DATES:  25 Oct, 01 Nov

Time: 1:30pm to 4pm

Facilitator: Karin Zaandam 

Supported by: Lucy

This event is by DONATION OR FREE.

Suitable for parents/guardians with children. Parents, please book each child as well. Thank you. 

NOTE: Parents/guardians are responsible for their children at all time.

ABOUT THIS WORK

The Families Forest Garden is a wellbeing project aiming at providing the community with opportunities for climate action, connection with nature, learn about conserving the balance of the current surroundings, learning food growing skills, connect with community, improve wellbeing and build resilience for the benefit of the community and the environment. 

This is an interactive group, and we extend an invitation to individuals to participate and contribute by sharing their knowledge with others as well. 

ABOUT KARIN 

Karin is a holistic practitioner who is passionate about plants and helping people to re-connect with nature. She runs her own private holistic practice, is a mother of two young people and works in an organic farm. Karin has been supporting the Planetary Healing Centre's work in various roles since 2021. 

IMPORTANT INFO

If you have any questions before or on the day regarding this event, please text: 07771270072.

If you need any other support or have any concerns please contact our office on email holistic@planetary-healing or text: 07504438763.

NOTE: On your arrival, please feel free to let us know your preferred pronouns (e.g. he/him, she/her, they/them) and what name you would like us to refer to you by.

CANCELLATION POLICY: Space is limited, so if for any reason you need to cancel, please let us know asap, so we can free up the space for others on the waiting list. Due to the amount of work involved, tickets are non-refundable.

DONATIONS: When you make a donation, you are supporting the continuation of our charitable work in the future. If you cannot make a donation because of your financial circunstances, you can access this work for FREE. We aim for this work to be accessible for everyone and we thank our funders for their support. If you need support with transportation costs, please contact us.

WEATHER: For rainy days we have the HUT where we have a wood burner stove. We hope to be outdoors as much as we can and we also have pop up gazebos when needed.

WHAT TO BRING: Please come in warm clothes ready for all weather. Layers are recommended. We will provide tea and cups. If your group is 3 hours or longer, please bring a packed lunch

PHOTOS: Occasionally we take group pictures for promotions and funders, if you would prefer not to be in the picture, please communicate this to the facilitator on arrival.

CAR SHARE: We recommend car share and lifts between friends and participants as much as possible. Whenever you see a friend walking at Cockburnhill Road, check if they are coming for our programme and kindly offer a lift.

PARKING:  Parking is only at Cockburnhill Road just after Pirnie Ha’ house. The woodland is only 3 minutes walking as you turn right from there.

WHERE: Meet at The Planetary Healing Community Woodland, Cockburnhill Road, Balerno, EH14 7JB. Bus 44 / 44A. Stop at the third bus stop after the roundabout. From there, proceed to enter Cockburnhill Road and walk for approximately 15 minutes until you reach a V junction, where you will need to turn right and walk for another 2 minutes. Upon arriving at the gate, there are 7 small bridges to cross before reaching the Hut, which is situated at the end of the woodland. Along the way, you will pass by the Yurt and the composting toilet.

Please help us to spread information about this work and invite others as well.