Update from the building process On Monday the 11th of October we set a milestone in the building of the Conservation Hub – the physical base for the Findhorn Hinterland Trust. The first timber frame was lifted and the building was blessed with many hands making the work light and manageable. A big ‘Thank you’ […]
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A bee’s view of life at the Findhorn Apiary – November 2021
In the previous report you read about the life of one of my great aunts inside the hive and how she progressed to be a forager, collecting nectar to produce honey. Well, since then our colony has been very busy foraging and building up our food supplies for winter. We need to have about 20kg […]
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News from the land – Autumn 2021
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 […]
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FHT Green Burial Restructuring – An Invitation to Join the Team
It has become clear that it is time to restructure the Green Burial side of the Findhorn Hinterland Trust and in particular the Funeral Co-ordination role. To this end the trust would like to announce opportunities to join their team as part of the Wilkies Wood Green Burial Sub-group. The Funeral Co-ordinator’s role and associated […]
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FHT Weeklong Retreat – A Participant’s Feedback
By Jen Stout I conjured up so many reasons not to go to the Hinterland retreat. I didn’t have time. I hate camping. I needed, badly, a holiday – not a challenge. Biting insects bring me out in huge sores, and I’ve a skin condition that makes even a few days without a bath quite […]
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Conservation Hub Progress – September 2021
Good news – we have finally broken ground and put in the foundations of this much needed new physical base for the FHT on the edge of Wilkies Wood! This has only been possible by securing a good part of the funding for this £20k project. So far about £9000 has been pledged in grants […]
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Abundant berries on the Findhorn Hinterland
As anyone who walks out on the Hinterland area will have seen, there’s an abundance of berries there just now. The most obvious of these are the red berries on the rowan trees and the blackberries on the brambles (it’s a particularly good year for them). However, there are also other berries to be seen […]
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Hinterland’s Gift for the Future Biodiversity and Taking Local Action
The inspiration for this article came from items published in the Guardian on 8th/9th August 2021. Firstly an article by George Monbiot: “The gift we should give to the living world” and then the publication of the latest IPCC report on Climate Change. In our rush to take action: carbon capture, tree planting etc we […]
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A bee’s view of life at the Findhorn Apiary August 21
The previous report from the Findhorn Apiary was from my great aunt. She hatched last autumn and had the important role, along with about 10,000 of her sisters, of keeping the colony sustained through the winter. She had to help keep the colony warm and the queen fed ready for laying in the spring. Then […]
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Conservation Hub Nearing Completion
At last the Findhorn Hinterland Trust Conservation Hub nears completion. The roof is on and our trees have been turned into planks and beams ready to be made into the floor and walls. It’s been a long and often tough journey from inception some 4 years ago. We were inspired by the vision of furthering […]