Spring Holiday Program
Mondays & Tuesdays in the Spring Holidays
The transition from Winter to Spring – seeds sprout, flowers bloom, life grows. There is renewal, regeneration, rejuvenation – our forest offers up materials for:
shelter building
fire making
whittling
ecodyeing
weaving
ink making
as well as
food to sprout
herbs to harvest
greens to nibble
medicine to make.
In this spirit, the Natureweavers Spring Holiday program will offer up experiences through which our children can sprout, bloom and grow – in, with and from nature.
WILDWEED FORAGING AND HERBAL HEALING
Children will learn how to identify useful wild weeds both for food and for healing. We will explore the lore of responsible foraging, how to use wild herbs for minor acute injuries and for general wellbeing and sew up a ‘herbal healing heart’ – for happy hearts forevermore.
A TREE FOR TEA
A tea party with a twist! Under the shade of the big trees of the Natureweavers forest, we shall gather for a tea party. Children will make their own tea from fresh herbs foraged in the garden. We will also plant yummy tea herbs in the permaculture garden for future tea parties and bring home some home-made tea bags as well!
SEED BOMBS AND CATAPULTS
A Natureweavers Spring Tradition! Seeds, clay and soil combine to make a bomb that sprouts flowers! Children will also construct a large scale bamboo catapult to launch their seed bombs throughout the Natureweavers forest, as well as seed bombs to take home and spread the plant-love at home. Practice your STEM skills whilst contributing to ecosystem diversity!
BIOBLITZ AND BUG HOTELS
Spring is governed by the element of A I R , thus the season of Birds, Bees and Flying Insects. We will learn the Wilderness Awareness Skills of Bird Language, kick off the Natureweavers BioBlitz for the season – a bioregional study of the creatures of the forest – and make Bug Hotels for the pollinators in our gardens.
FLOWER PRESS
Make a flower press! An essential piece of naturalist kit that all children should have! We’ll begin our day with woodwork and papercraft, glueing and sewing, and then complete our day foraging for floral wonders in bloom throughout the Natureweavers forest. Children will also take home botanical charts (also pocket sized!) to accompany their flower press so they can identify their floral finds.
Spring is such a wonderful opportunity for children to connect to Earth with all their senses, to celebrate it’s abundance, fertility and joy, and to experience these qualities within themselves. The Spring Holiday Program is thus always abundant with games, challenges and creativity.
We welcome all children from age 5-16 years to come and join us for a day or for each session!
Details:
When: Monday 16, Tuesday 17, Monday 23 & Tuesday 24 September
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Who: Children aged 5-16
Cost: $50 per child per session
All programs to be held at Natureweavers, Black Mountain.
Bookings HERE
Bookings are open now and are limited.
Please book early to secure your place. Places are limited each day.
Enquiries to Carly
0403 133 679
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