Most of the children I work with will have been having sessions for nearly twelve months. We will have spent weeks weeding, preparing the soil and mulling things over during the colder months and then in some cases, but not all, started to make plans for the future; thinking of practical or beautiful things that they want to bring into their lives.
Then we will have spent time sowing seeds or planting tubers and cared for their plants over the unusually early hot and dry spell. Later watching in amazement as their seedlings have enjoyed the recent rain and really started to get their roots down into the warmer soil.
And now those children are starting to see how they can change their worlds:
We've had things to eat:
And beautiful flowers that "Are really cool!"
Sometimes that one achievement is enough but for others they've tasted success and it leads to a whole new session of planting for the future...
