Woodlands as a therapeutic landscape
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...
How woodlands can help promote human wellbeing
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...
Attending a Woodland Working Party is a great way to start the week
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...
Outdoor Tribe 2016
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...
Learning to laugh from the inside
Laughter benefits the immune system It’s a fact that children giggle and laugh without hesitation, while adults don’t enough. There seems to be such a lack of laughter around these days that workshops abound to teach adults how to do it. It’s well...
Nene Valley Festival events 2016
Friday 23rd September Heritage Trail Visitors demonstrated great interest in the short talk by John Vaughan on the wood’s history, dating back to 1328 when the area was first granted permission by the King to be made into a deer park. As John come to the end of...
Invest in your wellbeing
Defining wellbeing For my generation wellbeing was perhaps more concerned with the physical aspects of life; you were either a well being or you weren’t. Defining wellbeing, for those of you who may not know, is “the state of being comfortable, healthy, or...
Home education wild wood experiences
Get outdoors and engage with a wild, secret woodland Forest School sessions - booking now Find Out More Forest School sessions A block of 6 sessions is ideal for those involved to benefit from the Forest School process. Children can enjoy outdoor activities in a wild...
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