilla extract, mixed seeds, chopped dates

1. Line a small tray with grease proof paper.

2. Warm the rice syrup and nut butter on a low heat until it is liquid and well mixed.

3. Let it cool a little and add the spirulina and salt followed by the puffed rice. Add a little at a time to make sure each grain is covered.

4. Squash the mix into the tin tightly and mark the biscuits with a knife. Then leave it to cool.

Typically, spirulina is made of 5-15% lipids, 60-70% protein and 8-13% carbohydrate. Due to the concentrated nature of the food source, spirulina is rich in trace elements and minerals making it a great nutritional supplement.

On our way to Metis for now!

The Algae Garden will be shown at the International Garden Festival, Jardins de Métis/Reford Gardens,

Gardens of Algae are believed to have begun with the Aztecs skimming edible and protein rich spirulina from the surface of Mexico’s Lake Texcoco it’s now being used for food and fuel production. Algae is commonly found in gardens, but rarely is it celebrated.

So we’ve made a garden to produce and show the variety of uses of algae. looking at the imaginative possibilities for productive gardens of locally produced energy and food.

The ALGAE Garden by Heather Ring, Dr. Brenda Parker, Synnøve Fredericks

The George cake

Playing with the recipe for ‘Bon Bon de Terre’.

Testing out the recipe for unsuspecting friends!

A selection if the Salt Ceramic materials Laura Harrison and I played with. It was surprisingly strong when baked and went on to become a drying jar for herbs.