Green health & mental health
As I write this, I'm looking forward to an exciting week. Green Health Week starts on Saturday 8th May followed by Mental Health...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 29, 2021
- 2 min
Beltane
Spring has been building for a while now, the blossom is out, there are colours and flowers everywhere. The trees in this picture were...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 22, 2021
- 3 min
Waterg-awe
Yesterday I had to drive across Glasgow city centre. I've barely used my car in the last year and I almost never drive in the city...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 16, 2021
- 2 min
Writing things down to remember them
I sat down to write a post about walking, but actually it's about more than walking. In fact I expect it's about all the things that I...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 8, 2021
- 3 min
Our Winter Project
Firstly, thanks for following along, reading this blog, coming along to our events - and hopefully being encouraged to get outside. There...
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sarahburgess5
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
Find a Rainbow Day
This weekend includes my favourite day of the year - well, one of them anyway! A few years ago I discovered that 3rd April is Find A...
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sarahburgess5
- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
Wildlife tracking for beginners
This week's nature connection session was lead by Scottish Badgers and the Scottish Wildlife Trust and was titled "Wildlife Tracks,...
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sarahburgess5
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Forest bathing in Spring
I know that we've been encouraging you to celebrate the coming of Spring, several times over the last couple of months, but this weekend...
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sarahburgess5
- Mar 11, 2021
- 2 min
Nature Photography
This week we had a session about nature photography and I was excited to learn a lot of new techniques to experiment with on my mobile...
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sarahburgess5
- Mar 4, 2021
- 2 min
Art and nature
As you know by now, over the last 12 months I have been experimenting with a lot of different ways to encourage people to connect with...
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sarahburgess5
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
Reading about nature
This week I was lucky enough to take part in Healthy n Happy's zoom bookclub. We were really grateful to them for taking on our...
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sarahburgess5
- Feb 19, 2021
- 3 min
Nature Connection
I'm not sure if I have mentioned this before, but I am not really the outdoor type. I know a sparrow from a robin and an oak from a...
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sarahburgess5
- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
Watch the birdie
Taking photos has been one of the things that I have come back to time and time again during this whole period of lockdown. For a while...
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sarahburgess5
- Feb 5, 2021
- 2 min
Star Count
Tomorrow, Saturday 6th February marks the start of the CPRE's annual Star Count, where they ask individuals to help measure light...
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sarahburgess5
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
St Brigid's Day
In the last week dawn has started to break as I come home from my morning walk. It's not that I want to wish the year away but I do like...
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sarahburgess5
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
Wild Wellbeing
One of the advantages of being the person who is organising the online nature connection sessions that we're running is that I have to...
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sarahburgess5
- Jan 15, 2021
- 3 min
Small and slow
It's all a bit overwhelming isn't it? I'm not sure exactly what I am referring to, January, the weather, COVID, the never-ending,...
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sarahburgess5
- Jan 8, 2021
- 3 min
Gardening begins in January
“Anyone who thinks that gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall is missing the best part of the whole year; for gardening...
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sarahburgess5
- Dec 18, 2020
- 2 min
The 12 Days of Nature
I'm writing this having just returned from my darkest walk of the year so far. It is an incredibly still day, however all the dogs we...
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sarahburgess5
- Dec 11, 2020
- 2 min
Be a tree
I am writing this just after my yoga class and shortly before I upload the next video to the our nature advent(ure) calendar, which just...
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