What are you doing this Summer? We know how hard it is to keep youngsters busy during the long summer school holidays and we are organising a series of Summertime Family Activities at our Chatham Green Project to encourage youngsters to switch some screen time for outdoor time. The idea behind our Discovery Mornings is [...]
The Wilderness Foundation are proud to be supporting the Prince's Countryside Fund - National Countryside Week - by organising a Walk a Country Mile on Saturday 19th July. Join us at our Chatham Green Project on the 19th July between 10 am and 1 pm and take a gentle stroll through the living landscape at our Chatham Green Project. [...]
The Wilderness Foundation UK are working in partnership with organisations and individuals from across Essex who offer programmes of environmental education and Education for Sustainable Development for the benefit of schools, other groups of young people and the wider public known as the Essex Learning for Sustainability (ELfS) group. We are delighted to be delivering [...]
Come and see us at the Royal Highland Show between Thursday 19th and Sunday 22nd June. You can find us in the Royal Highland Education Trust tent where a range of activities for schools and young people are being put on. We are manning a stand to promote the work of the charity across Scotland [...]
Common Blue OUR NATURE BLOG The Chatham Green Project site is looking spectacular at this time of year with the pollen-nectar wildflower mixes really doing their jobs and attracting the pollinators. Our butterfly survey this week recorded over 100 individual butterflies of six different species on the farm. Some species were recorded for the [...]
On Sunday 8th June 2014 the Wilderness Foundation in conjunction with partners Strutt and Parker (Farms) opened up the Chatham Green Project for members of the public to tour the farm and conservation areas and learn more about the work that we are doing to bring people closer to nature. The farm was open as [...]
We are delighted to announce receipt of our LOTC Quality Badge: “The LOtC Quality Badge provides for the first time a national award combining the essential elements of provision - learning and safety - into ONE easily recognisable and trusted accreditation scheme for ALL types of learning outside the classroom provider throughout the UK.” This [...]
Come and visit us at our Chatham Green Project and enjoy a day immersed in the beautiful Essex countryside. Open Farm Sunday on the 8th June is a fantastic project which has seen hundreds of farmers across the UK opening up their farm for one Sunday each year since 2006! This year we are [...]
Lauren Weller is a student at the Royal Agricultural University, studying for a Graduate Diploma in Agriculture. She previously studied for a degree in education, and is interested in the ways that farms can be used to support teaching about healthy eating and environmental sustainability as well as providing unique outdoor experiences. Read her blog [...]
Join us at our Chatham Green Project site for our Family Activity Session - Homes and Habitats - where you can explore the different habitats on our farm and build a brilliant bug hotel on Wednesday 28th May. There are two sessions available 10 am - 12 noon or 2 pm - 4 pm. Cost is [...]
Wilderness Foundation launch new partnership with Green Fern Talks We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Green Fern Talks Ltd and the launch of our new exciting training programme called Grow and Thrive. We are holding an exciting interactive launch party at the Wilderness Foundation on Thursday 15th May between 3.00 and 8.00 pm. We have [...]
In the lovely Spring sunshine our Wild Welly Wander event at Chatham Green Project yesterday was very well received with children and their families taking a leisurely nature walk to explore the farm, look at different habitats; record the wild flowers and butterflies along the way and even take note of wildlife tracks and signs. [...]
Join us at our Chatham Green Project site for our Wild Welly Wander - a guided Spring walk to discover farming and nature on Tuesday 15th April. There are two sessions available 10 am - 12 noon or 2 pm - 4 pm. Both morning and afternoon sessions will involve a 45 minute guided nature [...]
Drilling Hyde Hall Farm 2013 Once cultivations have been completed and a good seed bed has been achieved then the drilling of crops for next year can begin…. Drilling is very time crucial and weather dependent. Oil seed rape is the first crop to be drilled post-harvest of the previous crop, establishment is imperative before [...]
Farmers Weekly visited our Chatham Green site recently and were very interested in our project. This joint initiative with Strutt & Parker Farms offers "curriculum-based outdoor learning" on a range of topics from biodiversity and renewable energy to food production and farm economics. "Chatham Green shows farming's commercial reality" Everyone knows the importance of educating [...]