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26/12/2025

Ugh - social media double post confusion!!! Sorry folks - not sure how this happened but here we are.

Merry Christmas, and thanks for all your support!

It’s been a really big year, not least because it was our 5th birthday!

We’ve put on more events than ever before, had a lot of firsts and done some really exciting conservation work. Here’s 12 things from our year…

- our first ever music events
- our first theatre performance
- our first botanical survey
- our first eDNA tests
- our first deer exclosures
- our first spoon carving workshops
- our first yoga sessions
- lots of bat walks
- thinning and ride widening in the woods
- Pine marten surveying
- habitat creation
…and finally
- started The Wiltshire Spoon Club

* thanks to the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust

And that’s just a part of it. There’s so much more, including the stuff we do with the amazing Youth Adventure Trust and our lovely work experience students from Wiltshire College & University Centreire College Lackham.

Oh, and we’re publishing a poetry book soon thanks to artist in residence & wordsmith Ruth Hill. Watch this space!

Special thanks to collaborators and Aim on the plainimontheplaSiSu Forest SchoolforestschoKathryn RogerswaldfreBeck StubbsnogginanBe & Breathe.and.brRuth Hillk_prodKim Pierpointmpierpointuk and so many others who we’ve worked with this year. Last and very much not least, our two new non-executive directors Nick and Tracy who will be helping us navigate a future (hopefully financially sustainable) path.

We’re still self-funded (and money is easily the biggest issue), but the difference this project is making is truly humbling. Thanks so much to everyone who is part of our story 💚🌳

26/12/2025

Merry Christmas, and thanks for all your support!

It’s been a really big year, not least because it was our 5th birthday!

We’ve put on more events than ever before, had a lot of firsts and done some really exciting conservation work. Here’s 12 things we’ve done this year…
- our first ever music events
- our first theatre performance
- our first botanical survey
- our first eDNA tests
- our first deer enclosures
- our first spoon carving workshops
- our first yoga sessions
- lots of bat walks
- thinning and ride widening in the woods
- Pine marten surveying
- habitat creation
…and finally
- started The Wiltshire Spoon Club

And that’s just a part of it. There’s so much more, including the stuff we do with the amazing and our lovely work experience students from Lackham, not to forget our artists in residence who add a completely new depth to everything we do.

Oh, and we’re publishing a poetry book soon thanks to artist in residence and wordsmith Ruth. Watch this space!

Special thanks to collaborators and friends Kev , Natasha , Kathryn , Beck , Lorna .be.and.breathe, Ruth , Kim and so many others who we’ve worked with this year.

We’re still self-funded (and money is our biggest issue by far), but the difference this project is making is truly humbling. Thanks so much to everyone who is part of our story 💚🌳

22/12/2025

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16/12/2025

We had a lot of fun making Pine Marten Feeder boxes with ecologist and friend Gareth Harris a few days ago.

These are based on a design from who hosted a pine marten training day at earlier this year.

The boxes are made from larch felled and milled on site as part of our woodland management program.

They feature a platform for the marten to stand on, a Perspex front so the food is visible and a lightly hinged lid that the martens can flip open. The reason for all this is to allow a camera trap to photograph them while they feed so they can be identified by the unique bib pattern on their chest.

Sadly we don’t yet have pine martens here but we’re looking forward to making more feeders and putting them up in various secret locations!

Pine martens are key woodland predators controlling populations of small mammals and other prey, helping maintain a balanced woodland food web.​

They spread seeds by eating berries, supporting forest regeneration and plant diversity.​

Finally, they are very partial to grey squirrels, reducing their numbers and squirrelpox transmission, which aids the recovery of native red squirrels.

11/12/2025

Christmas Wellbeing Workshop
LAST CALL - THIS SATURDAY 13 DEC
10-1pm, Nr Devizes, Wiltshire

Join Lorna and Ruth in our cosy off grid cabin/workshop space (with fire pit!) for three hours of relaxation and mindfulness to ground and balance you.

- meditation
- mindfulness
- creative writing
- guided woodland walk
- social campfire time (and cake!)

Tea, coffee and cake are all included along with private on site parking.

Booking link in bio and on our website foundoutdoors.org

08/12/2025

This weekend, right here at Found Outdoors.

We’ve also got a wellbeing workshop in the morning and Xmas whittling in the afternoon.

Come and join us ❄️🎄🧑‍🎄

- Book Wellbeing & Whittling on our website.
- Book wreath making direct with Sisu.

🎄 We still have a few spaces left for our Family Christmas in the Forest event next Saturday! 🎄
If you’re looking for a cosy, creative and festive afternoon in the woods, come and join us for wreath making, decoration crafting, hot chocolate, mulled wine (alcohol-free), delicious s’mores and a festive gift bag to take home.

It’s the perfect way to kick off the Christmas season — we’d love to see you there!

08/12/2025

❄️ Christmas Workshops ❄️

Book now: https://www.foundoutdoors.org/events

This Saturday 13 December, join us round the campfire for our final workshops of the year - morning Wellbeing and afternoon Whittling.

🎄🎄 Seasonal Winter Wellbeing 🎄🎄
10:00AM - 1:00PM

Join workshop leaders Lorna and Ruth around the campfire in our beautiful woodland setting to be inspired by nature as they guide you on a mindful journey.

- Mindfulness with Lorna
- Grounding walk through the woodland and fields
- Creative writing to unfold your thoughts with Ruth
- Meditation with Lorna
- Hot drinks and campfire social time

Gift yourself some time to recharge and reset this holiday season.

🎄🎄 Xmas Whittling Workshop for Children 🎄🎄
1:30AM - 3:00PM

Join Kathryn in our cosy off grid workshop to learn how to make wooden candles for your Christmas tree! All tools and materials provided - take home what you make!

Round the session off with marshmallows and hot chocolate around the campfire! 🔥

Suitable for children 7 plus. Children between 7 and 11 must be accompanied by an adult.

29/11/2025

Happy birthday to us! 🎉

Thank you so much to all the people who came to our fifth anniversary party today. It was amazing to see you all and feel so supported. And to everyone who wanted to be here but couldn’t make it - thank you also for being such an important part of the adventure that is Found Outdoors.

The last five years has had amazing high points, plenty of lows and is a ton of hard work, but it’s such privilege to get to do this.

We could never have imagined our tiny project would get so much love. We can’t wait to see you all again really soon!

PS Yes, that’s a cake we were cutting. It was amazing with an adorable woodland scene made by our fab friend Anna.

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24/11/2025

🥳 This November is our 5th birthday! 🎉

And we’re having a party (see below)!

It’s hard to believe, but we bought the land in 2020 - or maybe it’s harder to believe that 2020 was five years ago!

Since then it’s been the most amazing adventure, a never ending learning curve, long hours, hard work, fantastic people and so many new experiences not to mention events.

But most of all, an incredible privilege to call this our ‘job’ and to be custodians of this little piece of Wiltshire, my home county.

Thank you to all the truly wonderful people who have supported our project - friends, neighbours, our customers and all the people we have collaborated with.

As well of 5 years of conservation work on the land, with help from our wonderful partners we’ve run events, hosted forest schools, done animal surveys, welcomed universities, held artists residencies, dug ponds, built a barn and car park, co-created the Wiltshire Small Rewilders and Wiltshire Spoon Club, hosted work experience students, help bat box workshops, felled trees, constructed a sawmill, hosted a theatre production, run music events and so much more!

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We’d love you join us for our birthday celebration on Saturday 29 November.

🎟️ Birthday party tickets are FREE 🎟️
(If you can afford a donation that will help us provide for others)

It’s really important to book so we make enough cake (and sort out enough parking!). TICKETS ARE LIMITED!

Link: https://www.foundoutdoors.org/events

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16/11/2025

What a lovely relaxing, social morning for our second monthly Wiltshire Spoon Club with

New and old faces, cake, carving, coffee and chat! A lovely autumn morning all round.

If you’d like to join us please drop us a message either here or through our website (link in bio).

Next up - Christmas Spoon Club 🎄🎄

13/11/2025

Seasonal Wellbeing morning retreat with Lorna and Ruth at Found Outdoors.
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Saturday 13 December
Tickets available now: https://www.foundoutdoors.org/events
Campfire, cake and tea/coffee included!
Full details below...
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09/11/2025

Should we construct one of these? 😀🌳