Last Sunday (26th June) we had a great day at Three Hares, despite the changeable weather! Stories by the fire, foraging walk with focus on folk medicine, Nettle Ointment making, kids games and hanging out. “Light hearted, fun and interesting. A great day out for the kids.” – Participant Feedback. Thanks for coming down!
Sign up is now live for our Youth Story Camp 2022!
Building on from the success of Story Camp 2021, this three day non-residential camp will take place at The Three Hares Community Woodland from Thursday 7th – Saturday 9th July, 11am – 3pm.
It is open to 7 – 12 year olds and will give the opportunity for older children to enjoy some creative outdoor time in a welcoming environment, to hear stories and create some of their own. Fireside storytelling will be mixed with exploration, games and creative activities. The focus will be on wellbeing, nature connection and fun…and the group will also have the opportunity to explore the Musical Forest!
Children should be dropped off with a packed lunch at 10.30am for an 11am start and collected at 3pm.
The camp will be facilitated by professional storyteller and outdoor facilitator Dougie Mackay and a small team of staff. Places are limited and booking is essential. Cost is £15/session or £30 for all three days.
If you have any questions please contact threehareswoodland@gmail.com.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Come join storyteller Dougie Mackay and Folk Medicine Maker Jess Raine for a mixture of herbal tales, foraging and ointment making.
Dougie will bring a mixture of folk and faery tales of plant lore and midsummer magic. Jess will guide the group in brewing up some wild concoctions over the open fire, creating some ointments for participants to take home.
In the beautiful natural surroundings of the Three Hares woodland, there will be plenty of space to explore and relax, with some games organised for children.
The last gathering was a blast, and this one should be likewise!
Timetable:
12-1: Arrive, explore, packed lunch, fire lighting
1-1.45 Storytelling
1.45-2.30 Foraging walk or games
2.30-3.30 Ointment making
3.30-4 Closing story
Tickets are essential and are available on a sliding scale from £0 – £8. Please purchase HERE.
Wondering what to do with the kids this weekend? Had interest in our Youth Storytelling Programme but forgot it was on? This Saturday, 18th June, from 11am-3pm we will have our third session, all kids ages 8 – 13 are welcome!
Following on from the success of our Story Camp in 2021, this programme will give the opportunity for older children to enjoy creative outdoor time in a welcoming environment, to hear stories and create some of their own. Fireside storytelling will be mixed with exploration, games and creative activities. The focus will be on wellbeing, nature connection and fun.
The camp will be facilitated by professional storyteller Dougie Mackay and outdoor facilitator Elly Kinross. Participants will also have the opportunity to perform at a series of public storytelling and craft events at The Three Hares over the summer months, if they so wish.
We have places left but booking is essential. Cost is £15/session. If cost of attending is a barrier please get in touch at threehareswoodland@gmail.com.
To book tickets: https://threeharesyouthstorytelling.brownpapertickets.com/
The Youth Story Telling Programme at Three Hares is part of Visit Scotland’s Year of Stories.
A big thank you to Suleman Chebe and all who came down to the Musical Forest Workshops at Three Hares in May and today (11th June). It was a great way to initiate our new feature! The workshops have finished now, but the Musical Forest, with it’s array of percussion, is there to stay.
“The musical forest workshop is an engaging and enlightening experience for all ages. It’s the perfect opportunity to combine a love of nature and music together. I’d recommend it to everyone. Suleman was a great musical leader and helped us to expand our knowledge of instruments and musicality.” – Musical Forest Workshop Participant
This Sunday Three Hares were to host our Midsummer Medicine and Storytelling Event. We apologise that this event is now postponed until Sunday 26th June 12pm-4pm.
If you have already booked tickets they are valid for the new date. If you have tickets but are unable to attend on the new date, please email us, threehareswoodland@gmail.com, and we will refund any donation you may have made.
Please don’t forget though, that this Saturday 11th June we have Suleman Chebe at the Musical Forest. Suleman is an experienced community musician, educator, storyteller and African Historian. We have a number of hand-made instruments for you to get involved with, ranging from marimbas, cajon, bass kalimba and pipes! Suleman will teach you new musical rhythms, facilitate group play, and weave together stories around the origin of the marimba and it’s role in Ghanian culture.
Tickets are free, but booking is essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-workshop-2-the-three-hares-community-woodland-tickets-356219571327
Please look out for more info soon regarding Midsummer Medicine and Storytelling on the 26th June.
Join us on the weekend of the 11th and 12th of June for two fantastic events!
First on Saturday from 12pm till 3pm we’ll be welcoming Suleman Chebe back to the land for his second music workshop. The first workshop in May was a great afternoon of music making and listening. This workshop will be in the same vain and is open to everyone. Tickets are free but essential please book them via our eventbrite here- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/music-workshop-2-the-three-hares-community-woodland-tickets-356219571327 . The meeting point for this event is the Three hares welcome sign, where you will be greeting and taken to the musical forest site.
The second event on Sunday will be from 12pm-4pm. We will be joined by storyteller Dougie Mackay and Folk Medicine Maker Jess Raine. Dougie will bring a mixture of folk and faery tales of plant lore and midsummer magic. Jess will guide the group in brewing up some wild concoctions over the open fire, creating some ointments for participants to take home.
This event was made possible by funding from Visit Scotland and they will be joining us to film the event throughout the day. Our last beltane event with Dougie Mackay was a blast and we’re sure this one will be likewise! Tickets are also essential for this event. These can be purchased from our eventbrite using this link https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/midsummer-medicine-and-storytelling-event-tickets-356231296397
Looking forward to seeing some of you there!
Join us for our monthly volunteering day from 11am till 2pm this Saturday. This Saturday we’ll be focusing on path clearing, tree care, and braken removal.
Everyone is welcome to join us for all or part of the day. Please bring water, a packed lunch, suitable foodwear, waterproof clothes, and suncream for all the recent changable weather we’ve been having. if you have your own work glove these would be good to bring too but we have plenty for you to borrrow otherwise.
Any problems locating as always please just give us a message on Facebook or email threehareswoodland@gmail.com
Hope to see some of you there on Sunday
This Saturday 28th May, 12 – 3pm, will be the first music workshop in the newly built Musical Forest at The Three Hares. This workshop will be lead by Suleman Chebe, an experienced community musician, educator, storyteller and African historian.
Attendance is free thanks to Creative Scotland. Registeration is essential and we recommend doing so ASAP as tickets are very limited and almost sold out. Please register here.
This event is for children and adults. The focus will be on group music making using the instruments we’ve made and additional percussion provided by Suleman.
Meeting point: Please meet at The Three Hares welcome sign situated by the cycle path where you will be greeted and led to the Musical Forest.
We look forward to seeing some of you there!
Thanks to everyone who came down on Saturday and the amazing Dougie Mackay for his storytelling and hosting and Paul Smith for showing and teaching everyone about natural fire lighting! What an amazing day!
This was part of our Visit Scotland Year of Stories public event series. We’re weaving storytelling with the turn of the seasons and will be hosting 3 more events centered around the Celtic festivals. Stay tuned for the next Midsummer Medicine one on June 12th for the celebration of Summer Solstice!
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