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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Biodiversity Weekend Retreat with Alan Watson Featherstone 10-12 June
Enjoy this short video with Alan sharing about this uique retreat. To book your place please click here.
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Reflections on Working as an FHT Funeral Coordinator and Celebrant
To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go to let it go. At our most recent funeral, for community member Ian Cook, a […]
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Membership Update and Call to Action!
At the end of 2019, the Findhorn Hinterland Trust (FHT) launched the paid membership model to help strengthen our sustainability into the future. We asked everyone interested in supporting the work of FHT to go online and join as a member. The registration process requests a donation as an annual membership payment. Members can select […]
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Offer of short retreats in Berlin and Baltic Sea
One of our supporters Annette has enjoyed a few programmes with the Findhorn Foundation. She has a property in Berlin and a partially renovated house and meadows some 20 km off the Baltic Sea. Annette would like to open her two homes to members / volunteers of the Hinterland Trust if you like the idea […]
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The importance of dead wood in the forest
In much of our modern day world, the conventional view of dead wood is often that it is unsightly, untidy and a waste if it is left lying around in a woodland, and that it should be tidied up, taken away and used for some human purpose. Sadly, this reflects a lack of understanding of […]
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FHT Chair’s Roundup – April and May 2022
Spring energy, longer days and milder weather has helped inspire more people to be out on the land and much activity has been happening to do with the FHT some of which you will find documented in other articles in this newsletter. It is left for me to fill in the gaps and also give […]
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FHT Apiary Update
Last season finished with a very satisfactory honey harvest. Preparations for the coming season began in the autumn with treating all the hives for varroa mite. This is a small, crab like creature under 1mm across but to a bee it is enormous. It latches on to the bees and sucks out its juices and […]
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Hinterland Work Parties – The Joy of Discovery
28th May 2022 A party of about 15 volunteers met to spend the morning taking care of the dune habitat. In particular, we were concerned with preserving the lichen population by clearing mainly non-native Lodgepole pine trees. It was great to have Heather Paul with us to help us to look closer at the different […]