Weekly Forest School groups for children and young people in the Hermitage of Braid Nature Reserve, Edinburgh. Learning, exploring and having fun in nature.
🌸 Elderflower & rhubarb crumble in the Dutch oven + bows & arrows = the perfect forest school day 🏹🌿
The group discovered dandelion trumpets on Friday 🌼🎺
Much to the delight of some. Less so for others.
A highlight of the season. 🐦
We were lucy to witness eight blue tit chicks fledge from the nest box. After weeks of parents busily coming and going, it was time for the next stage of their journey. 🌿
Forage. Gather. Prepare. Share. 🌿
Wild spring greens and delicate edible flowers became Vietnamese-style summer rolls as we enjoyed the abundance of the season together.
Celebrating David Attenborough 🌿 We marked his 100th birthday with nature play, a woodland feast, wildlife discovery, and birthday wishes in seven of the different languages spoken across our group 🇵🇱🇲🇼🇮🇹🇸🇪🇮🇷🇨🇳🇬🇧
28/04/2026
Spring is well and truly here and we made the most of it this week 🌿☀️
Our Thursday youth group were foraging for our gourmet forest school kitchen, picking nettle tops for chickpea pakoras. We also finally got to taste the fruits of our labour from before the break, flowering currant cordial 🌸 which received glowing reviews 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
On Friday the group were busy crafting with elder and willow bark, making whistles, pea shooters, pecking woodpeckers and bark baskets, before heading down to the burn for some splashing about and riverbed treasure hunting 💦🪨💎
20/04/2026
Looking forward to seeing everyone again this week and catching up on holiday adventures. Lovely weather ahead ☀️☀️☀️ and the birds are singing their hearts out - nesting season is well and truly underway 🪺
A few pics from our last session before Easter using the spoon mule and making flowering currant cordial 🥄🌸
20/04/2026
Super excited to announce our 2026 Edinburgh Summer Forest School dates ☀️🌼🍀🦋🥳
4th - 6th August 2026
Book Now: https://forms.gle/kuJzx46rKX94WWwG9
Or for more info visit: https://www.braidhillsforestschool.com/summer-forest-school
23/03/2026
Golden Days ☀️💦☀️
16/03/2026
🌿 It’s the ideal time to tap birch trees, so on Friday we journeyed to a special place on the other side of Blackford Hill. We carefully tapped a few birches, shared the incredibly nutritious birch water together 💧 (most agreed it tasted like slightly sweeter water) and explored the extensive network of gorse tunnels (a bit spooky, a lot spiky).
Back at camp, lots of industry with children keen to make something for Sunday or upcoming parent birthdays 🎁. Always heartening to see how keen this group are on giving.
On Thursday our teens group were out building resilience in the vertical rain 🌧️. Impressed and proud, but never surprised, by how they deal with adverse conditions and just get on with it. Much spoon carving underway sheltering in the duck pond gazebo 🥄
