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Nature are heart made from moss, sticks and leaves.

Connecting with nature benefits our mental health.

Being able to connect with nature is important not only for our physical health but also our mental wellbeing. There is plenty of evidence available that shows spending time outdoors in nature…

Sunset over the Solent at the Beaulieu estuary

Finding solace in the Solent

During the pandemic, many of us have found ourselves less able to do the things we love and have looked to nature for new ways to occupy our time and nurture our mental wellbeing. Over the past…

Butcher's Broom the ultimate grazing resistant Lily

30 Days Wild with Clive

During 30 Days Wild, we plan to share with you some of the Random Acts of Wildness our staff have done to bring a little more nature into their lives.

Cricket in the hand at St Cross meadow nature reserve

Wild Wellbeing - Giving

The Five Ways to Wellbeing, developed by the New Economics Foundation, offer a helpful framework for connecting to nature. This week, our final week, we’re going to focus on giving.

Walking along Hockley Meadows

Wild Wellbeing - Staying Active

The Five Ways to Wellbeing, developed by the New Economics Foundation, offer a helpful framework for connecting to nature. This week we’re focusing on staying active.

Touching a tree © Matthew Roberts

Wild Wellbeing - Connecting

The Five Ways to Wellbeing, developed by the New Economics Foundation, offer a helpful framework for connecting to nature. This week we’re going to focus on connecting.

Forest School training

Wild Wellbeing - Learning

The Five Ways to Wellbeing, developed by the New Economics Foundation, offer a helpful framework to help us connect to nature during lockdown. Each week, I’ll focus on a different one of these…

Looking at daisies

Wild Wellbeing - Taking Notice

The Five Ways to Wellbeing, developed by the New Economics Foundation, offer a helpful framework to help us connect to nature during lockdown. Each week, I’ll focus on a different one of these…

woman in field sat enjoying view

Small Wild Remedies

Education Officer, Jess Parsons, shares with us some of the small wild remedies the natural world holds for alleviating stress and anxiety.

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