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On 2nd-3rd June 2022 we ran our 4th annual BioBlitz event – a 24 hour wildlife survey!  Over 24 hours we recorded 179 species. This brings our year-to-date list up to: 43 moth species including scorched wing and water carpet. 16 butterfly species including small tortoiseshell and speckled wood. 5 beetle species, including glow worm… Continue reading BioBlitz 2022 Summary

CANCELLED Friday 7th – Sunday 9th July 2023. Carolyn Thompson and Kerry Harrison are leading a summer women’s weekend retreat at the woods.  They invite you to explore mindful creativity, and gentle yoga, movement and meditation to discover the joy and feel the freedom of your creative spirit, inspired by time spent connected with nature. Enjoy accessible… Continue reading Summer Women’s Weekend Retreat

The first week of June is Volunteers’ Week and is an apt time to celebrate and thank our volunteers, and to plan the future of volunteering at Hazel Hill Trust. Celebrating success We have run two volunteer days each month since September 2021. This gives volunteers more opportunities to attend and increases what we can… Continue reading Celebrating volunteering 2022

2021 was another unsettled year on the whole for humans, but a more settled one in terms of weather for wildlife. It was a hugely successful year for wildlife and volunteering at Hazel Hill Wood. Volunteers are fundamental to our small charity, and volunteers gain from the time they spend with us. If you don’t… Continue reading Wildlife and volunteering in 2021

Autumn Conservation Weekend is a time for exchange: come and nurture the woods and the woods will nurture you. A total of 21 people took part (17 adults and 4 children), with most of us staying for the full two days and two nights, across the first weekend in October. Spending time in this magical… Continue reading Autumn Conservation Weekend 2021

At this time of harvest I am writing in my capacity as Chair of Trustees to harvest what we have learnt this year and last and use it to frame our vision for 2022 and the years ahead. Background As I wrote in my Autumn equinox update, we have done very well to come through… Continue reading Hazel Hill as a centre for regenerative practice?

In this post I am conducting a thought experiment. My question is, what if we built and maintained our buildings in an a regenerative way? By regenerative, I mean in a way that leaves the ecosystem, in its fullest sense, richer and better able to heal itself. From its beginning, Hazel Hill has been a… Continue reading What if we maintained our buildings in a regenerative way?

On 29th July 2021, we celebrated the start of the school summer holidays with a night time safari looking for some of our nocturnal wildlife – bats and glow worms. We had a great time and were fully booked, with 30 people attending. The income from your ticket sales supports our charitable work, so thank you to… Continue reading Bat and Glow Worm Night 2021

Become a Trustee of Hazel Hill Trust and help shape our work to bring people back into contact with nature. Volunteer role description: Non-executive Trustee Location: A mixture of on-site at Hazel Hill Wood, near Salisbury and online via Zoom. Time commitment: Minimum one day per month. About the organisation Hazel Hill Trust is a… Continue reading Become a volunteer Trustee of Hazel Hill Wood

All of our accommodation buildings at Hazel Hill Wood rely on wood burning stoves for heating and hot water. We have seven stoves in total! All our firewood is produced at the wood. We’ve recently improved our firewood restocking process, and it seems like a goodtime to explain how we do it…  Felling The first… Continue reading How is firewood made at Hazel Hill Wood?