The highs, the lows, the transfers and new captains… I can’t be the only bee keeper that has a Google Alert set up for ‘London Bees’ triggering an email each…
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When Sophie Farrah of Toast wanted to write about The Good Life, she thought back to her Day at Hen Corner and asked us to help with this great ‘Spotlight’ feature…
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Many of us are all starting to care about where our food comes from and Josh Boswell’s piece for The Sunday Times Magazine helps us understand the labelling on eggs. We were delighted to help him look at the ethics and issues around egg production. Read the full article here.
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Wow, we’ve had some great weather this summer! The bees are making lots of honey, the hens are happy pottering around in the sunshine and the kitchen garden is looking…
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On the hottest week of the year – get back in the bakery! Regular readers will remember the fantastic week that my baking buddy, Katie, and I had at The…
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When Kate Hodges started to explore Rural London for her new book that helps us Discover the City’s Country Side, she thought of Hen Corner as her brother had previously been on one of our courses.
We are thrilled to be listed alongside Borough Market, Mudchute Park & Farm and the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew…
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The days are long, there’s time for fun… Come and join us this summer! We have a wonderful programme of courses and events over the coming months, both here at…
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Country Living Spring Fair Our chickens have become very used to travelling around London recently and a couple of our girls have even enjoyed the shampoo and blow dry to…
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I first met the author Francine Raymond when we were interviewed together at the Country Living Spring Fair back in 2015. When she was commissioned to write this book last year, I was delighted that she wanted to include a chapter on Hen Corner. Photographer Bill Mason joined us for a family course last summer to take lots of beautiful pictures and now we are proud to have one of the first copies of this lovely book in our hands. Further copies can be ordered here.
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When Lizzie Rivera of the Evening Standard wanted to write about Chicken Keeping in the City we were delighted that she came to talk to us, Juliet Murphy took the wonderful photos…