Spring Equinox Community Celebration

Course dates March 23rd 2025, 10-3pm Spring Rise Community Gardens, Emerson College, Forest Row, East Sussex, RH18 5JX

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About the course

On this day we will gather together at the Spring Equinox to celebrate this time of rebirth and renewal as the land is fertile with new life.
Wandering together we will learn about tree and plant lore as we harvest spring edibles, celebrating the gifts they provide through song and story. Returning to Spring Rise, we will share a foraged feast around the fire as we craft and sing.

There will be time for joy and dancing and simple ceremony to honour this special time of year and the awakening of the land.

This day offers the opportunity to remember your natural state of being in relationship with nature and to celebrate the gifts of spring.  We will use established nature connection practices to awaken your senses and restore wellbeing, and offer some skills that you can take with you to practice in your daily life.

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

  • Seasonal celebration and traditions of our land
  • Foraging and plant lore
  • Nature based well being practices
  • Nature inspired song and story, craft and food for all the family 
  • Create an opportunity to engage in simple ceremony together
  • Connecting more with local community

Your investment

By donation.

These days are generously funded by the National Lottery Awards for All, which enable us to offer these days for free. Fully funded places are available and if you feel called to offer an exchange and are able to, we welcome any donations to support our work in planting trees with children. Thank you.

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About the tutors


Sarah Whitford: Sarah is a mother, nature mentor, wild medicine maker and Plant Spirit Medicine practitioner. She has a deep and healing relationship with nature and is passionate about sharing this ‘remembering’ to facilitate deep connection and health for all life to thrive.


Sarah McLaughlin-Marlow: Sarah is a nature mentor, musician and home educating mother. Sarah finds a beauty and flow to working in and with nature, and enjoys bringing her music and passion for foraging and cooking to the sessions she runs.

Testimonials

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“I love everything about Children’s Forest's courses. These immersive nature days are filled with so much enchantment and joy that leave me feeling deeply connected to the more than human world and to my true self as an inseparable part of nature. I particularly adore singing tree songs together, which feels like a beautiful way of reciprocating the many gifts the trees offer us. I've shared with my children and they are now Children's Forests biggest fans!"

Rachel P
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"A really wonderful day connecting with trees and learning more about our own indigenous traditions too. I'd highly recommend these workshop for anyone looking for a couple of hours escape - I arrived exhausted and left energised and rejuvenated!"

Lucy R
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"I've attended numerous Children’s Forest short courses and each time I leave brimming with inspiration and new knowledge that I can't wait to share with my family and the groups I teach. I've learned so much from the wealth of wisdom they share on tree lore, responsible foraging and some truly connective nature crafts, games and songs that will really enrich my educational groups!"

Sally B
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“Thank you so much Children’s Forest, the days you bring feel very special, like a forest school for adults. Beautiful beloved songs sung from the heart, weaving and connecting hearts together, hands on experience with nature from source to creation, gathering in circle and being truly human and releasing all the bliss you have inside can be shared.”

Jo P
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"I loved learning how to process and eat the nourishing acorns on the acorn workshop. The Children's Forest course was fun and left me with skills that I will be using for the rest of my life!"

Millie D
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