The Smithills Collective

07/09/2022

Throw back to this time last year when I found a Porcini and embarrassed my family with happy mushroom dancing!

I don't think there'll be any Boletes in the woods, but there are already lots of fungi fruiting and Ali is all ready to guide us through what we find.

Our Autumn Celebration evening will be a gorgeous exploration of nature as the season turns. We'd love to see you there.

https://facebook.com/events/s/autumn-celebration/600867821613848/

14/07/2022

What a lovely review for our Wild Rest session yesterday!

I think a couple of spaces have opened up, so check the poster below for contact details on how to reserve a place for the next 2 weeks. This is a free course funded by Bolton Library and Museum Services.

If you miss us this time, fear not, we are doing a 4 week Wild Rest course in September at one of the libraries in Bolton (venue TBC)

Yesterday I took part in the first in a three week course called ‘wild rest’ all about reconnecting with nature and ourselves and being mindful without being too intense about it all! It’s a couple of hours once a week and week one was all about getting into nature, we learned about some of the plants and their uses and did a short connecting and breathing excersise under the tree canopy. I was pretty grumpy 😡 when I arrived 😝 as I’d had a bad nights sleep and lots of things were niggling me. I nearly didn’t go. But I know the power of nature and how it turns me around and sure enough a few hours later I felt so much better 😇☺️🌳🥦🌲☘️🌸 thanks The Smithills Collective and A Small Good Thing for a great day! If you’re in the bolton area keep your eye on their pages for upcoming events or come join me for clay modelling next week or focussing on how we can get more nature into our lives on week three!

11/07/2022

We are so thrilled that we are working in partnership with Bolton Library and Museum Services to offer these beautiful sessions!

Fancy joining us?

Join us for some Wild Rest at Smithills Hall, starting this Wednesday 10.30am-12.30pm. Explore mindfulness and nature over 3 sessions. Book these 3 sessions via our Eventbrite page at www.bit.ly/399iewd . As these sessions will be a blend of outdoor and indoor activities, please wear appropriate clothing.

22/04/2022

Wow! What a gorgeous evening we had last night. What a bunch of women.

We held our first public event as The Smithills Collective; we walked, made fires, drank chai tea and threw some of our woes into the fire.

Can't wait to get stuck in to running more events like this.

As you may have noticed, we don't spend a lot of time on social media at the mo, so to properly keep up to date with what we are doing sign up to our newsletter via our website- www.smithillscollective.co.uk

(These pics are courtesy of Emma who took miles better photos than I did!)

19/04/2022

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sundown-in-the-woods-tickets-303537858907?fbclid=IwAR2pBVAjVFazoGJo0jwvgqQS6vYgle--Y9RDZVLvoY2keutXBGwXxfO3fLM

Last call for our event on Thursday eve! Walk, fire, chai tea and chat. What more could you want?

Celebrate dusk in our beautiful beech wood. Come on your own or with friends to share an evening of fire and chat.

16/04/2022

Hello lovelies, how's your weekend going?

We hope you're managing to find some time to get outside and breathe. Everywhere is alive with new growth as the soil warms up - it's such an exciting time.

I spent the evening planting peas and wildflowers at the allotment last night. It felt so good to be outside as the sun went down, soil on my hands.

We've got a few tickets left for our event this coming Thursday.
A gentle walk through the Smithills Estate followed by chat and Chai round the fire.

We'd love you to join us - all the details are in the link.

See you soon,
Lisa x

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sundown-in-the-woods-tickets-303537858907?fbclid=IwAR3GbRbnpOX6BDI0oEvAI2dFWZ9J51iufGEK03PyzwcZcaDtij1V_MsK11s

Celebrate dusk in our beautiful beech wood. Come on your own or with friends to share an evening of fire and chat.

06/04/2022

Hey there friends, how's your Wednesday coming along?

If you'd like something beautiful to look forward to, come and join us on 21st April.

All details are in the event - we can't wait to meet you.

Celebrate dusk in our beautiful beech wood. Come on your own or with friends to share an evening of fire and chat.

23/03/2022

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sundown-in-the-woods-tickets-303537858907

Good morning friends, and what a gorgeous day it looks to be!
We are delighted to let you know about our first public event, happening in April. It feels high time we gathered around the fire.

Come join us? We are happy to be able to offer this at a special introductory rate thanks to funding from Woodland Trust - Smithills Estate.

Here's the link to our first newsletter which landed yesterday- check your spam folders and make us as "safe" if you would!x

Celebrate dusk in our beautiful beech wood. Come on your own or with friends to share an evening of fire and chat.

21/03/2022

Happy Monday! Such glorious sunshine. It was so needed.

Just a reminder about our newsletter- we will send it out this evening with details of our first ticketed event coming up in April, seasonal recipes and much more.

Sign up here: www.smithillscollective.co.uk

14/03/2022

Friends! We are back, and we have plans! Many, many plans.

It's been quiet on socials, we have been beavering away in the background to bring new projects, events and more to you this year. We absolutely cannot WAIT to share it all with you.

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be recording our very first seasonal podcast with the amazing Ali .fungi.guy and releasing our first seasonal newsletter.

These newsletters will be the best way to keep track of what's coming up, and we intend them to be the opposite of spam. At the start of each season, we will send out a lovely curated piece with poems, seasonal recipes, upcoming events and more. They will be a sit down, enjoy with a brew type of thing, rather than a "oh FFS not another email" type of thing.

You can sign up on our website HERE: www.smithillscollective.co.uk

Whilst we will be on socials a little, it's noisy out there and we are all about the longer conversations and keeping things simple. So, signing up to our newsletter is best way to find out everything that is going on 😊

More news soon

Em, Amanda and Lisa ###
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