by lucy | Mar 17, 2020 | Stone Age Finland Trip
So, for the next Finland update I thought it would be fun to talk about one of my favourite things…Wild Food! As a foraging teacher and ethnobotanist, this was perhaps the most exciting part of the week for me. I often supplement my food with wild pickings but to have...
by lucy | Mar 17, 2020 | Stone Age Finland Trip
Transport yourself to a place out of time. A shelter made from round wood, birch bark and reeds. Reindeer skins snuggled around you, protecting you from the biting cold outside. As you drift off to sleep, the sound of whispers from those nestled around you, the...
by wildawake | Dec 22, 2017 | wildawake
Wasn’t expecting to find a 500 year old Beech pollarded forest here! This practise was managed by the women of the region in the past. They would pollard (cut branches from above the main trunk- above the height of grazing animals) to produce straight poles. These...
by wildawake | Dec 22, 2017 | wildawake
Happy Solstice to you all! I feel incredibly privileged to get to spend each and every day in the woods, being inspired by others and learning together in nature. Looking forward to what 2018 and the returning light greets me with. I’m hibernating, and going husky...
by wildawake | Dec 22, 2017 | wildawake
Last minute Christmas shopping? We’re offering gift vouchers which can be used for any events run at the Phoenix Forest School or elsewhere, for children & adults. We host family events throughout the year and holiday camps, as well as foraging walks,...
