by Susan | Apr 21, 2018 | Adults, Wellbeing
I’ve had a particularly busy couple of weeks involving quite a lot of office based work, not to mention a few hundred miles spent on motorways. This afternoon I spent some time in the woodland and I have to say the experience was transformational, demonstrating...
by Susan | Feb 6, 2018 | Children, Families
Children need to run free We live in an era where children lack frequent and unfettered exposure to wild places where they can play freely without an adult at their elbow. Of course, times have changed along with pressures and expectations on parents to keep their...
by Susan | Jan 1, 2018 | Social Forestry, Wellbeing
About Social Forestry Just spending time in a woodland can provide a restorative experience. Bathing in the tranquility of the sights and sounds of the woodland helps people tune into nature in ways that ultimately delivers benefit to their wellbeing. Woodlands are...
by Susan | Sep 18, 2017 | Adults, featured 4, Wellbeing, Working parties
Woodlands provide a natural health service Slowly but surely the benefits of spending time in tree filled places are being given the recognition deserved. No one is suggesting that trees can heal people from illness outright, but there is enough scientific evidence to...
by Susan | Sep 10, 2017 | Children, Families, Home Education
How Outdoor Tribe supports home education families Unlike a country park, open to the public, the woodland where we hold Forest School sessions is private, a circular tree-filled island surrounded by fields. The 20 acre wood is completely fenced all around, to keep...
by Susan | Aug 24, 2017 | Birds and Butterflies, Children, Families, For Children, Highlights
Dancing with butterflies The morning we had scheduled for our 2017 Butterfly coincided with the Big Butterfly count, but also weather that drove them all indoors (or sheltering under leaves). Somewhat concerned that the children might fail to see a butterfly we rolled...
by Susan | Jul 15, 2017 | Adults, Wellbeing
Woodlands for wellbeing Therapeutic landscapes have been defined as places that deliver physical, social and psychological wellness benefits. A research study on therapeutic landscapes by Gesler, 1992, explored why certain places are perceived to be therapeutic, while...
by Susan Collini | May 10, 2017 | Adults, featured 1, Highlights, Wellbeing, Working parties
How woodlands promote my own wellbeing From a personal point of view I know that spending time in a woodland environment benefits my wellbeing. Just being in a woodland environment lulls me into a calmer frame of mind, slows my breathing and my stress levels. Through...
by Susan Collini | Feb 26, 2017 | Adults, featured 3, Wellbeing, Working parties
A friendly and supportive group I have been volunteering as a member of the Woodland Working Party at Oxlip Wood for 5 months now. We meet once a week for 2 – 3 hours and come rain or shine it’s always enjoyable to be part of what is a friendly and...
by Susan Collini | Jan 15, 2017 | Adults, Families, featured, For Adults, For Children, Forest School, Highlights, Wellbeing
January – March Our Woodland Working parties really got stuck in with some necessary boundary hedge laying during January, None of them had ever done any hedge laying, but they really enjoyed the experience of working together on a shared task, with plenty of...
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