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We are passionate about enaging people of all ages in ecological issues, natural
history and wildlife. We run Community Events such as Moth Breakfasts (opposite)
and Community Mothing and have run courses for schools, youth groups, community
organisations and home schoolers. We have a multitude of illustrated talks which
have gone down a storm at local gardening clubs and Women’s Institutes. We even
appeared as a guest lecturer at Birmingham University – examples are listed here
The Nomadic Museum of Natural History is a combination of street theatre and
education tool. Formulated out of an idea of a ‘Cabinet of Curiosity’ and the
plethora of natural history items in our house it slowly became a 1m long
transportable natural history museum. We have since taken in all over the
country to festivals, events and private functions. For more detail click here
Environmental Consultancy Our resident ecologist Tim has carried out a wide
number of projects over the years. Primarily a botanist he has developed skills
as an all round naturalist. He has been commissioned on work involving Newt and
reptile relocation and survey work at Moredon Park, Swindon Bat monitoring on
the Bats in Churches project, Herefordshire Meadow restoration projects in
Peterchurch, Herefordshire Badger mitigation work at Snodhill Castle,
Herefordshire A summary of his skills is available here Teaching Trees For over
20 years, Teaching Trees been connecting schools with local woodlands across
England and Wales. We have been employed to run the programme for Herefordshire
and Worcestershire which we have done since 2017. It is funded by the Royal
Forestry Society and aims to connect children to woodlands and get them to
understand the trees, wildlife and production of timber that are essential for
all our health. For more details please visit their website. Traditional Crafts
We can offer a range of traditional and modern crafts. However we are experts at
introducing people to Wool craft and tour the country as the Woolly Circus. All
aspects of wool are covered: wet felting, needle felting, weaving, spinning and
preperarion of fleeces. We also offer Green Woodworking courses which include
Whittling to make spoons and other items from greenwood with axe, knife and
crook knife. We are adept at many crafts and in the past have run workshops in
knotwork, origami, willow weaving, pewter smithing with cuttlefish, sewing,
leatherwork, stone age craft, decoupage and home made toileteries. We are
available to run craft activities at festivals, events, parties and groups. Past
events we have run workshops at have been: Green Man Festival Folk by the Oak
Festival Larmer Tree Frestival Lakefest Spring Greens Hellens Manor The Big
Skill Community Christmas Wreath Making in Peterchurch Christmas Fairs and
school events Stag and Hen dos Gardening We take a holistic view to gardening
with looking and observing wildlife being key to what we do. ClaN have helped to
deliver gardening in schools as well as offering advice and design Our resident
ecologist, Tim, can help you run a bioblitz in your garden or grounds to see
what unexpected creatures you can find We also offer evening moth surveys or
moth breakfasts. This is a fantastic opportunity to discover some of the
wonderful moths we have in this country….prepare to be amazed!
