Hi all,

Rosie Lea Tea House & bakery will be opening very soon in BRockenhurst. We are keeping with our ethos of keeping our produce as local as possible and are currently sourcing our suppliers so if anyone would like to help please feel free to drop me a line! We are also aiming to keep a good proportion of our menu Gluten Free so if anyone knows of a good bread supplier do let me know.

We are also looking for local crafts to display for sale on our cradft…

At yesterday's New Forest Transition Hub meeting we talked about the availability of grants to support projects.  In these times of austerity you'd think it would be even harder than usual to find funding but actually that's not the case!

Locally the NPA's Sustainable Development Fund has a fairly large pot and is looking for suitable applications and there are several other possibilities.....

So......if you have an idea for something that you'd like to do in your community and…

Rob Hopkins has just published The Transition Companion.  It's an updated version of the Transition Handbook and builds on three years of experience across the worldwide Transition Network.

It's an inspiring read full of wonderful ideas and details of things that people have tried out.  One of the…

If you haven't already logged into the NatWest CommunityForce website, please could you do so this week?

We have plans to buy some more fruit and/or nut trees this winter, and would like to give them to as many individuals, groups, schools, community gardens across the forest that we can.

You can go on line, sign up and vote at

     You get three votes.

We may not win all the money we have asked for, but…

Hi all,

As things move on for our company we are really pleased to be opening our first vintage Tea Room & Bakery at the end of Novemember. We will be focusing and good home baked produce & patissere, taking on the challenge of making our menu fit for all including gluten free, dairy free, low sugar etc.

We want to continue using as many NEw Forest ingredienets as we can and are therefore trying to locate a good local brad baker, preferably one that also producwes…

Here is some of the harvest from my two apple trees. The first is a Fiesta, that I had from the food challenge in 2009. The second is a Greensleeves, that I bought from the from Deacons on the IOW in 2008.…

Celebrate British  Sausage Week by designing your own!

To celebrate British Sausage Week (31 October – 6 November) the New Forest Marque is teaming up with Oakwood Butchers, New Forest Marque Sausage Champion 2010, to bring someone’s…

This summer's gorgeous tasting honey - only 7 jars left £5 per lb jar.

Call Viv on 07768 420138....  collect from Hordle.