Summer Solstice Community Celebration

Price Options

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

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About the course

On this morning, we will gather together at the Summer Solstice to celebrate the height of summer.

We will share songs, stories, games and crafts inspired by the beauty and bounty of summer, deepening our connection to the natural world and to our true selves.

This gathering offers the opportunity to remember your natural state of being in relationship with nature and to celebrate the gifts of summer. 

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
  • Plant and tree lore
  • Nature based well being practices
  • Nature inspired song and story & craft
  • Create an opportunity to engage in simple ceremony together
  • Connecting more with local community

Course Fees & Pay-It-Forward Pricing

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

Any additional contributions help sustain the longevity of Children’s Forest and support the planting of more forests for future generations.

About the tutors

Lucinda Warner: Lucinda is a medicinal Herbalist, naturopath and nature lover. She loves to spend time on the Downs with the plants that grow there and can often be found in her kitchen blending, brewing, bottling and batching any number of strange and wonderful potions and elixirs. Lucinda loves sharing her experience of the many gifts that the natural world has to offer and empowering others to know and use some of the common plants that grow freely around us. You can find her at www.whisperingearth.co.uk

Katie Smith: Katie is a local Forest School Leader, Home Education Mentor and Women’s Circle Facilitator. She loves playing in the woods, foraging, natural medicine making and celebrating the seasons together. She has been learning about herbal medicine for 6 years, thanks to the plant wisdom of Alice, Anna and Lucinda and is deeply passionate about sharing the knowledge with children and adults alike.

Testimonials

Upcoming courses

Sept 8th, 4-6pm

Greet the Trees; Autumn term offering (for community)

£10 drop-in per adult

During this term we will meet a new native tree each week, close to the tree nursery. We will learn the song of the tree together and gather in gratitude for the fruits and seeds. We will process the tree seeds to prepare them for their winter sleep and enjoy together a story and tea around the fire.

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September 20th 2026, 10-1.30pm

Autumn Equinox Community Celebration

Adults: suggested donation £10-£20, Children: FREE

Celebrate the bounty of the years harvest together at Spring Rise. We will celebrate the gifts of the land through song, story crafts and simple ceremony to honour this special time of year and the generosity of the land.

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September 24th 2026, 10am-12pm

Parent & Toddler Group

Adults: £5 suggested donation pp, Children FREE

Journey with us and the trees as we gather around the fire, forage from the trees, sing songs and share stories, crafts and connection.

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