WEBINAR; Introduction to growing Forests from Seed
About the event
Forest from Seed is a nature connected approach to gathering tree seeds and growing trees with children. Led by Pippa Johns & Anna Richardson.
Join us Saturday 26th September as we introduce our Forest From Seed programme. This project works with children and their communities to gather seeds from local trees, learning about their lore and ecology through song and story, games and crafts, wild food and medicine making. By experiencing and receiving the gifts of the trees through a head, heart and hands relationship, the impulse to give back is cultivated. The children then learn how to plant the seeds. Over the year to come, they tend them in a tree nursery as they grow into saplings. One day the children will plant these trees out in a Children’s Forest, tending them with their communities for the children now and yet to come.
Who is this day suitable for?
- This event is suitable for adults interested in tree planting, teachers, parents or those working outdoors with children in a nature connection setting.
The event will cover:
- The practicals of seed gathering, germinating, planting and tending trees How to develop knowledge and care for the trees through story, song and craft to create a meaningful relationship that deepens connection, restoring our land and placing reciprocit at the heart of our relationship with nature.
- How and why the heritage knowledge of foods and medicines from the trees are an important part of restoring connection.
- How to gives back to nature through reciprocal practices ie. foraging, seed gathering, tree planting, songs, games, storytelling.
About the speakers
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 am the founder of the Children’s Forest.
Pippa James: Pippa has 25 years experience of working with land, designing and making ecological gardens. She has taught Permaculture for over 20 years and has been passionate about inspiring people to develop their own connection to a piece of land to grow food for families and communities. She has created the first Children’s Forest tree nursery, facilitating children to grow native trees from local seed, for planting Children’s Forests.
