Rooted Here. Growing Beyond.

Our five-acre home for growing food, sharing skills and telling stories.

Life at The Arcadia

Meet Esther and Gareth, and see how The Arcadia began.

Seasonal harvests, herbs, fruit trees, animals and the everyday joys of growing.

From garden to table: recipes, preserving, fermenting and food made to share.

Slow down, hear the birds and find a little room to breathe under the stars.

Practical skills, courses and hands-on learning with roots in everyday life.

By Esther Macharia-Hughes

Personal reflection

A story of rebirth, resilience and remembering who we are. For anyone finding their way back to themselves.

For adult readers

How harm hides, why it survives and how we interrupt it. Stories and reflections that help us recognise bullying in everyday life.

For children and the adults beside them

Through Mei and her friends, children learn to notice the difference between an ordinary disagreement and bullying that keeps happening.

For signed copies or enquiries from schools and bookshops, get in touch with Esther.

Harvests, recipes and everyday life on the property.