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
Greetings from the pony field!
With April came spring, the most significant change of season in the pony year: the first spring grass, the end of winter grazing, and a tide of hair flooding out from the field as the woolly winter coat comes off and is replaced by the sleeker and sometimes darker...
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...

