Events

 If you love to create, paint, explore colour and are interested in sustainable crafting with colour from the land then  this workshop is for you.

A land based workshop  creating with clay, stones and plant colours from the land. We work consciously with found materials gathered from the land on the farm. 

 Clay & creating colour whilst working with the earth are  much more than focusing on a creative outcome or making a product, it is a process of connection to our inner world and our relationship to the land and working the way our ancestors harnessed natural materials for agriculture and spiritual connection.

 Helen will guide you through the process of creating a colour, pastels, watercolurs and  clay pots of your own. You will sense deeper connection to harvesting, processing and firing your vessel the ancient way through pit firing.

We will explore the colour of the clay from the land in Bowland and spend the first part of the creative process tuning into what a the land means to you. We will play with the differnt colours to enhance our day creating pastels, watercolours and  clay pots. You will  have plenty of time to sketch, draw and paint with your made ,materials.

There will be options through out the day and a morning mindfulness session will allow us to land into the creative space . All refreshments and food are provided but please do bring your own snacks.

The botany training days are for our Meadow Monitoring project volunteers. We are re-visiting meadows that have had past restoration work, looking at their condition now to see if they require further enhancement or management changes.

The commitment from you, in return for the training, is to carry out a minimum of one survey over summer (mid-June - Mid-July).
This is a 10 quadrat survey at a meadow in the Forest of Bowland.
We try & match volunteers to locations in their area, but as you can appreciate it's quite a big area, so that's not always possible.
The first day training is grasses, (30th May) and the second day is wildflowers on the 5th June.
If you would like to book on the training please email eva.irving@YDMT.org.

The botany training days are for our Meadow Monitoring project volunteers. They are run by experts of Yorkshire Dales Trust so you will need to contact the email below. We are re-visiting meadows that have had past restoration work, looking at their condition now to see if they require further enhancement or management changes.

The commitment from you, in return for the training, is to carry out a minimum of one survey over summer (mid-June - Mid-July).
This is a 10 quadrat survey at a meadow in the Forest of Bowland.
We try & match volunteers to locations in their area, but as you can appreciate it's quite a big area, so that's not always possible.

If you would like to book on the training please email eva.irving@YDMT.org.

Join us for a deeply nourishing journey to gently ignite  the the light of the full moon  by rekindling the hearth of the fire as we rest into a guided Yoga Nidra & relaxation breathwork, then we will ease into a beautiful sound Journey with crystal bowls , gongs chimes & harp. 
This two hour workshop requires nothing more than to arrive with your mat & blanket to our logfired barn and simply be with the energy of this time of year.

Refreshments and extra blankets provided . Only 10 places available . Please email to book or use the link below .