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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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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FHT Summer Celebration – A Big Thank you to All That Made it Possible
So many people have come up to me to say how much they enjoyed this event that took place in the Green Burial space in Wilkies Wood on the 18th of June. For some it was the ceilidh dancing under the marquee, which was the first bigger event like this for over two years. For […]
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Chair’s Roundup – June to September 2022
I was away for two months this summer during the months of July and August circumnavigating the British Isles in a yacht, communing with the sea and enjoying an amazing rain free adventure! Before I took off though the time was jammed packed with FHT activities. Right at the beginning of June there was a […]
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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 […]