We gathered once again under the trees in Kaliwood with Haws and the Hawthorn tree our inspiration for the day. We missed some folk but others returned after illness & trips abroad, a mix of the vintage and new Elder’s and welcome, fortuitous guests! So, what did we come to know? We’ve passed through the… Continue reading Elders in the woods – Week 3 – Haws
Rosehip, jewels in the hedgerow, was our theme, and while we meandered through the wood, we made Rosehip syrup, a drink from many of our childhoods, and drank it with pleasure. Here's our hive mind on Rosehips: Dogs like rosehips Like jewels In the war it was revealed that they were 20 times more vitamin… Continue reading Elders in the Woods – Week 2 – Rosehip
Led by Nicky, we began with a silence, listening to bird song, the still warm autumn sun coming through our parachute, a scent of fresh wood sap from the fire. We gathered. Some vintage (some vintage vintage) and some new, around the circle. There were 27 of us! Nicky reminded us of the turning of… Continue reading Elders in the Woods – Week 1
Halesworth turned into a Medieval town, Kinda part of the park encampment to celebrate Halesworth being granted its charter, 800 years ago. Gemma, Leslie, Diana, Virginia, Esther, and Rachel dressed up: Diana's dress of ragwort dye, Leslies of Turmeric dye. Gemma taught us how to make cordage out of nettles. Esther and Rachel persuaded passers… Continue reading 2023 Kinda at Halesworth’s 800
We've had a few gatherings during the holiday month of August, during which we've made bicycle chandeliers, drawn up a brief for the new land, and made ink out of blackberries. Here are a few moments Making blackberry ink, Chris cutting the goose quills, Diana showing her Ragwort dyed fabric, Virginia inspiring us with stories… Continue reading Friends of Kaliwoods
A celebration of all the trees we had studied, and some of those we hadn't. We started with our circle asking how we'd been in these 3 missing weeks - it was a most illuminating and expansive dive into other worlds. Rachel was almost taking off in helium balloon as Pits funding application was submitted… Continue reading Elders 15 – Celebration of trees
The elders loved Ivy (and Meg) visiting - they touched, watched, played with the young life, as we talked Oak. In our circle (Kally's crochet hock carved out of oak and Jills bur-oak plate) - we welcomed Rupert as well as Meg and Ivy. Our collective mind of Oak The ruling majesty of the woods,… Continue reading Elders 14 Oak
In the cool of the woods, after Leslie Lentil soup, we moved to the breeze under the Hornbeam, and spoke of those trees, which for a few of us, were our favourite tree. They remind me of elephants legs Strong wood, which made ships masts, may be Nelson's Victory Used for testing old swords, they… Continue reading Elders 13 – Hornbeam on Solstice
An increasing amount of homework is being done, so we are having to limit our findings to 1-2 per person! The Collective Mind is amazingly rich. The Romans may have introduced the Sycamore It can grow up to 40 meters tall Small fruits are called SAMARAs As a child we would take out the flesh… Continue reading Elders 12 – Sycamore, friend or foe or Maple?
We were over 20 around the circle, (including one of 100 years!) and most if not all had done their homework, as we discovered going round to pool our innate knowledge of Ash, our tree this week, passing - appropriately - a huge spoon carved by Jason Parr, out of ash from this wood It… Continue reading Elders 11 – Ash (Thursday)
Kinda Elders in the woods 