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Today at Heartwood we enjoyed such beautiful warm, sunny weather. We spent most of the morning doing group jobs in the coppiced area....

Today we had another fun filled day of chopping wood, tadpole tending, apple toasting, garden weeding, seedling watering and spatula...

On Thursday 20th March it was the Spring Equinox. This is one of the Celtic 8 wheels of the year that are celebrated and at Heartwood we...

Wednesday's highlight was the frog spawn rescue we undertook. We'd noticed the frogspawn a few weeks ago but recently noticed the drop in...

On Tuesday, we gathered willow from the boundary fence that had been pollarded the day before. The side branches were then cut off and...

On Wednesday we were delighted to be able to tap the sap from a silver birch tree. This involved cutting a thin branch and tying a...

Another brilliant day bathed in warm Spring sunshine at Heartwood. We made a start on building a new woodshed for, and partly from, the...

It was a very wet Wednesday in the woods but we didn't let it dampen our spirits. Work was done felling and logging some birch and...

After a lot of rain over the past week, it is incredibly muddy in the woods! However, wehad a great day working together on a range of...

It was one of those stunning early spring days. The sun shone and had some warmth to it and we all really appreciated it after a number...

We've had a good week at Heartwood- we welcomed some visitors who have come for taster sessions. There were lots of different activities...

We had a super time this week at Heartwood and it was quite busy on Tuesday as we welcomed a visitor /potential new student for a taster...

This Tuesday Mark and Helen had their first live radio experience. They were the special guests on Seahaven FM’s Community People show...

Last Wednesday we finally got the broken wheelbarrow fixed. An off road wheel replaced the broken one and it's now working great! Helen...

We had a go at willow weaving today to make a bird feeder and it was great fun. The whole team got involved and Mark shared how to make...

It was with great excitement that the cold water plunging tank was finished on Tuesday. It needed a good clean out and is now filled and...

On Friday Mark and Helen went over to Copthorne Saw Mill to collect some more planks of wood from, it was kindly donated by Harry Gingell...

Today was a complete contrast to the sunny, bright Tuesday we had. Everyone was wrapped up warm against the chilly freezing temperatures...

It was an incredibly sunny and calm day for our return to the woods. We all appreciated being outside and working on lots of different...

The Heartwood Project staff and community would like to wish everyone a healthy, joyful and nature connected 2025. We had our final day...