by Jacqueline Buckingham | Mar 20, 2026 | Community, News
Tell us a little about yourself and your background.I grew up in Southport, Merseyside, studied Philosophy at Cambridge University, then fell into a career of finance and entrepreneurship. More recently I spent 12 years in the Netherlands building a hotel chain,...
by Alan Watson Featherstone | Mar 20, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
In recent months we’ve been drawing up a Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) for the land that the Findhorn Hinterland Trust is responsible for. This has been drafted primarily by local ecologist Sean Reed, who we work closely with, and with input from various FHT...
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 Sean Reed | Mar 20, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, News
From occasional footprints in sand or snow we had long known that there were badgers on the Hinterland. In the last few years, however, badger activity has increased significantly. Until 2016, badger signs were few and far between, and most were seen out...
by Colin Shreenan | Mar 20, 2026 | News
I had the pleasure of attending my first Findhorn Hinterland Trust winter gathering at the woodland shelter back in December 2025. What a pleasure it was to see so many people from the community gathering enjoying a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine around an...
by Adelle Horler | Dec 6, 2025 | News
As son of two co-founders of the spiritual community here at Findhorn, Jonathan Caddy has spent most of his life roaming and exploring what we now call the Hinterland. As he steps down after 10 years as FHT Chair, he shares its beginnings and his vision for the...
by DigiRoutes | Dec 6, 2025 | News
What follows is a short pictorial history of over 20 years of involvement and events concerning the land to the north and east of the Park Ecovillage Findhorn – the Findhorn Hinterland. It starts with two major disasters back in 2004 that led to fundamental and...
by Colin Shreenan | Dec 5, 2025 | News
An update from Findhorn Hinterland Trust’s new Chair, Colin Shreenan. Autumn and winter are times for change and transition and it has been the same for FHT, with Jonathan Caddy stepping out of the chair position after serving faithfully for 10 years between...
by Jonathan Caddy | Dec 5, 2025 | Education, News
Italy came to the Hinterland in the form of a group of 19 teenagers from the Steiner School in Padua. As part of a full programme in Ecovillage Findhorn, they shared some warm (despite the cold) experiences in the Hinterland. Here’s the story in their own words. Love...
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 Adelle Horler | Nov 29, 2025 | News
Reforesting Scotland visited the Hinterland for their 2025 Gathering study trip – FHT’s Kajedo Wanderer and Jonathan Caddy gave them an inspiring day at the ecovillage, exploring the highlights of the dunes and woodlands, big and small. By Reforesting Scotland...
