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contents SUBSCRIBE 43 GET EVERY ISSUE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR LIFESTYLE Wellbeing 51 HEALTH AND MINDFULNESS Cool your emotions and eco yoga gear 52 BRINGING WELLBEING BACK HOME Improve kids’ mental health with hobbies 55 ENERGY BOOSTERS How to radically reclaim your energy! 56 RAINBOW MAMA How colour therapy brings everyday joy 59 BRING A RAINBOW Vibrant wellbeing goodies to bring colour in! 60 YOUR TREE SIGN Discover the secrets of your birth tree in the Celtic Ogham Home 62 NATURAL LIVING Protect garden wildlife with hedges, bee boxes and more 63 FANTASTIC BEASTS The healing power of pets 66 PAWFECT DAYS Finest eco products for your furry friend 68 HOW WE LIVE The family who built their own home 4 • THE GREEN PARENT 56 74 68 WIN 62 94 Eat 73 SEASONAL FOOD tasty vegan flapjacks and the best ice lollies 74 PLANT POWERED LITTLE PEOPLE Recipes that bring more veggies to more families! Explore 77 SLOW TRAVEL Trailblazing mama and secret spots to discover in the capital 79 FAMILY FESTIVAL GUIDE AND TICKET GIVEAWAYS Plan your ultimate summer adventure 90 CITY BREAK: NORWICH Medieval buildings and the gateway to the Norfolk Broads Life Notes 93 PLAN AHEAD What’s in our next issue, out in July 94 WIN ALL THIS Enter all our competitions 97 ASTROLOGY What’s in store for you in the stars? 98 UNSCHOOLING MAMA Time to say goodbye
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hello From the editor Welcome to our new edition of The Green Parent packed with articles with a focus on love and joy. Brought to you with the support of the hawthorn tree this issue has been so uplifting and fun to put together! I’m always saying how much I love my job, how I feel excited to get behind my desk and now more than ever. We’re in the process of launching a new website for The Green Parent, where you can get loads of juicy, inspiring respectful parenting content and get the chance to become part of our community. For the last couple of months alongside making this magazine I’ve been writing and editing articles for the new site to make sure it’s as rich a resource as possible spanning everything from pregnancy to raising teens, unschooling to natural health. My youngest daughter who’s home educated, has spent a few rainy afternoons perched next to me while I work. Her latest passion is making jewellery and while I have to stop every now and then to thread a stopper bead, she’s pretty self-sufficient in her crafting. There’s a whole load of guilt that comes with being a working home educating parent, but I bring myself back to the words of mother and entrepreneur Rachel Rodgers who writes about how empowering and important it is for our kids to witness us working on something we’re passionate about. She also writes about achieving work/ life balance and putting family first. Which is why me and my kids have had some great adventures recently. We went on the train to Paris and mooched along beautiful boulevards, thrift stores and ALL the parks! A day trip to Kew Gardens involved stroking trees and playing in their brilliant children’s area. We’ve also swum and rockpooled, jumped and climbed, walked and run in “We’ve had some great adventures recently. We caught the train to Paris and mooched along boulevards, thrift shops and all the parks!” lots of lovely little nooks of Sussex. And when we’re tired out we head home for some more website work/ bracelet making! I’ll be writing a weekly round-up of all the fun stuff we’ve learned, discovered and read over in our sparkly new online nest. I’d love for you to check out thegreenparent.co.uk and tell me what you think. You can write to me at letters@thegreenparent.co.uk. Looking forward to hearing from you. With love Melissa Editor + founder : EMMA CROMAN PHOTO connect with us, we’d love to hear from you Instagram @thegreenparentmag Facebook @greenparentmag Email letters@thegreenparent.co.uk what I’m doing right now MAKING The delish 5 ingredient fudgy brownies at Rainbow Nourishments, which are both gluten and dairy free! Perfect for my eldest READING Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tullekan – this book has revolutionised the way I think about food, and especially the food that I make/buy for my family PLANTING Sunflowers and summer salads as inspired by our siblings Mud and Bloom box. Big thanks to my sister for getting us this! LOVING Dawn walks in my little patch of wild between the downs and the sea THE GREEN PARENT • 5

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SUBSCRIBE 43 GET EVERY ISSUE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR

LIFESTYLE Wellbeing 51 HEALTH AND MINDFULNESS Cool your emotions and eco yoga gear 52 BRINGING WELLBEING BACK HOME Improve kids’ mental health with hobbies 55 ENERGY BOOSTERS How to radically reclaim your energy! 56 RAINBOW MAMA How colour therapy brings everyday joy 59 BRING A RAINBOW Vibrant wellbeing goodies to bring colour in! 60 YOUR TREE SIGN Discover the secrets of your birth tree in the Celtic Ogham

Home 62 NATURAL LIVING Protect garden wildlife with hedges, bee boxes and more 63 FANTASTIC BEASTS The healing power of pets 66 PAWFECT DAYS Finest eco products for your furry friend 68 HOW WE LIVE The family who built their own home

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Eat 73 SEASONAL FOOD tasty vegan flapjacks and the best ice lollies 74 PLANT POWERED LITTLE PEOPLE Recipes that bring more veggies to more families!

Explore 77 SLOW TRAVEL Trailblazing mama and secret spots to discover in the capital 79 FAMILY FESTIVAL GUIDE AND TICKET GIVEAWAYS Plan your ultimate summer adventure 90 CITY BREAK: NORWICH Medieval buildings and the gateway to the Norfolk Broads

Life Notes 93 PLAN AHEAD What’s in our next issue, out in July 94 WIN ALL THIS Enter all our competitions 97 ASTROLOGY What’s in store for you in the stars? 98 UNSCHOOLING MAMA Time to say goodbye

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