This is a good opportunity to introduce you to Eilidh, our new Conservation Facilitator at Three Hares who will be heading up the Volunteer Sundays from August. And as a good welcome, whilst building another bridge today on the main path from entrance gate to the hut, Eilidh found a wee newt. It made our day! Is it Smooth, Palmate or Great Crested? A reminder that volunteer days at Three Hares happen on the last Sunday of the month, and are open to all. Next session will be 29th May.
We’re taking part in Visit Scotland’s Year of Stories and will be running an 8-day storytelling programme for 8 – 13 year olds from April to October at Three Hares Community Woodland, titled ‘Rekindling the Ceilidh’.
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 serires of public storytelling and craft events at The Three Hares over the summer months.
Places are limited and booking is essential. Cost is £10/session. If cost of attending is a barrier or you require to pay per session rather than upfront, please get in touch at 3hareswoodland.funding@gmail.com.
We look forward to welcoming you!
SCHEDULE:
Saturday 23rd April, 11am – 3pm
Saturday 14th May, 11am – 3pm
Saturday 18th June, 11am – 3pm
3 day summer programme: Thursday 7th – Saturday 9th July, 11am – 3pm
September, date TBC
October, date TBC
Do you have an idea for an outdoor installation /sculpture that you would like to realise and install at Three Hares? We would like to hear from you.
Please send a submission email to Jess at threehareswoodland@gmail.com
This should include a description of your idea (with drawings or images), dimensions, cost, materials it will be made from and also some supporting photos of previous work along with an estimate of how much time you will need to complete the project. Please have in mind that the commission will be subject to us receiving funding, so please keep total costs to £2500 or under.
Deadline for entries is 24th April, 2022.
Share this with anyone you may think will be interested, thanks!
Built a wee bridge over a burn at Three Hares to make access a little less soggy into the already established wooded area of the land. But what is in there, you ask? A great mix of native trees, a new coppiced area and…the new addition of the incredible Musical Forest. More details to be coming soon about the launch of this great project (11th/12th June), but for now a sneak peek and a massive thank you to Alice, Frazer, Mischa, Suleman and team for their hard work in creating such an awesome addition to Three Hares, with support from Creative Scotland.
A reminder that our volunteer days run on the last Sunday of every month, 11am-3pm. Open to all. Bring water, snacks, appropriate footwear and work gloves if you have them.
Our Musical Forest partnership project are looking for an Edinburgh based photographer experienced in nature / outdoor photography to do a days paid work photographing the Musical Forest and all the instruments once they’re installed. If this might be you, please get in touch with Alice at 3hareswoodland.funding@gmail.com.
We have our monthly public volunteer day coming up this Sunday 27th, 11 – 3pm. We’ll be continuing tree care and building a bridge over a small burn to continue opening up the forested part of the woodland. This will also be the last opportunity to sign up to be a Three Hares Volunteer Conservation Facilitator*. We look forward to seeing many of you there, and remember the usual lunch, water, waterproof shoes and warm clothes (and maybe some sunscreen if we’re lucky and this Spring weather continues!).
*If you’re interesed in being a Volunteer Conservation Facilitator but can’t make this Sunday, please email us at threehareswoodland@gmail.com.
Join us this sunday the 27th from 11am till 3pm.
This Sunday we’ll be focussing on tree care. Giving all our sapling trees the best chance for the new growing season. Please bring warm and waterproof clothes, lunch and work gloves if you have them. Everyone is welcome to join for all or part of the day.
This is also a great chance to come along and chat to us about our new volunteering oppertunity for those who are interested. Feel free to speak to Struan who’s running this day for more infomation or if you can’t make it please give us an email letting us know you’re interested.
Hope to see you on Sunday!
A re-shout out for folk to join our team as Conservation Volunteers. Time needed to commit is 3 Sundays per year, 11am-3pm. No previous experience needed as full training will be given. You must be comfortable working outdoors and facilitating a group of volunteers. More info on poster above. Send us an email if you are keen!! If you can’t make the training days get in touch anyway as we can sort something out. Would be good to hear from you!
We need as many helping hands as possible on the morning of Tuesday 8th February to help us carry wood down to the woodland for the first stage of assembly for the Musical Forest.
If you’re able to help carry materials into the woodland please contact Alice on 07712186303 for meeting location and time.
We’ve been working hard over the last year to get things in place for this coming year, and we’ve got a few exciting announcements.
We’re very excited to finally announce our Musical Forest project! A collaboration between The Three Hares, musicians, woodworkers and storytellers, the building of a Musical Forest at The Three Hares has just begun.
Launced out of a desire to reimagine how woodland spaces can be used and an enthusiasm to bring outdoor community music making to life, the next few months will see a series of outdoor wooden musical instruments being built for The Three Hares.
Thanks to funding from Creative Scotland and Orcome Trust for kickstarting this project, the instruments should be installed in the woodland come spring and will culminate in a music and storytelling workshop programme.
Follow us on Instagram (@musicalforest_3hares) and stay tuned to find out who’s driving the project, the stories behind each instrument and opportunities for you to get involved.
We’ll be taking part in Visit Scotland’s Year of Stories 2022! In partnership with Dougie Mackay storyteller, we’ll be running ‘Rekindling the Ceilidh: Storytelling Through the Scottish Seasons.’
This programme has two parts:
Youth Programme
An 8-day storytelling programme for young people starting in Spring 2022. This will build on Story Camp 2021 where participants will explore creating stories, woodland games and crafts. Watch this space for dates and sign up released very soon!
Public events
We will run Spring, Summer and Autumn day events at The Three Hares for everyone to attend! There’ll be stories, crafts and much more! Again, dates will be released very soon!
This whole programme will be tailored towards the seasons, weaving together storytelling and nature activities which mirror the time of year. We can’t wait!
That our next volunteer tree care and land mainteance day is this Sunday 27th January, 11 – 3pm. Bring warms clothes and a pack lunch, and hope to see some of you there!
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