Facilities

 

 

 

Our Facilities

The Findhorn Hinterland Trust has a number of facilities that are available to be hired or booked.  For more details including rates, please contact our Land Steward.

Hinterland Shelter

An outdoor classroom and meeting place for activities that are thoughtful, reflective, nature-based and supportive of education in sustainability and personal growth.

Camping Pads

Eleven wild camping pitches situated on the northern edge of Wilkies Wood overlooking the gorse and dunes with access to a compost toilet and sheltered firepit. Each pad is set up for maximum privacy. 

Outdoor Learning Space

A three-sided building situated atop the Edible Woodland Garden, with simple cooking facilities, that can be used for education, workshops, social gatherings and more.

Woodland Garden

A small piece of degenerate woodland, which has been transformed using forest gardening design and methods to replicate the layers of mature woodland systems to grow plants for the community that are useful and/or edible.

Shepherds Hut

Simple accommodation made from an old office building a small wood stove, a single bed, storage and a two-burner gas stove for cooking.  Primarily for committed long or short-term volunteers, although other shorter work exchange opportunities are possible.

LATEST NEWS

News from the Land

News from the Land

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...

Meet the team: Laura Shreenan

Meet the team: Laura Shreenan

A big part of the Hinterland Trust’s work is our Green Burial Ground in Wilkies Wood, right next to the Park, and Laura is a key person in the Green Burials team. The site was created when a severe storm felled a large area of trees, and now it’s a space for around...

Lichen spotting – at 50 miles

Lichen spotting – at 50 miles

Rare lichens, remote research and AI habitat mapping – how new technologies are making conservation more efficient. Ecologist James Bunyan is closely examining a small patch of lichen on the dunes just outside Findhorn. That’s remarkable for two reasons: first, that...