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Pumpkins, partners, and plant sales: our autumn garden updates

Learn the autumn updates from The MERL gardening team. Hear about what we’ve been growing, our community projects, and new plant sales.

Learn about how we have worked with organisations across Reading to create museum opportunities that promote creativity and wellbeing.

Read about our learning team’s work with schools as part of The MERL’s widening participation programme.

Learn how staff at The MERL have worked with University of Reading scientists to develop a multisensory toolkit for reminiscence.

In this blog, we heard from Dr Geeta Ludhra about her work, research, and the powerful role of the countryside in her life.

Do we care for the people who care for our food? Learn about the Feeding the Nation project, exploring the lives of seasonal migrant workers.

For Changing Perspectives, Anooshka Rawden shares with us her experiences of the countryside, and its impact upon her museums practice.

Learn about our focus for 2022: highlighting how we take care of rural heritage, the countryside’s future, and each other.

We spoke with researcher and author Zakiya McKenzie about her experience and perception of the English countryside.

As part of Changing Perspectives, we spoke with Ped Asgarian about his experiences in the countryside and the work of the Community Farm.