Library

A collection of stories and crafts from two of our friendly groups.

Researcher Helen Simmons reflects on collective rhythm and understanding how we work together

Shieldfield celebrates the longest day of the year in style. Dwellbeing member, Maria, shares more about it.

How do people work together in community projects like ours? Researcher, Helen is spending time with Dwellbeing to find this out!

In this booklet we celebrate both our beautiful homegrown seasonal food and the incredible variety of food cultures and cooks we have in Shieldfield.

We began working with Medical Herbalist, Jill Schnabel to learn about how to use herbs to support our immunity and wellbeing through the winter months. This booklet shares all that we have learnt during three online sessions along with written and illustrated contributions from members about their own experience of using herbs for wellbeing.

On the Winter Solstice community members planted garlic and onions. On the Summer Solstice, they were harvested. This booklet shares knowledge on how to plait and dry the produce.