8th – 12th February

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Salix Chaenomelopides ‘Mount Aso’ Salix are deciduous shrubs and trees of diverse habit, with simple leaves and tiny flowers in catkins, male and female usually on separate plants. Some are valued for their brightly coloured winter shoots, others for their foliage or showy male catkins.

Bevendean’s Nature Reserve dew pond.
Dew ponds – sometimes called cloud ponds or mist ponds – are man-made ponds. They were created in the 18th and 19th centuries to provide water for farm animals

A new lamp – inspired by the winter silhouettes of trees.

Deep grooved bark of the elder tree. It is thought the name elder comes from the Anglo-Saxon ‘aeld’, meaning fire, because the hollow stems were used as bellows to blow air into the centre of a fire.

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Hi my name is Hannah. I am a trainee Forest Bathing guide, training with the Forest bathing Institute. I have been a forest school assistant for many years with Fernee Forest Club .

My passion is outdoor adventures, and discovering more about our local landscape.

Over the lock down years, I walked the South Downs Way with a group of friends, it took us over two years, we enjoyed a very leisurely pace that allowed us to absorb all the sights, sounds, and thrash out all our worries, triumphs, musings, along with plenty of tea breaks!

Exploring, connecting and observing local natural spaces is beginning to transform from a passion/hobby to become my actual job (nearly!). Having been comfortably tucked behind a computer screen as a website manager and graphic designer for 24 years, this is both very exciting and quite a challenge. Thank you for visiting the blog and website.