Courses
Crann na Beatha-Native Provenance Tree Nursery Project
I am so very, very excited to announce the launch of: Crann na Beatha – County Kildare Native Provenance Tree Nursery Project 2026. Kindly funded through the Biodiveristy officer of Kildare County Council through the NPWS Local Biodiversity Action Fund 2026. We are delighted to have received funding to run this County Kildare Native Provenance …
Read MoreSeeds, Tubers & Trees, A Seedsaving Workshop with hortculuturist Lucy Bell!
More information about the facilitator: Lucy is a Kildare-based organic horticulturalist with over 15 years’ experience in food growing, establishing school gardens and teaching people how to grow food in community settings through her company Growing Wild. She has a wealth of experience and passion for seed-saving: having completed the Seed Guardian course with the …
Read MoreForest School themed Easter Camp 2025
Greetings! I am very excited to be running a Forest School themed Easter 2025 Camp on my land in Donadea, Co. Kildare, ‘An Choill Beag’ or Littlewood, which is just down the road from Donadea Forest Park!! I am Lucy Bell of Growing Wild, and I am a long-time certified forest school leader, with over …
Read MoreGrowing Wild Forest School themed camps 2025
Hi everyone, Delighted to be returning with a variety of camps at Littlewood, Donadea this year! We has such a lovely time on my land running wild with the kids for the Easter, summer and Hallowe’en 2024! We will be returning for the following camps this year: And watch this space for a pilot After …
Read MoreBrigid 1500-Weaving the Land
Artist Helena Doyle and myself, Lucy Bell of Growing Wild have funding to run a series of 4 workshops this autumn 2024, we’re hoping to create a journey over the four sessions to immerse people in natural weaving linked to the pagan goddess Brigid, bringing in elements from stories of Brigid such as her skirt …
Read MoreSeasonal Foraging @ Littlewood
Introduction to Foraging, Plant ID and Local Food Spring-Summer-Autumn 2024 with Lucy Bell and Georgina Kemmy SESSION 1: **FOR BIODIVERSITY WEEK 2024** – SATURDAY 18TH MAY 2024 SESSION 2: SATURDAY 28TH JUNE 2024 SESSION 3: SATURDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2024 A practical biodiversity session, discovering some of our native plant species that grow wild in our …
Read MoreForest School themed Spring Mid-term Camp 2025
Greetings! I am very excited to be running Forest School themed Spring Mid-term Camps on my site in Donadea, Co. Kildare, on my own land, ‘An Choill Beag’, which is just down the road from Donadea Forest Park!! I am Lucy Bell of Growing Wild, and I am a long-time certified forest school leader, with over 10 years of experience …
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