News
Hinterland Biodiversity – Spiders on the Land
As part of the Findhorn Hinterland Trust’s work to identify the biological diversity that occurs on the 35 hectares of land that we are responsible for managing, I commissioned a spider survey of the site, which took place between the end of April 2019 and the end of...
Annual Cycle of Events including Planned Work Parties
Feb 2023 – Feb 2024 Note: The work party focus may change due to different priorities arising, the weather and the people who turn up. Newsletter distribution dates are indicative. Regular bee inspections from April to August– all welcome with protective equipment...
Preparing for the FHT 2023 Bee Season
On the 24th of January the temperature was up at 11C in the middle of the day which got us thinking about the FHT Apiary and our bees so off went Martin and John to inspect followed by a meeting to scheme about the bee focused delights and opportunities that might be...
News from the Land – Winter ‘22/23
Early February: Henry Frosbooke has just finished his offering of ‘Drum baths’ at the Woodland Shelter and is setting up for his part in our fundraising event in the Universal Hall tonight. With Alan’s amazing photographs, Carolina’s singing and more, we are trying to...
Learn about the Benefits of Forest Bathing
Last Spring it was such a great honour to be finally visiting the Findhorn Ecovillage for the first time. I had read ‘The Magic of Findhorn’ as an avid teenager seeking affirmation of my spiritual connection to the land, and here I was 44 years later being shown round...
FHT’s Newest Trustee and Treasurer
An Interview with David Hammond To start with, can you tell us something of what brought you to Findhorn? The driving force was that my family was in London and looking for a healthier place to live and bring up a child, somewhere with clean air and good water, with...
Honouring End of Life Paths
Having joined the Findhorn Hinterland Green Burials Team in 2021 I have now, so far, been directly involved in nine funerals in Wilkies Woods. I felt I wanted to write a little about some of this experience with you by sharing something about my friend, John Wragg,...
Chair’s Round Up – Winter 2023
Winter can be a quieter, more inward season but in terms of the FHT it has been a most active and productive time. We organised and put on a couple of gatherings at the Universal Hall - the Biodiversity Exhibition Event in November which gave an opportunity for...
The Great 60th Birthday Tree Plant
A Force for Repairing the ‘Metabolic Rift with Nature. Since university, I have held the opinion that the nature/human dichotomy is the fundamental crux of the climate and ecological crisis and our failure to address this false separation will only escalate such...