We’re delighted to introduce a day full of art-inspired creative play on Sunday with the new Art Playground. Expect paint swings, printing slides, pastel play and the return of our wonderfully messy splatter catapults – Splatterpults if you will! It’s all about experimenting, creating and embracing the joy of making. Expect to get messy.
The Hive is our kaleidoscopic kids area – a Hive of playful adventures, creative workshops and hands-on fun for all ages, young and old. Find us next to the Dragonfly Pub. Explore everything on offer at The Hive.
A bespoke class combining Forest bathing, mindful movement and meditation by the trees with some Nature poetry.
Keep Well Events is a company facilitating workshops focusing on holistic wellbeing and self sufficiency, explaining how the latter influences the overall mental wellbeing and contributes to sustainability. For this GVS workshop the emphasis is on food and its preservation, namely fermentation: the health benefits of this ancient food preservation process, its history, the microbiology…
Ashdown Forest is a mosaic of biodiversity and beauty, but its survival is not entirely an accident of nature — it is the result of a long history of human impact and coexistence. This talk explores the different management used to protect this internationally important landscape, and some of the myths of conservation, showing how…
Come take a walk with an expert guide to see and hear some of the wildlife that call Ashdown Forest home. Suitable for all ages, a relaxed walk into some of the nearby woods and meadows looking for butterflies, dragonflies, birds and more.
At this crucial time in human-ecological history we see around us misuse of the imagination. Films, television, conversation and private rumination; we are surrounded by depictions of terror and apocalypse. And yet we do not have to fall before the facts. There are a number of ways we can meet them. We are not suggesting…
In this deeply human and thought-provoking session, Michelle Manjarrez explores how connection, embodiment, and expanded awareness can transform the way we relate to ourselves, our teams, and technology. Drawing from psychedelic wisdom, neuroscience, emotional healing, and team coherence practices, she invites us to move beyond mental overload and reconnect with our bodies, emotions, and heart-centered…
