Swedish company Polhus has created a playhouse based on the Findus and Pettson characters. The Pettson playhouse has two decorative chimneys and at the ridge, the internal ceiling height is about 1.9m, so even big…
Pettson finds a house
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Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022 – Designing Regenerative Food Systems: Vision to Action
Earlier this month at the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022 Marina O’Connell, Martin Large, Colin Tudge, Hannah Thorogood and Julia Wright met virtually through zoom to launch Marina O’Connell’s new book Designing Regenerative Food Systems.
Samhain, when autumn meets winter
Samhain, from the Gaelic word meaning ‘summer’s end’, is halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. In Britain, the clocks go back and the evenings are dark. It is the turning point when…
Autumnal Equinox
Autumn is harvest time. The autumn equinox is a point of perfect balance in the year, when the length of the day is exactly equal to the length of the night. It is a turning…
Tackling the nappy mountain
In this extract from Small Steps to Less Waste: stories to inspire change, Carly Catalano discusses the many benefits of switching to reusable nappies.
Lughnasa – Harvest Time
Beltane Celebrations
Beltane, the celebration of light and fertility, takes place on 1st May. Celebrate with stories and craft ideas from The Children’s Forest
It’s nesting season and we’re looking out for blackbirds!
Watching birds gathering nesting materials, we’re inspired to look more closely at the blackbird in particular
Easter Activity from The Children’s Forest – natural egg dyeing
Learn how to paint eggs using natural dye, leaves and flowers that can all be gathered on a sunny Easter weekend walk.
On World Book Day 2021 Findus Gets Ready for Spring
This year, World Book Day comes at the beginning of a spring we have been looking forward to throughout the winter lockdown. To help us celebrate, we turned to the central character of our most…
