5 :: What happened there?
Jelle is Dutch, so we wanted to visit his family and spend some time travelling in Europe and the UK. I had such a positive experience of living in London, so I was keen to share that with both Jelle and the kids.
My family lineage is from Scotland and Ireland so thought it would be nice for the kids to have the opportunity to connect to both the Dutch and British elements of their ancestry, so we took the children out of school for a term and had a great time travelling and exploring.
One day, we were driving from London up to Scotland and I bought a recycled wool picnic rug which we used every day we were travelling, having these beautiful picnics all through Scotland.
That was the seed planted. The Picnic Shed is about encouraging people to go outside, put down their devices and spend quality time in nature and the outdoors, which is what we did.
6 :: When did The Picnic Shed open?
We took the overseas trip in 2014 and as soon as we landed back in Australia, I hit the ground running. There was a charming old timber shed out the back of Berry Sourdough Café, which we still owned at that point. I renovated it and opened the doors.