04/11/2025
🍂Beech & Holly in all their glory
☺️Here in Blackhill Woods, November moves slowly, a month of quiet grace. The great Beech Elders with their copper leaves all aglow, stand beside the dark glossy Holly. Together they mark this tender turning of the year. Beech, the keeper of memory, releasing her golden leaves back to the earth and Holly, the evergreen guardian, shining bright through the deepening dark.
🌳 In Irish folklore, Beech is the tree of wisdom and reflection she helps us look back on what the year has taught us. Holly is the protector, the heart of winter, bringing strength, renewal and joy!
🌲 To see them together is to witness November and December in conversation, one letting go, the other holding steady. They remind us to slow right down, to savour the misty light, the crisp air, the colours changing above and below.
🍃Here, as the woodland shifts from deciduous bronze to evergreen again, we open our doors for the final gatherings of the year.
🍂 November Stillpoint Retreat for rest and reflection.
🎄 Christmas Gatherings for peace, joy and connection.
☺️You can come for a yoga class, take time out for a retreat or stay and rest at our beautiful and cosy rewilded country home.
🌳At Blackhill Woods Retreat you can walk the woodland paths, listen to the whisper of the trees and feel nature guide you home to your true self.
Blackhill Woods Retreat
Abbeyleix, Ireland
🌀Where the seasons speak and we remember how to listen.