Our First Year in Dorchester: A Chapter Two Reflection

Celebrating one year in Dorchester! Milestones, challenges, and joy. Reflecting on growth and sharing what’s ahead for The Secret Garden.
The refurb so far…

It’s been a few weeks since our last update. and we have been busy bees indeed!
Out with the old. The refurbishment begins!

The planning stage has come to an end (mostly), the style/design of The Secret Garden has been agreed and today we began stripping and rebuilding…
The pre-clean begins…

Today’s the day we officially get the keys and can really begin measuring up and planning our refurbishment… or at least it would have been if the place didn’t smell so bad!
We ♥ Pinterest… like, a lot!

As the title suggests, we’re huge fans of Pinterest and if you don’t have an account the we highly recommend you start one now. It is one the best places to find inspiration, ever!
An opportunity arises!

It’s early December 2018 and we have been fortunate enough to be offered a property right next door to our current business, The Crow’s Nest in the Square, but what should we do? At first, we wanted to smash through the wall and expand but after a little bit of thought (and a few knock-backs […]