Volunteer

Volunteer

There is always useful work to be done for all abilities and it’s a great way to connect with this beautiful land, yourself and others.

Volunteer with our Land Steward every Wednesday from 9am-12.30pm, or join our monthly Work Parties every last Saturday of the month 9:30am-12pm.

Each Work Party focuses on a different area of the Findhorn Hinterland Trust (FHT): Woodland Garden, Bee Hives, Lichen Beds, Woodlands etc.

Meeting point for is the Conservation Hub, a beautiful wooden building in Wilkies Wood, 250m north east of the Universal Hall, on Pine Ridge and part of the Park Ecovillage Findhorn.

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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...