05/11/2026
🩷🍃🌻Tribute to Helen Mellor 🌻🍃🩷
Today the Bistro is closed as we say goodbye to a dear friend and supporter. If there were more people like Helen in the world, it would be a much better place. Highly educated, Earth-loving and gentle, I remember her for her rosy cheeks and her little chuckle. She was deeply kind and gave so much to the community while distancing herself from silly politics and gossip. At funerals, there is talk about death not being the end, but being a new chapter or even an adventure. I never believed it, but in Helen’s case I do. Such was her profound love for the natural world that she will undoubtedly become part of it and set forth on new adventures. She will be with us every time the sun breaks through the clouds and every time we see the first green shoots from the seeds we planted. And so to Helen let’s not say “rest in peace” but Godspeed, Beautiful Friend.
