Author Archives: jonathan.caddy

Chair’s Round Up – Summer 2023

It seems a long way off now but thank you for all those that crowded into the James Milne Institute in Findhorn Village for our AGM.  It was a wonderful celebration of our achievements showing how we have been maturing as an organisation whose work is appreciated by many.  Special thanks goes to the team […]

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Dune Restoration Project

The Findhorn Hinterland Trust, in its role as a local conservation organisation that promotes conscious land management and environmental education on the Findhorn peninsula, is in the early stages of looking at how it can further maintain and develop the biodiversity of plants and animals on the land it manages. Maintaining and protecting biodiversity in […]

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Meet the Team – Martin Harker

Martin lives locally with his wife Elizabeth near Brodie and has been involved with the work of the FHT for at least the last six years both as part of the Land Management subgroup and as a key player as one of the three main managers of the FHT apiary.  In June of this year […]

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Annual Cycle of Events including Planned Work Parties May 2023 – Feb 2024 

  Date  Event 20 May Sacred Ways workshop 27 May Lichen Bed Work- 9.30 to noon – AW 27-28 May Nature and Therapy Workshop – Woodland Shelter use for weekend 29 May Spring/Summer Newsletter 17 June  Summer Solstice Celebration 22 June Forres Academy Biology Field Trip  22 June AGM 7.30pm James Milne Institute 24 June […]

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Celebrating What the Findhorn Hinterland Does

Last Year’s Activities and Achievements It is important to reflect from time to time on the many events and successes of the Trust and there is no better time than when the annual report needs to be written up for the charity regulator. You will most probably see the text again in the report that […]

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Chair’s Round Up – Spring 2023

Spring is with us and although there are longer days of light and some sunshine, many days have been cooler than normal so far.  The bees in our apiary have been having a difficult time with this with the result that we have lost four out of the eleven hives due to starvation.  Let’s trust […]

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Annual Cycle of Events including Planned Work Parties

Feb 2023 – Feb 2024  Note: The work party focus may change due to different priorities arising, the weather and the people who turn up.  Newsletter distribution dates are indicative. Regular bee inspections from April to August– all welcome with protective equipment provided.  Date  Event 28 Feb Brash Clearance and preparing ground in Woods- 9.30 […]

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Preparing for the FHT 2023 Bee Season

On the 24th of January the temperature was up at 11C in the middle of the day which got us thinking about the FHT Apiary and our bees so off went Martin and John to inspect followed by a meeting to scheme about the bee focused delights and opportunities that might be available to us […]

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Chair’s Round Up – Winter 2023

Winter can be a quieter, more inward season but in terms of the FHT it has been a most active and productive time.   We organised and put on a couple of gatherings at the Universal Hall – the Biodiversity Exhibition Event in November which gave an opportunity for trustee Alan Watson Featherstone to showcase and […]

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Chair’s Roundup – September to November 2022

The FHT has been active once again in various ways this season both on the land and within our community.   Tools and considerable volunteer time has been spent helping with the site preparations for the new sanctuary rebuild – thank you to all those that took part in joining with other Park Ecovillage Findhorn community […]

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Findhorn Hinterland Trust, Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) SC045806
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