Nurture in Nature has emigrated for the winter to warmer climes. We are now working at Powdermill Woods, near Battle. We have a busy wooden cabin nestled in the woods and also a tarp and fire pit outside. This week we cut some Sweet Chestnut to make staffs. We peeled the bark and decorated them with a pyropen and sharpies. We cooked banana pancakes with blueberries and maple syrup and enjoyed a tree meditation and sitting drinking tea around the fire with hot water bottle and

Today was our final session for our Autumn Nurture in Nature programme. It has been such a fun, connected and supportive time. This week we made delicious and adventurous savoury swirls, which had spinach and cheese. We grounded ourselves with a tree meditation to start the session and then found a tree we had noticed and gave a gift of bird seeds and measured its age using our hands. Two types of bird feeders were made and a plantain hand balm to take away. It was a heartfel

We were thrilled to be back in the woods after Storm Benjamin had us cancelling the session last week. It was stunning autumnal weather and we enjoyed watching the leaves falling while making butternut squash soup over the fire. We shared stories and had a meditation around the fire and used the charcoal we made last time to do some charcoal sketching. Inspired by spider webs we did some stick weaving. It was a fabulous time together.

It was another fabulous autumn celebration. Dry, crisp weather and lots of crunchy leaves underfoot.  This week we got creative with nature’s resources and made Conker soap and willow charcoal. We will use the charcoal next week for some sketching.

Today at Nurture in Nature we embraced the joy and gifts of the autumnal woods.  We foraged for sweet chestnuts and roasted them over the fire with some foraged walnuts, whilst apples baked in the fire. We added custard and the nuts for a delicious treat. We practiced our fire skills by using Kelly Kettles to boil water. Some of us made cordage from raffia and one of the group showed us how to create leaf flowers. We were delighted with the results