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Alan Heeks Writes… As of June 2015, I have gifted the ownership and operation of Hazel Hill Wood to a new registered UK charity, Hazel Hill Trust. This does not imply any immediate changes to the way the wood operates for our clients, and the current team will continue unchanged, except for the appointment of… Continue reading Introducing Hazel Hill Trust

Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv This American book is a cogent, well-researched explanation of the many ways that kids benefit from contact with nature, the problems if they don’t, and ways to tackle the problem. Nature Deficit Disorder: what it is, how it arises Louv coined the term Nature Deficit Disorder: this… Continue reading How Nature Deficit Disorder is damaging today’s kids

Grab your wellies, slap on some sun cream and start your summer with a wonderful family-fun conservation weekend at Hazel Hill Wood. Come and experience a sense of shared community and help breathe new life into Hazel Hill wood’s pond area. We’ll be clearing and tending the paths around the pond, planting edible plants, learning… Continue reading Pondering, pootling and pottering by the pond!

Children visiting Hazel Hill Wood often take a healthy and delighted interest in our compost loos: they immediately see the sense of them, and often ask, “Why don’t we all have them?” On our recent Conservation And Wellness Weekend, we had four kids under 11, who were fascinated to see how human poos turn into… Continue reading Composting Loos – a lesson in resilience

The speed of nature’s growth in Spring is astonishing: the beautiful carpet of wood anemones shown in the picture burst into flower between Easter Sunday and Easter Tuesday. And they are a great example of why we work so hard to encourage conservation work at Hazel Hill Wood. One of the main projects for our… Continue reading Seeing the point of woodland conservation…