Early February: Henry Frosbooke has just finished his offering of ‘Drum baths’ at the Woodland Shelter and is setting up for his part in our fundraising event in the Universal Hall tonight. With Alan’s amazing photographs, Carolina’s singing and more, we are trying to raise funds for a wee wood-stove for the ‘Shepherd’s Hut’ – […]
Looking out of my window, as I am reflecting on the past few months on the land, I am in awe of the beauty of our ‘golden October’. In awe of nature’s color-schemes. The ocean of yellow in the gorse at spring-time gave way to the purple of the heathers in the summer, and now […]
As I write this the North-wind has brought a chill in the air and even though the trees are largely still green, it surely feels like the turning of seasons – the beginning of autumn. I am still hoping for a bit of ‘indian summer’, but I have packed the shorts away and am wearing […]
The land is dressed in yellow – the ocean of gorse between the woods and the sea is in full bloom (and smelling deliciously of coconut), and the woods have put on a green dress once again – the fresh green of new leaves on the trees. Even the oaks are beginning to unfurl their […]
I enjoy the winters. Nature’s invitation to turn inwards, to be cozy inside, meditate more, sleep and dream more. I love winters most when everything is covered in a bright white blanket of snow, which we don’t get here in our coastal part of the world very often. It is a time when trees and […]
The trees are late in putting on their autumn colours, however these last few days the birches started to look glorious in their yellow golden foliage. I love the autumn! The colours in the trees, the woodsmoke in the air, the rich damp smells of the earth, the daily noisy pilgrimage of the 17,000 or […]
I have just returned from another round of watering our youngest trees on the land… It’s been a summer of periods of very dry weather and torrential downpours. Sadly for some of our broadleaf trees our watering efforts came too late. We have also finished defining the Northern Heath areas – this involved a lot […]
By Kajedo Wanderer While much of the life on the land is hibernating, winter is a busy season for those of us working on the land. Last winter we cleared the first three ‘islands’ of trees (roughly circular open spaces surrounded by the tall pines), planted 40% oaks, scarified (opened) the ground in preparation for […]
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The Findhorn Hinterland Trust (FHT) is a charity (SC045806) set up as a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) in July 2015 and as such is regulated by OSCR (Office of Scottish Charities Register). (more...)
News from the land – Spring 2023
‘Behold my brother and sisters, the spring has come, The earth has received the embraces of the sun And we shall soon see the results of that love !’ (Sitting Bull) Finally the cold days seem to be over! (Though the gardeners in our nearby town religiously refuse to plant their flowers until the 21st […]