It can feel depressing to look across our landscape and see how much of it is becoming a barren wasteland for life - to see endless scars and no place for anything other the relentless human conquest of more to call a home - but when in these downward spirals, what a lot of philosophical schools of thought have in common from their wise words is: 'focus on what you can control'.

Your garden is land you have direct control over - you are the caretaker, you are the steward - you are the one who decides how that land is shaped and nurtured. So what will it be, wasteland or ecosystem?

Hawthorn is the reminder of love, Community and wild spirit but she has dark past. Hedgerows were planted, Using Hawthorn's beautiful, loving, and wild free spirit to twist and cage her into a natural barrier to the wildland. Cutting 6.5 million acres of land from our ancestors, forcing them to disconnect from Mother Earth and work for the Industrial Revolution.