Found Outdoors CIC

22/12/2025

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16/12/2025

We had a lot of fun making Pine Marten Feeder boxes with ecologist and friend Gareth Harris a few days ago.

These are based on a design from who hosted a pine marten training day at earlier this year.

The boxes are made from larch felled and milled on site as part of our woodland management program.

They feature a platform for the marten to stand on, a Perspex front so the food is visible and a lightly hinged lid that the martens can flip open. The reason for all this is to allow a camera trap to photograph them while they feed so they can be identified by the unique bib pattern on their chest.

Sadly we don’t yet have pine martens here but we’re looking forward to making more feeders and putting them up in various secret locations!

Pine martens are key woodland predators controlling populations of small mammals and other prey, helping maintain a balanced woodland food web.​

They spread seeds by eating berries, supporting forest regeneration and plant diversity.​

Finally, they are very partial to grey squirrels, reducing their numbers and squirrelpox transmission, which aids the recovery of native red squirrels.

11/12/2025

Christmas Wellbeing Workshop
LAST CALL - THIS SATURDAY 13 DEC
10-1pm, Nr Devizes, Wiltshire

Join Lorna and Ruth in our cosy off grid cabin/workshop space (with fire pit!) for three hours of relaxation and mindfulness to ground and balance you.

- meditation
- mindfulness
- creative writing
- guided woodland walk
- social campfire time (and cake!)

Tea, coffee and cake are all included along with private on site parking.

Booking link in bio and on our website foundoutdoors.org

08/12/2025

This weekend, right here at Found Outdoors.

We’ve also got a wellbeing workshop in the morning and Xmas whittling in the afternoon.

Come and join us ❄️🎄🧑‍🎄

- Book Wellbeing & Whittling on our website.
- Book wreath making direct with Sisu.

🎄 We still have a few spaces left for our Family Christmas in the Forest event next Saturday! 🎄
If you’re looking for a cosy, creative and festive afternoon in the woods, come and join us for wreath making, decoration crafting, hot chocolate, mulled wine (alcohol-free), delicious s’mores and a festive gift bag to take home.

It’s the perfect way to kick off the Christmas season — we’d love to see you there!

08/12/2025

❄️ Christmas Workshops ❄️

Book now: https://www.foundoutdoors.org/events

This Saturday 13 December, join us round the campfire for our final workshops of the year - morning Wellbeing and afternoon Whittling.

🎄🎄 Seasonal Winter Wellbeing 🎄🎄
10:00AM - 1:00PM

Join workshop leaders Lorna and Ruth around the campfire in our beautiful woodland setting to be inspired by nature as they guide you on a mindful journey.

- Mindfulness with Lorna
- Grounding walk through the woodland and fields
- Creative writing to unfold your thoughts with Ruth
- Meditation with Lorna
- Hot drinks and campfire social time

Gift yourself some time to recharge and reset this holiday season.

🎄🎄 Xmas Whittling Workshop for Children 🎄🎄
1:30AM - 3:00PM

Join Kathryn in our cosy off grid workshop to learn how to make wooden candles for your Christmas tree! All tools and materials provided - take home what you make!

Round the session off with marshmallows and hot chocolate around the campfire! 🔥

Suitable for children 7 plus. Children between 7 and 11 must be accompanied by an adult.

29/11/2025

Happy birthday to us! 🎉

Thank you so much to all the people who came to our fifth anniversary party today. It was amazing to see you all and feel so supported. And to everyone who wanted to be here but couldn’t make it - thank you also for being such an important part of the adventure that is Found Outdoors.

The last five years has had amazing high points, plenty of lows and is a ton of hard work, but it’s such privilege to get to do this.

We could never have imagined our tiny project would get so much love. We can’t wait to see you all again really soon!

PS Yes, that’s a cake we were cutting. It was amazing with an adorable woodland scene made by our fab friend Anna.

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24/11/2025

🥳 This November is our 5th birthday! 🎉

And we’re having a party (see below)!

It’s hard to believe, but we bought the land in 2020 - or maybe it’s harder to believe that 2020 was five years ago!

Since then it’s been the most amazing adventure, a never ending learning curve, long hours, hard work, fantastic people and so many new experiences not to mention events.

But most of all, an incredible privilege to call this our ‘job’ and to be custodians of this little piece of Wiltshire, my home county.

Thank you to all the truly wonderful people who have supported our project - friends, neighbours, our customers and all the people we have collaborated with.

As well of 5 years of conservation work on the land, with help from our wonderful partners we’ve run events, hosted forest schools, done animal surveys, welcomed universities, held artists residencies, dug ponds, built a barn and car park, co-created the Wiltshire Small Rewilders and Wiltshire Spoon Club, hosted work experience students, help bat box workshops, felled trees, constructed a sawmill, hosted a theatre production, run music events and so much more!

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We’d love you join us for our birthday celebration on Saturday 29 November.

🎟️ Birthday party tickets are FREE 🎟️
(If you can afford a donation that will help us provide for others)

It’s really important to book so we make enough cake (and sort out enough parking!). TICKETS ARE LIMITED!

Link: https://www.foundoutdoors.org/events

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16/11/2025

What a lovely relaxing, social morning for our second monthly Wiltshire Spoon Club with

New and old faces, cake, carving, coffee and chat! A lovely autumn morning all round.

If you’d like to join us please drop us a message either here or through our website (link in bio).

Next up - Christmas Spoon Club 🎄🎄

13/11/2025

Seasonal Wellbeing morning retreat with Lorna and Ruth at Found Outdoors.
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Saturday 13 December
Tickets available now: https://www.foundoutdoors.org/events
Campfire, cake and tea/coffee included!
Full details below...
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09/11/2025

Should we construct one of these? 😀🌳

26/10/2025

What a wonderful group of people for our final spoon carving workshop of the year. Thank you so much to everyone who attended and to Beck and Kathryn for their expert tuition as always.

Wiltshire Spoon Club is back in November for anyone who has attended any of our carving sessions.

🎄🎄🎄Keep a look out for our Christmas Whittling sessions in December 🎄🎄🎄

Join our mailing list to be the first to know about our FIFTH BIRTHDAY EVENTS in Nomember and our 2026 sessions.

26/10/2025