Branching Out Forest School

08/06/2026

The Woodland Tribe Holiday Club summer dates are released!

We’re already immensely excited for our woodland holiday club! So many exciting activities on the agenda! As always our team create these days with your children in mind, carefully curating sessions to nurture children whilst developing practical skills, all in our beautiful South Shropshire woodland.

Activities include:

🌱 Daily campfire with campfire snack
🌱 Tool based activity
🌱 Craft using natural resources
🌱 Wildlife and conservation education
🌱 Mini campfire challenge with s’mores!

Wed 29th + Thurs 30th July | Wed 19th + Thurs 20th August | 9.30am-3pm | £32 + sibling discount

🔗 https://widget.eola.co/1165/activities/forest-school-holiday-club

07/06/2026

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07/06/2026

🌟 Now FREE! 🌟

Great news - the wonderful team at Knucklas Castle Community Land Project have decided to make this event FREE to the local community! What lovely people they are!

What’s the plan? A family friendly Bio Blitz! 🐛🪳🪲 We’ll have plenty of pooters and nets at the ready to see what glorious and fantastical minibeasts we find, and can put it to the specialists at Radnorshire Wildlife Trust to identify them! Followed by crafts and creative activities, inspired by the day’s finds!

Arrive at 9am for front row seats on opening up the moth trap too!

All followed by campfire, campfire snack and seasonal foraged tea 🔥 (Feel free to bring a picnic and stay to enjoy the meadow afterwards!)

📅 Sat 27th June
⏰ 9am-11.30am
📍 Knucklas Castle Community Land Project, Knucklas

🔗 https://widget.eola.co/1165/activities/ryvxd

01/06/2026

Family Bio Blitz at Knucklas Castle with Radnorshire Wildlife Trust - huzzah! 🪲🐛🪳Arrive at 9am for front row seats on opening up the moth trap too!

We’ll have pooters and nets at the ready to see what glorious and fantastical minibeasts we find, and can put it to the specialists to identify them!

All followed by campfire, campfire snack and seasonal foraged tea 🔥 (Feel free to bring a picnic and stay to enjoy the meadow afterwards!)

📅 Sat 27th June
⏰ 9am-11.30am
📍 Knucklas Castle Community Land Project, Knucklas

£3 child + £1.50 siblings

🔗 https://widget.eola.co/1165/activities/ryvxd

27/05/2026

A day in the world of our woodland holiday club and because I am a total nature nerd, I just got to squeeze in some good nature ed opportunities. Ever wondered what different creatures you'll find between dead and alive trees?
Go and explore! Find those wondrous green crab spiders and woodlice eating spiders! All polished off with cooking campfire hazel leaf cookies - so we could eat leaves like proper chomping caterpillars! 🐛

26/05/2026

What’s on the agenda for this Saturday’s session?

👉 Welcome to the castle!
👉 Bow + arrow making!
👉 Crowns, with natural jewels from the meadow
👉 Elderflower pancakes 😋

Booking advised!

🔗 https://widget.eola.co/1165/activities/g832b

Want to find out about Knucklas Castle Community Land Project? Read in comments below!

25/05/2026

Looking forward to being a part of this one with Middle Marches Community Trust!

Info on the poster for bookings. It will be worth while if you’re interested in how to engage young people more with nature, many areas to be covered!

We would love you to join us for the Middle Marches Community Land Trust Sowing Seeds conference on 7th August 😍

Engaging young people for a lifetime of engagement with nature.

How do we think about succession planning for a new generation of nature lovers? What are the entry points into nature-based activities and the potential for future employment opportunities?

With this conference we will look at ongoing youth investment in nature, ways of combatting eco anxiety and the development of citizen science.

Limited places; booking essential!

Free event but donations of £20 will cover our costs and be much appreciated 👇

https://shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk/whats-on/sowing-seeds

25/05/2026

Well what a way to spend a sunny morning! Hapa zome and whittling to create some beautiful flags and wall hangings 🌸🌱🌻 Followed by some popcorn over the fire (the long handles on the popcorn makers were a welcome distance from the fire today!) and elder kazoos that we used in our group game at the end. Amazing what you can pack into two hours 😬

(FYI, for those wondering about hapa zome, it is a traditional Japanese art form, celebrating the beauty of leaves and flowers. It’s a simple process involving bashing the foliage under a mallet/hammer to imprint the colours and patterns of the flora onto the fabric. Always with beautiful results!)

Again, huge thanks to the Welsh Playworks Grant for funding these sessions for our local Powys community 💚

24/05/2026

We’ve had a cancellation for our FREE session in Knighton tomorrow - DM to nab the last spots 🙌

18/05/2026

Come join us on Sunday 31st May for our Wildlife Club to see the rare Green Winged Orchids in action and learn about these purple beauties!

We will also be going on a big ol’ bug hunt expedition 🐛 🐜 🐞 Come explore with us!

6-13 yrs (+ younger children welcome with parents)

⏰ 10am-12pm
📅 Sun 31st May
💰 £3 + £1.50 siblings

🔗 https://widget.eola.co/1165/activities/minsterley-meadows-wildlife-club