Well-being at The Flower Patch

06/09/2026

👩‍🌾After a busy week , Sunday called for a slower pace and a little bit of mindfulness 🌺

👩‍🌾An opportunity to harvest & packet more seeds 🌱🙏

06/09/2026

👩‍🌾Sweetpea Sunday 🌺

👩‍🌾Can’t believe they are still blooming 🙏🌺

04/09/2026

🌿 Friday Nature Reminder – September 🌿

As we gently move from summer into autumn, September is a lovely time to pause, breathe, and reconnect with the natural world. 🍂🌿

This month's Nature-Based Wellbeing invitation is simple:

🌳 Aim to spend at least one full day in nature, three times this month.

That might sound like a lot, but what does a "day in nature" mean to you?

It could be:

🥾 A long countryside walk
📖 Finding somewhere peaceful to read and relax
🧺 A picnic with family or friends
🌱 Spending time in the garden
🌊 A stroll beside the sea
🍃 Exploring somewhere you've never been before
☕ Or simply finding a beautiful outdoor spot and giving yourself permission to slow down.

There doesn't need to be a particular purpose or achievement attached to it.

🌿Just be there.
🌿Notice what you see, hear, smell and feel.
🌿Let your mind wander.
🌿Breathe a little more deeply.
🌿Give yourself some space away from the usual busyness.

Spending time in nature can be a wonderful way to support our wellbeing, helping us to slow down, reduce stress and reconnect with ourselves. 💚

And here's your little September challenge...

When will you make time for your first day in nature? 🌿

I'd love to know where your September adventure takes you. 🌺

🌿 Remember... wellbeing doesn't have to be complicated. Sometimes stepping outside and giving ourselves time to simply be can make all the difference.

Wishing you a beautiful weekend, with plenty of fresh air and little moments of connection. 🍂🌿

03/09/2026

A supermarket in Brussels has made fresh food much more local by growing vegetables, berries, and herbs directly on its own rooftop.

At Delhaize Boondael in Ixelles, the rooftop Urban Farm has been operating since 2017. Instead of traveling from a distant farm to the store, some produce only needs to move a few meters from the roof to the produce section downstairs.

The rooftop garden covers 360 square meters, with about 250 square meters used for growing. It produces dozens of varieties of fresh food, including leafy greens, herbs, vegetables, and berries.

In one year, the farm produced more than two tonnes of food. Crops can be harvested in the morning and placed in the supermarket shortly afterward, so customers can buy produce picked just hours earlier.

The project also uses practical sustainability systems. Rainwater is collected for irrigation, and heat from the store’s refrigeration systems is recovered to help support the growing conditions.

The rooftop farm is not only used for food production. It also serves as an educational space where visitors can learn about urban farming, biodiversity, and how cities can produce food in smarter ways.

Project figures from the 8-year Urban Farm milestone give the site added credibility, including its 2017 launch date, 360-square-meter rooftop area, and annual production of more than two tonnes of fresh food.

03/09/2026

👩‍🌾Always lovely to meet likeminded souls 🙏🌺🌿

02/09/2026

👩‍🌾It was lovely to meet and welcome Charlotte & Dale from Wild Roots Herbal Medicine to the Flower Patch today 🙏😊🌿

🌿We chatted all things herbal , enjoyed a lovely herbal tea,🍵 which included ,

🌿Mint
🌿Lemon balm
🌿Lavender
🌿Cat mint
🌿Yarrow

Suggested by Charlotte and was absolutely delicious and smelt beautiful too 🙏🌿🍵

👩‍🌾The first meeting of many more to come I hope 🤞😊🌺

02/09/2026

🌿It’s Septembers first well-being Wednesday 🥰🌺🌿

02/09/2026

02/09/2026

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