Common Ground N.I.

Common Ground N.I. A project combining eco-psychology/therapy, poetry, storytelling, horticulture, retreats and an educ

Common Ground - Common Ground is an education, retreat and ecotherapy centre based on a farm in Northern Ireland. We are a multi-faceted organisation – everything we offer is rooted in nature, in the landscape of Co Fermanagh and its ecosystems. The local communities are part of those systems – we are here to serve all whilst holding an ecological perspective. We are offering a unique combination of services including horticulture therapy, outdoor or ecotherapy, creative arts, training for professionals, and a range of eco-educational activities. We will also be working directly with the soil to teach people how to produce food. Other activities on the land and in the area will support biodiversity. Global Vision

A world where communities everywhere cherish the environment they live in and where national laws, economic policies and educational practices reflect a heart-felt relationship to the Earth and all her inhabitants. A world where the people in these communities both know and experience themselves as intrinsically woven within the tapestry of nature. Vision in Local Context

A Northern Ireland that leads the world to a greater awareness of how communities can honour diversity and engage in deeply connected relationships with the natural environment. This leadership will be shown by example and practice: Common Ground will create unique opportunities for people to engage with and experience a new sense of indigenous kinship that embraces religious, cultural and ethnic experiences. Mission (essence)

Common Ground's mission is to create a space where individuals and groups from all communities can explore their relationships with the natural environment and each other. Mission (expanded)

Common Ground is dedicated to offering the practices of ecopschyology and ecotherapy to the communities of Ireland from its unique and innovative base in County Fermanagh. Common Ground is open to the peoples of Northern and Southern Ireland, as well as to individuals and groups who are willing to travel from these islands and beyond. Common Ground recognises that many of the challenges faced by humanity at this time are due to its relational disconnection from the ecological network that holds and sustains us. As such, its primary intention is to co-create a space within the landscape where people can come to experience the therapeutic benefits of spending focussed time in nature and reconnecting to self and environment. The activities of Common Ground will actively benefit both humanity and nature by forging synergistic relationships instead of the exploitative ones that have become the norm. By locating itself in the Ulster countryside, Common Ground will acknowledge and work with the wounds of history that are carried by the landscape itself. Common Ground invites people to enter into a cooperative relationship with the land, to be in service to it and to recognise the way in which the land also serves us. This leads to an increased awareness of how we are all connected to each other within nature. A natural outcome of Common Ground's work is a renewed sense of kinship that transcends religious and cultural backgrounds.

There are still places left on this eventDo get in touch to receive more details I’m the host and it will be a small gro...
21/05/2024

There are still places left on this event
Do get in touch to receive more details
I’m the host and it will be a small group

We have some places left in our spring group - starts Monday 22 April.
05/04/2024

We have some places left in our spring group - starts Monday 22 April.

We are very happy to offer this group to nurture personal and community resilience. It will run on a series of Monday afternoons April to June 2024 for a total of 10 meetings ,starting on April 22n…

This Sunday eveningThe invitation is to bring a warm drink and get comfortable, maybe bring a poem or anecdote-This is a...
27/03/2024

This Sunday evening
The invitation is to bring a warm drink and get comfortable, maybe bring a poem or anecdote-
This is a space for a led meditation and heart-centred sharing in circle
Always a wonderful gathering of women in community
Pre-booking supports me, in this work and is appreciated, if at all possible
Please do get in touch via comments or DM my personal Facebook account Sarah Riseborough, or email via the details in the graphic
Thank you!

Winter into Spring:Happy Equinox Everyone 🌼 Blooming, budding, lopping, pruning, digging, planting, clearing, cleaning, ...
21/03/2024

Winter into Spring:
Happy Equinox Everyone 🌼
Blooming, budding, lopping, pruning, digging, planting, clearing, cleaning, sorting, w**ding…
There is cut willow here from taking the harvest and spare raspberry canes- we’ve a raspberry bed set in the community garden
Some of the beds are being covered to control w**d growth, though plenty of seeds are germinating in the polytunnel for the other beds.
Clearing the w**d control fabric of the layer of robust and hearty Fermanagh grass was quite a task! The layer went off to fill a hole be the circular pond, which has been cleared of loose foliage.
The tunnels are both w**ded and fed with manure to revitalise the soil for this years planting. There’s more w**ding to do, and a bed to replace that’s rotted.
Lovely to see trees and plants waking up. Nature still in process, no matter what.
We had a glorious day of sun, yesterday, good to be out in it, as today we’re back to grey.
How’s your day?

A highly recommended and accredited practitioner is offering this on site at Common GroundEmail firetreealchemy@gmail.c...
09/03/2024

A highly recommended and accredited practitioner is offering this on site at Common Ground
Email firetreealchemy@gmail.com to get in touch for more details
Or
Link in comments to book

01/03/2024

We are very happy to offer this group to nurture personal and community resilience. It will run on a series of Monday afternoons March to June 2024 for a total of 10 meetings. All the other details…

01/03/2024

We are very pleased to be offering a spring group here at the farm. It's called Personal and Community Resilience and it's purpose is to support participants in learning attitudes, practices and life skills.

It is open to all adults who have concerns about food security, challenging economic situation, cost of living, being aware of the multiple global crises.
Included will be: a safe group to talk in, gardening, micro-green cultivation, mindfulness, finding support in nature, cooking on a budget, wholefoods, foraging and more...

Facilitators will be Anja Rosler and Robbie Breadon
There is much more information on the CG website. -

Hello CommunityPlease do come give voice to what’s important to you, right now, this is space for creativity to be the m...
26/02/2024

Hello Community
Please do come give voice to what’s important to you, right now, this is space for creativity to be the medium of our passion, your sorrow, your anger, your love.
Share your own, or another’s poetry, prose, song or tune; come as receptive audience, but please do come along!
We’d love to know you’re coming, RSVP’s help us plan the set up and the order of play, and, while finance should no be a bar to access, we’re asking for donations to cover fuel and support our work here, on site.
Please like, love, share, tell your friends and family, bring someone along!
The fire will be roaring, kettle will be on.

GRIEF CIRCLE- Introducing our HostNiall is a Mentor and Facilitator of mens work. He has been working in the mens space ...
17/02/2024

GRIEF CIRCLE- Introducing our Host

Niall is a Mentor and Facilitator of mens work. He has been working in the mens space for over 10 years. One of his passions is working with grief and ritual as a gateway to soul, having trained with Laurence Cole and Therese Charvet in the lineage of Malidoma Some and the Dagara Tribe. He holds a deep and safe space for participants to touch deeper parts of self. ‘All of you is welcome here.’

Between the dark moon circle and full moon gathering:
02/02/2024

Between the dark moon circle and full moon gathering:

Just a reminder about our zoom evening event for Women’s Christmas 💛
04/01/2024

Just a reminder about our zoom evening event for Women’s Christmas
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For Nollaig na mBan I thought I’d offer a zoom circle on the Saturday evening (6th Jan) so there’s also encouragement to...
31/12/2023

For Nollaig na mBan I thought I’d offer a zoom circle on the Saturday evening (6th Jan) so there’s also encouragement to seek the support of your loved ones to facilitate your presence, if you wish to attend! The exchange is on a sliding scale to accommodate the financial environment. A portion of the donations goes to Common Ground.
Best wishes, Everyone 💛

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23/12/2023

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Wild & WonderfulWreaths from harvested willow and foraged greeneryWillow bundles for decoration and hurdle-making/outdoo...
19/12/2023

Wild & Wonderful
Wreaths from harvested willow and foraged greenery
Willow bundles for decoration and hurdle-making/outdoor use
The willow is green and/or yellow tipped with red and height ranges from about 75cm to approx 2m
I’ve bundled small, medium and long, so the smaller bundles probably max 1m high
Available for a donation
Wreaths here on Common Ground made by Robbie and Sarah

Tomorrow 🌞💫
15/12/2023

Tomorrow 🌞💫

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