Winter Community Celebration
About the day
Come & celebrate the trees together with us this Winter Solstice at Spring Rise.
This ticket comes with a gift bundle of Lucinda Warner’s beautiful Hawthorn book and Winter Solstice Print.
Join us for fun & crafts for all the family. There will be singing & storytelling around a hearty fire, and tree based crafts galore. Make Christmas tree decorations, wreaths, healing tree salves for gifts and more. Learn how to plant holly seeds which will one day be planted out in the Children’s Forests.
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
- Foraging and plant lore
- Tree based festive crafts
- Festive 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
Adults: £25 – £50 (sliding scale), Children £5
- Standard fee: £30
- Supporters fee: £50
- Supported fee: £25
We are committed to making this work as accessible and inclusive as possible therefore have a number of concessionary spaces reserved for those in financial need, plus one fully funded space. Please enquire at [email protected].
Please pay at the level comfortable to you. We support paying it forward – when you pay more as a supporter, it will directly facilitate someone else to attend via the supported (concessionary) rate. And all additional income will directly help with the planting of Children’s Forests, contributing towards a bright future for all.
Terms & Conditions
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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 am the founder of the Children’s Forest.
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 deeply connected with nature and their inner landscapes.
