News from the land – Winter ‘21 / ‘22

News from the land – Winter ‘21 / ‘22

I enjoy the winters. Nature’s invitation to turn inwards, to be cozy inside, meditate more, sleep and dream more. I love winters most when everything is covered in a bright white blanket of snow, which we don’t get here in our coastal part of the world very often. It...
Infinity and beyond

Infinity and beyond

A poem written by the sister of Martin Harker, our bee man, that captures the wonder of working and interacting with the natural world.  May it bring a smile, deep nourishment and a sense of hope that springs from this beautiful world we live in. How many trees have...
Conservation Hub Completion

Conservation Hub Completion

The 19th February marked a significant event in terms of the work of the Findhorn Hinterland Trust – the completion of our new and beautiful physical base for our conservation and educational work created from trees from our woodland.  It is a symbol of our long-term...
FHT Chair’s Roundup – November 2021 to March 2022

FHT Chair’s Roundup – November 2021 to March 2022

Although dealing with storm damage, finishing the building of the Conservation Hub and enabling the production of wood for the new sanctuary have dominated the Trust’s work this quarter, there have also been a whole host of noteworthy activities that have been going...

FHT Partnership with Equal Adventure

Providing opportunities to get individuals that are physically challenged out onto our special land that we live next to is what this partnership is all about.  It is progressing with planned Findhorn Friday events set for the end of March. To prepare for this...

A Sense of Wonder

Magical Images from the Land Captured by Alan Watson-Featherstone Although the land that the Findhorn Hinterland Trust manages is relatively small in area, it is nevertheless rich in its biological diversity. In most cases this does not consist of large and...
New Champion for the Edible Woodland Garden

New Champion for the Edible Woodland Garden

Introducing Draeyk van der Horn Howdy folks! By way of an intro on becoming the Woodland Gardener for the FHT’s Edible Woodland Garden and Outdoor Learning Space, I am pondering where to begin. I could say it was the Fae in my parents’ garden that had me connect...
Celebrating Our Bees and the 2021 Honey Harvest

Celebrating Our Bees and the 2021 Honey Harvest

Our apiary and our hundreds of thousands of bees up by the wind turbines continue to be one of the important ways we have of interacting with the land that the FHT  looks after.  Martin Harker, John Willoner and I hold the awareness of our hives and their seasonal...
The Joys of Helping Out on the Land

The Joys of Helping Out on the Land

Hello! I’m Marta. I first arrived at the Findhorn Ecovillage at the end of August when I attended the Permaculture course, After l left, I found myself drawn back to this beautiful place between the ocean, dunes, the bay and the woods.  Over the last couple of weeks...