Courses
Forest School themed Easter Camps 2023
Greetings! We are extremely excited to be running our Forest School themed Easter Camp at Castletown House! We will be offering 3 days of time in nature, free play, woodland crafts, den building, rope work, nature crafts, mud area, make and create with tools, we also play games to increase our nature connection, these sessions are underpinned …
Read MoreCastletown House Forest School After School – Spring Term 2023
Join us for the return of our Castletown House Forest School on the grounds of Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare for 5- to 11-year-olds, starting on Tuesday 21st February and Wednesday 22nd February 2023. The Spring Term 2023 will be a 6-week programme. It will run once a week, on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, from 3.30pm – 5.30pm, in the …
Read MoreForest School Leadership Training 2023
Up until the end of 2022, the Level 3 Forest School Leaderhip training was delivered in Ireland by Marina Robb of Circle of Life Rediscovery CIC, and by Huathe in the west of Ireland. I was part of the Irish team delivering the training in Ireland for Circle of Life. The team consists of myself, …
Read MoreCreating Living Willow Structures at Irish Seedsavers!!
I am delighted to have been invited to run a Creating Living Willow Structures workshop at Irish Seedsavers on Saturday 12th March 2022 from 10 – 4.30pm. You can book your place by following this link. Course Outline: In this course, participants will be introduced to the wonderful plant that is willow! You will learn …
Read MoreCastletown House Forest School After School – Summer Term 2023
Delighted to launch the summer term of the Castletown House Forest School programme! Join us for the return of our Castletown House Forest School on the grounds of Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare for 5- to 11-year-olds, starting on Tuesday 18th/Wednesday 19th April 2023. It will run once a week, on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, from 3.30pm – 5.30pm, in the woods …
Read More‘Grow Your Own Food’ & Other Courses 2023
I have recently bought my own house with some land in 2022 and am hoping to slowly start running courses here. I was thinking of running a Saturday morning ‘intro to grow your own food’ class. Other possibilities are intro to seedsaving, the wonders of willow, creating a biodiversity friendly garden, native hedgerow planting and …
Read MoreCastletown House Forest School After School Programme – Winter 2021
I am delighted to say I am running two afternoons here in Castletown House this winter term 2021. We are doing a programme on TUESDAYS and WEDNESDAY afternoons from 3.00pm-5.00pm starting on Tuesday 2nd November and Wednesday 3rd November 2021 for 7-weeks up to the mid-term break. NB: THIS WINTER TERM This term the light starts to fade, so we make sure we have hi viz vests and head torches, we …
Read MoreForest School themed Summer Camps 2023
Greetings! We are extremely excited to be returning with our Forest School themed Summer Camps at Castletown House! We will be offering 4 days of time in nature, play, woodland crafts, den building, rope work, nature crafts, mud area, make and create with tools, we also play games to increase our nature connection, these sessions are …
Read MoreAn Introduction to Forest School Ethos & Principles
Growing Wild runs sessions in community garden design and set up. We offer courses in seasonal food growing, seasonal garden activities such as sowing seeds, setting up your vegetable beds, soil & fertility and seed saving.
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