What we do
The Findhorn Hinterland Trust is a member-led not-for-profit that owns and manages 50 hectares of sand dunes and woodland land on the Findhorn peninsula (‘the hinterland’) to the east of the Findhorn village and north of the Findhorn Ecovillage community. The FHT’s Purpose is to promote ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and improvement; EDUCATE the local community and wider public; encourage COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT and to provide RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. The FHT also owns and manages a small Green (natural) Burial ground situated within the Findhorn Hinterland.
We invite you to become a member, you will support our work and receive a regular (quarterly) newsletter keeping you up to date with what’s happening on the land.
Community Development
Conservation
Education
Recreational Facilities
Green Burial
LATEST NEWS
Lichens- Microbiology Project Visit to Findhorn.
In September 2024 three researchers from Iceland, Colombia and Spain visited Findhorn, accompanied by biologist Dr Nathan Chrismas from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Duneland and FHT Chairs, Eian Smith and Jonathan Caddy, met the group to introduce the work of...
Meet the Team – Neil Meikleham
Neil and his wife Heather have newly arrived from living in Auroville in the south of India and are now living in Kinloss. With his background in science, plants and communities he was naturally drawn to the work of the FHT and was voted onto the board of trustees at...
From Tree to Carpentry – Creating the New Sanctuary Benches
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...