29/08/2026
What a lovely evening celebrating with Muddy Stilettos Scotland and all the 2026 winners in Glasgow. I feel like such a lucky girl to have had the honour of winning Best Children's Business in Scotland. Creating Everwild Nature Forest School has been such a journey, but with the first couple of years behind me its been worth every step "up the hill and into the woods", and i am incredibly excited for what the next few years and beyond hold.
There are so many thank you's to share - Muddy Stilettos Scotland for organising , 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 for capturing the evening, for all those that voted for Carol Lang , the parents who have supported and believed in the ethos and value of forest school, and The Big Bairn for supporting me in my first tentative steps into what i once never thought possible.
Least but not last, a special and heartfelt thank you to Liberty and Hamish from Living Sustainably with Hamish & Liberty Martin for providing the space to allow my Forest School dream to come alive and for welcoming the energy it brimgs to the land. To my husband Ross Dempster Beyond Adventure and all my friends who have given up their days and weekends to come dig, build and rig things. You all know who you are!
The biggest thank you of all must go to ALL the kids who have joined me in the woods and who have welcomed me into their worlds. And of course to my own kids - 2 wild beautiful and crazy souls, who have endured being dragged up the hill to also help. One day they will understamd not only how much that means to me, but how much they sit within the roots and behind the inspiration of why i do what i do!