September is a month of change:- the temperature, season, colours, plants. It's a time when the Earth prepares itself for the winter months and new growth. Demeter is the goddess of agriculture, fertility and the harvest. As we relayed in the story of Persephone in our March blog at the beginning of Spring, now the season has come around and it's time for her to begin her descent into Hades for the winter months. Now Demeter's grief at losing her daughter and desperate search

The olive has been revered in Greece since ancient times. Homer looked upon it as ‘liquid gold’. Its cultural significance is recorded in the Greek myth of how Athens came to be named. King Cecrops, the ruler of Athens, was said to have made the city so beautiful that it came to the attention of the Gods.The Gods looked on the city with jealous eyes, each wanted to become its patron.The two strongest contenders were Poseidon and the Goddess Athena. Zeus declared they should c