Spring Family day at Sacred Earth

Course dates April 8th 2024, 10-3pm Sacred Earth, Hillside Drive car park, Wealden, TN21 0HL

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Adults £25 per person, children by donation.

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About the day

Join us to celebrate the season of Spring together as a community. We will share songs, stories and spring crafting activities as we connect deeply with nature and each other at this time.

We will visit the Children’s Forest at Sacred Earth and plant new trees as well as tending the young trees to ensure they grow strong and healthy into the future.

Who is this day suitable for?

  • This course is suitable for adults and accompanied children, both beginners level and those with more experience in nature connection.

The day will cover

  • Seasonal celebration and traditions of our land at this time of Spring.
  • Tree tending and planting
  • Spring crafting activities
  • Song, story and games
  • An opportunity to engage in simple nature connection
  • Connecting with local community

Terms & Conditions

Please read our Terms and conditions, linked here.

About the tutors

Anna Richardson: Anna has been a nature mentor and trained forest school leader for over 20 years, working with children of all ages and mentoring adults in plant lore, foraging, nature connection and bushcraft. The 8 Shields deeply informs Anna’s work and approach.  She is passionate about connecting to nature through creativity and reverence for life and is also a forest school trainer through Circle of Life Rediscovery and has co-authored two books : Learning with Nature and The Children’s Forest and is the founder of the Children’s Forest.

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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Upcoming courses

April 13 2026, 4-6pm

'Greet the Trees' Spring term (for community)

£10 drop-in per family, £35 block booking.

Weekly outdoor education sessions with games, songs, stories, crafts, food and tree tending as we experience the gifts of the trees.

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May 2-Oct 24 2026

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£175 - £350

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June 21st 2026, 10-12pm

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Adults: £15-£30 per person (£15 supported, £20 standard, £30 supporters) Children: £5 or £30 per family

Join us at the Summer Solstice to celebrate the peek of summer. We will celebrate the gift of the land through song, story & craft.

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