by Vivienne Wylde | Dec 4, 2022 | News
To put things in context, can you tell us a little about your connection with nature, where that arises from? My first connection with nature was within days of being born, being brought to my family farm in the south of England, I grew up there for the first ten...
by heather.paul | Dec 4, 2022 | Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
Lichens grow all around us- on trees, walls, pebbles and the soil- and yet we often hardly notice them. They paint the world with splashes of colour and patterns. Many are tiny but all are a symbiosis of a fungus and alga living together – along with yeasts and...
by Christine Lines | Dec 4, 2022 | News
My daughters, Anaya and Leela and I gathered acorns a couple of years ago in Badgers Wood near Elgin with the help of Tom Moon, a fellow Drumduan parent. We sprouted them and have been nurturing them for two years. It has been a great experience for the kids and a...
by Christine Lines | Dec 4, 2022 | News
A Story of Learning and Gratitude I am fully aware of the challenges facing our world including the loss of biodiversity, cultural diversity and climate change and for the last ten years I have been working as an aid worker in different parts of the world, most...
by Christine Lines | Dec 4, 2022 | Green Burials, News
‘We commit this body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life.’ Committal prayer. I have held the role of land manager’s assistant for green burials for one year now and have...
by Christine Lines | Dec 4, 2022 | News
As the winds get colder and the hills and mountains start to gain some of their winter frostings, it is time to look back over the past couple of seasons. Equal Adventure’s ‘Yes We Can Outdoor programme’ has delivered outdoor activities days with individuals...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Dec 4, 2022 | News, What's On
by Jonathan Caddy | Dec 4, 2022 | News
The FHT has been active once again in various ways this season both on the land and within our community. Tools and considerable volunteer time has been spent helping with the site preparations for the new sanctuary rebuild – thank you to all those that took part in...
by Draeyk van der Horn | Sep 28, 2022 | News
The summer of love in the Woodland garden has been a joy and now the harvest is upon us. So it is a good time to look at our annual wonders, from giant heirloom tomatoes (from our wonderful new greenhouse) to squash, courgette, beans and peas, artichokes and corn. The...
by Jonathan Caddy | Sep 28, 2022 | News, What's On
So many people have come up to me to say how much they enjoyed this event that took place in the Green Burial space in Wilkies Wood on the 18th of June. For some it was the ceilidh dancing under the marquee, which was the first bigger event like this for over two...
