by DigiRoutes | Dec 16, 2024 | News
It was the 12th of April, 2021 when both the Community Centre and Sanctuary, the heart and soul of what is now called the Park Ecovillage Findhorn, went up in flames through an act of arson. Over three years later the new Sanctuary is being built by Greenleaf Design...
by DigiRoutes | Dec 16, 2024 | News
During preliminary groundworks for the construction of the new sanctuary, the mechanical excavator exposed a shell deposit at the east end of the site. After being notified of it, I offered to investigate further, which led to several days of excavations. These...
by Jonathan Caddy | Sep 16, 2024 | Community, News
Last Year’s Activities and Achievements I did a similar thing last year to reflect on the many events and successes of the Trust by sharing the text that will be sent to the charity regulator in the FHT annual report from 1st April 2023 to the 31st March 2024. I think...
by Jonathan Caddy | Sep 16, 2024 | News
This summer I was once again away from Findhorn for the whole month of July in the privileged position of being able to explore the magnificent country of Scotland by sailboat – this year Shetland, the Orkney Islands, round Cape Wrath to the far northwest of the...
by Sean Reed | Sep 16, 2024 | News
We are very much looking forward to a visit from the charity Butterfly Conservation on Sunday 1st September. Tracy Munro (Species on the Edge Project) and Dr Tom Prescott (Head of Conservation) will be holding a mothing event at 10:30, at the Conservation Hub. Moths...
by Saille Mawson | Sep 16, 2024 | News
Bats are our only flying mammal. Due to a 55% decline in numbers since the 1960’s in the UK, their breeding and resting places are protected by law. Bats are also the inspiration of much ghoulish folklore and are of course rolled out in costume form on Halloween...
by Jonathan Caddy | Sep 16, 2024 | News
Birgit has lived in the Park Ecovillage Findhorn with her daughter Olivia for about seven years and has been involved with the FHT for the last three. She is a valued and important member of the FHT team who enriches our organisation with her smiling face and positive...
by Sean Reed | Sep 16, 2024 | News
There was a very good turn-out for a mothing event last Sunday at Wilkies Wood, Park Ecovillage Findhorn. The event was hosted by local charity the Findhorn Hinterland Trust, who manage around thirty hectares of land adjoining the Ecovillage. Experts from Butterfly...
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 Tanya Barker | Sep 16, 2024 | News
As part of reaching out and promoting the work of the Trust I took up the offer of member Lorraine Warshaw to give a presentation to the Forres Rotary Club which was a fun thing to do and was very well received. It was good to connect with some old school friends but...
by Jakob Reitberger | Sep 16, 2024 | News, Recreation
21st-31st September Spiral into the centre The centre of the wheel I am the weaver, I am the woven one I am the dreamer, I am the dream Song of the natives Holger and Gesa Heiten were the leaders of this vision quest that I have just completed that took place on land...
by Jonathan Caddy | Jun 11, 2024 | News
Sometimes looking at figures visually can be fun and revealing which is what David Hammond FHT Treasurer with the help of Trustee and Bookkeeper Christopher Raymont have done here by putting together simplified figures from 2023-24 data on the trust’s income and...