by Susan | Feb 8, 2019 | Adults, Families, For Adults, Wellbeing in nature
What is bushcraft? Bushcraft is more than just about survival in the wild, with an objective of hoping to escape from it. Bushcraft is more about learning skills required to immerse yourself in a wild place for short, or longer periods of time with as little negative...
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...
by Susan Collini | Aug 2, 2016 | Adults, featured 2, For Adults
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...
by Susan Collini | Jun 21, 2016 | Adults, For Adults, Woodland management, Woodland products
Making a woodland bench from a standing tree Making something out of the trees that are felled in the wood, apart from firewood, has been very rewarding. I thought a post on the process would help people appreciate the steps involved in making a bench, starting with...
by Susan Collini | May 21, 2016 | Adults, BB days, Birds and Butterflies, For Adults
BB days in East Northants Visitors love the secret woodland in East Northants, enjoying a wild wood environment that’s home to over 40 species of birds and more than 20 species of butterflies. If you’d like to join us on a BB (Bird and Butterfly)...
by Susan Collini | Apr 27, 2016 | Adults, Families, For Adults, Highlights
Family visits to Bluebell woods Despite the almost unseasonable cold weather we’ve experienced this month, we’ve not been short of visitors to Oxlip Wood. Bluebell visits in East Northants are not uncommon for families to get involved with at this time of...
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