‘Greet the Trees’ Autumn term (for community)
Mondays 3.45 – 5.15pm including:
- November 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
About the course
Join us on a Monday afternoon to greet some of the local trees that are generously producing seeds, nuts and berries at this time. Each week we will visit a new tree to gather its seeds and learn how to process and plant out in the Children’s Forest Tree Nursery.
With games, songs, stories, crafts and food we will experience the gifts of the trees at this time of year. We will meet the mature trees on a short wander and then return to the tree nursery to process and plant the seeds and share fireside connection.
We will meet each week in the Lower Car park at Emerson College and will finish at Spring Rise community garden with a story round the fire. You are welcome to bring a picnic tea to eat while you listen to the story.
Families and individuals are welcome, whether you have attended Greet the Trees before or not. Please tell your friends!
Booking info
Please book in advance; discounts are available for block bookings of 6 sessions and 4 sessions, or book week by week.
Who is this course suitable for?
- This course is suitable for adults and accompanied children, both beginners level and those with more experience in nature connection.
The course will cover
- Learn how to identify and forage seeds from native trees
- Foraging and plant lore
- Learn a variety of tree songs and stories
- Learn how to process the tree seeds to prepare them for germination.
- Connecting more with local community
About the tutors
Pippa Johns: Pippa has 25 years experience of working with land, designing and making ecological gardens that produce food for people alongside providing habitat for abundant wildlife and building soils. She has worked on Organic farms and smallholdings and has taught Permaculture for over 20 years. Pippa is passionate about inspiring people to develop their own connection to a piece of land to grow food for families and communities. She has designed and taught on Permaculture design courses, been a tutor for the Permaculture Diploma and developed her own courses in ecological gardening and connection gardening. She has created the first Children’s Forest tree nursery, facilitating children to grow native trees from local seed, for planting Children’s Forests.
Erica Shorter: Erica has been learning and playing in nature as a Forest School Leader and Nature Connection Mentor for over 10 years. She is happiest wandering barefoot in the forest and brings a flavour of deep nature connection into her work with children and adults. She is informed and inspired by the 8 Shields and is passionate about creating spaces for people to feel deeply connected with nature and their inner landscapes.
Jack Durtnall Jack is a musician, nature connection facilitator and forest school leader who came to nature connection work through an innate love for nature and folk song, inspired by the life-work of Jon Young and the 8 Shields. Jack’s background is in music. As well as his role leading workshops and facilitating on plantings, Jack co-leads the Children’s Forest Tree Choir and is part of the team bringing through the Song Forest project. Jack is part of the Folkadelix band, hosts a monthly jam session at the Hop Yard in Forest Row and performs solo shows.
