The Sinfield Nature Conservation Trust
White House Farm

2010

Sign to the meditation yurt
at last year's open day.

One of the wood craftsmen
at last year's open day

♦ OPEN DAY 2010 ♦
Sunday 13th June, 10.30 am - 4.30 pm, Admission £5 (Concs. £3.50, children free)

OPEN DAY FLYER (click here to view)

The fourth annual open day at White House Farm will be smaller than previous years due to changes taking place at the farm this year, so it will not be widely promoted but we are sure we'll attract the right numbers!   The open day will incorporate Inspirations Day to celebrate the third publishing year of Inspirations Magazine.  The magazine is owned by The Sinfield Trust and promotes holistic health, spiritual and environmental awareness, creativity and Suffolk and Norfolk based events: www.inspirationsmagazine.org.uk

At this year's open day there will be a mini green fair: craft stalls, natural therapies, meditation space, turf labyrinth, guided herb walks, nature trails, teas and home-made cakes. 
To book tickets in advance, please call Charlotte at 01394 382992 or e-mail.  Discounts are available for early bookings.

2009

♦ OPEN DAY 2009 ♦
Sunday 14th June, 10.30 am - 4.30 pm, Admission: £6 (Concs. £4.50, children £3.50) (+ Advance booking discounts)
The third annual open day at White House Farm: Magnificient displays of orchids, nature trails, natural therapies, craft stalls, wood sculptures, meditation space, turf labyrinth, children's activities, refreshments including teas and home-made cakes.
This event has a wonderful atmosphere (even when it rains) and is not to be missed!
OPEN DAY DETAILS:
Music sessions in open-fronted barn: French & Swedish folk music at 11 am.  Classical string quartet at 1.30pm and 3 pm. 
Wild herb walks with medical herbalist Emma Eastham (11.30 am and 3.30 pm)
Barn Owl Walk: 2 pm
Traditional firelighting workshop: 2.30 pm
Paper-making demonstrations: throughout the day (paper making from recycled and plant materials)
Wattle & Daub demonstrations: throughout the day
Therapies including Reflexology, Shiatsu, Reiki, Gong Therapy & Indian Head Massage.
Craft stalls including green woodwork and pole-lathe turning, willow weaving, wood sculptures, spinning.
'Green' stalls including recycled textiles, eco-products, bee keeping.
ALSO artwork, prints, bowying, crystals, flower essences, incense, health and nutrition, meditation. 

WATTLE & DAUB AND  LIME RENDERING WORKSHOPS
(Date in June to be announced shortly)
A great opporunity to learn natural building techniques in beautiful surroundings and in good company! 
To be kept updated send your contact details to Charlotte Daniel by e-mail or telephone (01394) 382992.

BELTANE CELEBRATION
Thursday 30th April, 6.45 pm for 7 pm start, FREE
With maypole dancing, labyrinth walking and ceremony to celebrate the abundance of Spring.  Food to be shared afterwards.

5 RHYTHMS DANCE: Dancing Through the Dark
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th May
For more information: E-mail Tim Broughton or telephone (01728) 628959

DECORATIVE WILLOW WORK FOR YOUR GARDEN
With Jo Hammond, Sunday 24th May, 10 am - 4 pm, £40 (Concs. £35) + £10 materials
Weave a beautiful spiral plant climber and create lanterns, flowers or butterflies from English willow.

Workshop Tutor: Jo Hammond has many years experience teaching basketry and related crafts. Having always loved nature, she was inspired to take up basketry whilst living in a cottage in the middle of a wood - surrounded by bendy twigs and twining climbers. 


TREES: MYTH AND MEDICINE
With Emma Eastham, Sunday 28th June, 11 am - 3 pm, £35 (Concs. £30)
Refreshments provided, bring food to share for lunch.

Meet the trees, listen to their stories, learn their medicine.  Including basic botanical identification and recipes.  Tree meditation at the end of the day.

Workshop Tutor:  Emma Eastham has 10 years experience as a Western Medical Herbalist.  She has a particular interest in Spiritual Science and designs and co-creates sustainable and healing gardens utilising beneficial earth energies and biodynamic principles.


FIELD OF LOVE
Friday 7th to Thursday 13th August
For more information: E-mail Tim Broughton or telephone (01728) 628959


ISHAYA MEDITATION: FIRST SPHERE
Friday 21st August (7pm-10pm) to Sunday 23rd August (10am-5pm)
More information at www.thebrightpath.com


HEDGEROW MEDICINE WORKSHOP
With Emma Eastham, Sunday 13th September, 10 am - 5 pm, £40 (Concs. £35) + £10 materials
Refreshments provided, bring food to share for lunch.

Unearth the secret Green Pharmacy hidden in our fields and hedgerows.  Learn how to safely identify, collect and prepare the wonderful medicinal plants growing all around us and start your own herbal medicine cabinet to take away.  
The day will involve: An introduction to some of our common hedgerow medicines - and the skills to identify and use them in your own locality; A cache of invaluable herbal lore: the plants' medicine; botany; folklore; stories; Herbal recipes and techniques that can safely be applied to different plants in home treatment;  A 'starter kit' of remedies you have made on the day to take away and the inspiration to extend your knowledge of the plant medicines. The medicines we make will be made from common hedgerow herbs, and are based on simple, clearly-taught principles - so no prior knowledge of herbal medicine is required.


5 RHYTHMS DANCE
Friday 16th to Sunday 18th October
For more information: E-mail Tim Broughton or telephone (01728) 628959

WILLOW WEAVING WORKSHOP: Lanterns and stars
With Jo Hammond, Sunday 25th October, 10 am - 4 pm
Create your own willow and paper lanterns for the coming winter, and Halloween or Samhain.  There will also be an opportunity to create stars and other decorative items.


More events to be added shortly.

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2008

Labyrinth at Saffron
Walden, Essex

Labyrinths: Gateway to Your Intuition & Labyrinths Around the World
With Sig Lonegren
Evening Talk:  Friday 9^th May 2008, 7.30 pm  THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER 2008, 7.30 pm
£8/£6 conc. including refreshments
 
This talk will include information about how to draw a classical seven-circuit labyrinth and a digital slide presentation of labyrinths around the world.

Sig Lonegren, M.A. received his Masters’ Degree in the study of Sacred Space. He is an internationally known teacher, and is the author of a number of books about tools that can help you to connect with your intuition on demand including Spiritual Dowsing and Labyrinths: Ancient Myths & Modern Uses.  He is a founding member of The Labyrinth Society, an Honorary Vice President of the British Society of Dowsers, and presently lives in Glastonbury, England with his wife Karin.
Sig’s website is at www.geomancy.org   

Classical 7-circuit
labyrinth

Building and Walking Labyrinths as a Problem Solving Device and as a Tool for Spiritual Growth
Tutor: Sig Lonegren
Workshop: Saturday 10^th May 2008, 10 am - 5 pm THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER 2008, 10am-5pm
£55/£45 conc. including light lunch and refreshments

In this workshop you will learn ways of using a labyrinth at a conscious level.  The labyrinth can be a very powerful tool for meditation and self-exploration  and during this workshop you will be able to walk a classical seven-circuit labyrinth.   The day will close with the Appleton Dance which is a lovely way for a group to dance a labyrinth together.

©Bill Baston
www.billbaston.com

Dawn Chorus Walk
With Carl Chapman
Saturday 17th May 2008, 6.30 am
£18 including light buffet breakfast

On this walk, we will enjoy a mixture of woodland and farmland birdsong.  There are over 50 bird species at the farm and we should be able to hear a magnificent chorus at this time of year.

The walk will be followed by a light buffet breakfast in the arts and crafts summerhouse.

Herb Walks
With Dan Wheals MNIMH
Sunday 1st June, Sunday 6th July, Sunday 27th July, 2 pm - 4 pm

Herb walks include: plant identification; how to harvest and use local plants.  We finish by making herb teas from freshly gathered seasonal plants.

To book a place please contact Dan at 07717 793347 or dano@herbaculture.co.uk

Ishaya Introductory Talk 
Friday 13th June 2008, 7pm - 10pm
FREE

A simple, gentle and very powerful form of meditation that allows anyone who learns it to experience more peace and joy in their lives.  The Ishaya meditation is referred to as Ascension and involves rising beyond limiting beliefs and behaviour patterns that are preventing us from realising our higher potential.  For anyone interested in practicing the meditation after the introductory talk, there will be a 1st Sphere weekend on Friday 15th August to Sunday 17th August.

Please contact Charlotte at 01394 382992 to reserve a place.
Refreshments will be provided.

Open Day, Saturday 21^st June, 10am – 5pm
Tickets: adults £6, concessions £4.50, children £3 (must be accompanied by an adult)
SNCT members free including members joining when booking. 
 
Magnificent displays of orchids in wildflower meadows, woodland walks, ponds.
Wild herb walks (11.15 am & 2.45 pm).  Nature trails.  Art exhibition.  Craft stalls.
Wood sculptures.  Turf labyrinth.  Free natural healing.  Children’s activities.
Picnic areas.  Cream teas & refreshments.   

The small art exhibition will include feltwork by local artist Sarah Butters.  There will be an impressive display of wood sculptures for sale made by East Anglian craftsmen.  Natural healing will include reflexology, Reiki and White Eagle Lodge healing and will be offered without charge.  The 14 feet wide turf labyrinth will be open.  Wild herb walks will be led by medical herbalist Emma Eastham.  There will be a barn owl talk and walk late morning.  Cream teas and refreshments will be for sale in the summerhouse.                        

 

©Charlotte Daniel
White House Farm

Perceiving Plants 2-Day Workshop, Saturday 28th June & Sunday 29th June
With Emma Eastham
£145/£120 conc. including light lunch and refreshments

A weekend workshop to guide you on a heartfelt journey into the living reality of plants. Through spiritual science and shamanic process discover how our hearts are attuned to the hidden rhythms of Nature. Learn to experience direct, personal communication with the plants.
The weekend includes:
·          Understanding of sacred alchemy and the formative forces in Nature
·          Learning to use the heart as an organ of perception
·          Develop communion with the plants using conscious process participation
·          Energising and grounding exercises
·          Making a flower essence or medicine to take home

Emma Eastham has 10 years experience as a Western Medical Herbalist.  She has worked at festivals herbal first aid, held workshops and led Wild Food, Wild Medicine walks around East Anglia.  In addition she designs and co-creates sustainable and sacred gardens utilising beneficial earth energies and biodynamic principles.

Accommodation: Basic accommodation will be available at White House Farm (please contact Charlotte for B&B rates at 01394 382992) or there are local bed and breakfasts (details available upon request).

©Jo Hammond
Flower-gathering
basket

Flower-Gathering Basket Workshop, Sunday 6th July, 10 am - 4 pm
With Jo Hammond
£55/£50 conc. including light lunch and refreshments

Weave a gently-curved willow basket, useful for gathering flowers and herbs.  This is a project ideal for beginners or those with some experience.

Jo Hammond has many years experience teaching basketry and related crafts. Having always loved nature, she was inspired to take up basketry whilst living in a cottage in the middle of a wood - surrounded by bendy twigs and twining climbers. Although the first basket was 'awful', it was the beginning of a journey of fun and discovery.... 

Hamish Miller
www.hamish
miller.co.uk

Dowsing and Earth Energies Evening Talk, Friday 11th July, 7.30 pm
With Hamish Miller
£8/£6 conc. including refreshments

Dowsing Workshop, Saturday 12th July, 10 am - 5 pm  
With Hamish Miller
£55/£45 conc. including light lunch and refreshments

Further details to be added shortly.

Hamish Miller is a dowser, metal sculptor and author. He read engineering at Edinburgh and through his books, talks and workshops his work on earth energies has earned him an international reputation. Book titles include The Sun and the Serpent, It's Not Too Late, The Dance of the Dragon, The Definitive Wee Book on Dowsing, and In Search of the Southern Serpent. www.hamishmiller.co.uk

Aromatherapy Talk & Short Workshop, Saturday 9th August, 3 pm - 5 pm
With Nick Ridley
£3 admission

Ishaya Meditation workshop Friday 15th August (7pm - 9pm), Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th August (10am-4pm)
More information available at www.thebrightpath.com or see introductory talk information above (Fri 13th June)

©Jo Hammond
Traditional
Shopping Basket

Traditional Shopping Basket 2-Day Workshop, Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September, 10am-4pm
With Jo Hammond
£110/£100 conc. including light lunch and refreshments

We spend a leisurely weekend learning the range of techniques that feture in this basket - a roomy shopper with a handle.  No need for plastic bags when you have made one of these.

Accommodation: Basic accommodation will be available at White House Farm (please contact Charlotte for B&B rates at 01394 382992) or there are local bed and breakfasts (details available upon request).

©Jo Hammond
Gypsy-Style Basket

Gyspy Style Oval Basket Workshop, Sunday 5th October, 10 am - 4 pm 
With Jo Hammond
£55/£50 conc. including light lunch and refreshments

Make this rustic-looking basket for picking fruit, vegetables and wild foods.  A lovely selection of different coloured willows are woven into this traditional design.

3 Rivers Shamanic Group Nature Ceremony, Saturday 18th October, 12pm - 5.30pm
With Julia Elliott and Justine de Mierre
Contact Julia@3riversshamanicgroup.co.uk for more details.

These ceremonies are born of a shamanic understanding of ritual – that ritual provides a sacred space we can enter where the material world and spirit interact. The work of ritual honours the co-existence of the spirit and material worlds, and their need for each other. As such, ritual is both healing and balancing.

Justine and Julia will create the sacred space, and within this space they will guide participants through the structure of the ceremony to bring their attention into a spiritual focus, and lead them through activities, blessings, shrine building and ritual attendance at the main shrine of the day – which will be built by participants.

Participants  from all cultures and all faith backgrounds are welcome -  these ceremonies are multi-cultural, multi-faith and multi-dimensional.



 
 

©Jo Hammond
Natural Christmas Decorations

Natural Christmas Decorations Workshop, Sunday 7th December, 10am-4pm 
With Jo Hammond
£55/£50 conc. including light lunch and refreshments

Twigs and berries, climbers and cones together can create the loveliest and most welcoming seasonal decorations. Spend the day surrounded by the scents and colours of nature as you fashion hearts, stars, trees, garlands and wreaths. No experience needed.

Dates to be announced for the following talks/walks/workshops in 2008/2009:

Butterfly walk and picnic
Bat walk
Fungus Walk
Earth-oven building

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2007

Natural Christmas Decorations  Saturday 1st December 2007, 10 am – 4 pm
£65 including vegetarian lunch and refreshments 
Twigs and berries, climbers and cones together can create the loveliest and most welcoming seasonal decorations. Spend the day surrounded by the scents and colours of nature as you fashion hearts, stars, trees, garlands and wreaths. No experience needed.

Workshop Tutor: Jo Hammond
Jo Hammond has many years experience teaching basketry and related crafts. Having always loved nature, she was inspired to take up basketry whilst living in a cottage in the middle of a wood - surrounded by bendy twigs and twining climbers. Although the first basket was 'awful', it was the beginning of a journey of fun and discovery....