by Kajedo Wanderer | Mar 20, 2026 | Conservation, News
We’ve had a good winter. Just after Christmas we’ve had a spell of frost and snow – which actually stayed around for about two white weeks. Unusual for our coastal patch of the land. Magical. But It is March now, and spring has come early. The hazels have...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Mar 20, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, News
Stories from the land… “Spiritual ecology is, at its core, achingly simple. It is the recognition of the universal spirit that imbues all living things – a recognition that must be embodied through conscious spiritual engagement with the Earth. It is not about...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Nov 29, 2025 | News
The old man of Winter is announcing his imminent arrival here in Scotland, says land manager Kajedo Wanderer. Here in the Findhorn Hinterland, temperatures have been close to freezing and the hills have seen their first snow. Most of the leaves from the trees have...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Sep 4, 2025 | News
Our Land Manager, Kajedo Wanderer, shares news of a Vision Quest held recently in the Hinterland, and the importance of being still and listening to the land. ‘Be still, and listen’ – a mantra of sage advice from the co-founder of our community, Eileen Caddy. Easier...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Jun 1, 2025 | News
Nature is busy earlier than normal in an unusually dry spell: is this climate change in real time? Our regular update from the Findhorn Hinterland Trust’s land manager, Kajedo Wanderer. More than four weeks of sunshine – in the North of Scotland – what a way to go...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Mar 15, 2025 | News
Much has happened on the land since I last wrote for our newsletter. Our settlement keeps expanding – a new, exciting stage of building more homes, the Duneridge project – has just begun. Most of the more dramatic changes have been written about by those more directly...
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by Kajedo Wanderer | Sep 16, 2024 | News
‘I ask for a moment’s indulgence to sit by Thy side. The works that i have in hand I will finish afterwards…’ (R.Tagore) As the first day of September – and the end of the summer – is fast approaching, I sit under a tree and pause to reflect on the...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Jun 11, 2024 | News
It’s a damp day out there – so perfect for spending some time writing for our Newsletter… The trees we planted on the land last autumn and this spring are celebrating the life-giving rain after the warm sunny weeks we’ve just had. The transformation out there at...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Feb 23, 2024 | News
‘Value the marginal’ – An appreciation of the ‘edges.’ As I write this, it’s still just the middle of Feb, so theoretically still winter. Winter here has been mostly wet & windy with just a week when snow covered everything with a beautiful glistening...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Nov 26, 2023 | News
‘Be still, and listen…’ (Eileen Caddy) While the rest of the world is warming up at an alarming rate, here in the North of Scotland we’ve had a cool summer and an unusually wet and windy autumn. And now the autumn colours paint the landscapes in various shades of...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Sep 3, 2023 | News
It’s late, as I write this… and yet – there is still a golden glow in the tops of the trees and the air smells of summer… Erica and Calluna vulgaris have painted patches of purple heather on the land once the spring’s yellows faded. June was warm and dry...
by Kajedo Wanderer | May 27, 2023 | News
‘Behold my brother and sisters, the spring has come, The earth has received the embraces of the sun And we shall soon see the results of that love !’ (Sitting Bull) Finally the cold days seem to be over! (Though the gardeners in our nearby town religiously refuse to...
