ReWild Gower CIC

This one’s for you... the children have had their summer fun!

After weeks of days out, snacks, packed lunches and keeping everyone entertained, we’re opening up the ReWild woods for the grown-ups.

On Saturday 29th August, we’re hosting a one-off Fire by Friction Immersive Bushcraft Day, and we’ve got someone rather special coming to lead it!

Tom Morris is a born and bred Welshman from the South Wales Valleys who now calls the Blue Mountains of Australia home. A seasoned and highly skilled bushcraft practitioner, Tom is back on Welsh soil for a limited time – and we’ve managed to nab him for a day before he heads back to Australia.

🔥 So... can you make fire without a match?

Tom will teach you the ancient skill of fire by friction using a bow drill, from preparing your materials and mastering the technique to creating that first tiny glowing ember and nurturing it into flame.

There’ll also be:

🪵 Knife carving & whittling
🌿 Natural fibres & cordage
🪢 Knots & practical woodland skills
🌳 Nature awareness & connection
🔥 Storytelling, games and bags of wild fun

This is a proper hands-on day in the woods, learning, making, trying, probably failing a few times, trying again – and hopefully experiencing the great satisfaction of creating fire with your own two hands.
No previous experience needed.

📅 Saturday 29th August
⏰ 10am–4.30pm
📍 Werganrose Farm, Upper Killay
🔥 Ages 16+
💰 Investment: £70

This is a one-off workshop. Tom will soon be heading back to Australia and places are deliberately limited so everyone gets plenty of hands-on time with him.

So if you’ve always fancied learning proper bushcraft skills, BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW → the link is in the bio!

This one's for you... the children have had their summer fun!
After weeks of days out, snacks, packed lunches and keeping everyone entertained, we’re opening up the ReWild woods for the grown-ups.

On Saturday 29th August, we’re hosting a one-off Fire by Friction Immersive Bushcraft Day, and we’ve got someone rather special coming to lead it!

Tom Morris is a born and bred Welshman from the South Wales Valleys who now calls the Blue Mountains of Australia home. A seasoned and highly skilled bushcraft practitioner, Tom is back on Welsh soil for a limited time – and we’ve managed to nab him for a day before he heads back to Australia.

🔥So... can you make fire without a match?

Tom will teach you the ancient skill of fire by friction using a bow drill, from preparing your materials and mastering the technique to creating that first tiny glowing ember and nurturing it into flame.

There'll also be:

🪵 Knife carving & whittling
🌿 Natural fibres & cordage
🪢 Knots & practical woodland skills
🌳 Nature awareness & connection
🔥 Storytelling, games and bags of wild fun

This is a proper hands-on day in the woods, learning, making, trying, probably failing a few times, trying again – and hopefully experiencing the great satisfaction of creating fire with your own two hands.
No previous experience needed.

📅 Saturday 29th August
⏰ 10am–4.30pm
📍 Werganrose Farm, Upper Killay
🔥 Ages 16+
💰 Investment: £70

This is a one-off workshop. Tom will soon be heading back to Australia and places are deliberately limited so everyone gets plenty of hands-on time with him.

So if you've always fancied learning proper bushcraft skills, don't think about this one for too long.

🔥 BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW →

Fire by Friction: An Immersive Bushcraft Day | ReWild Gower CIC Spend a day in the ReWild woods learning the ancient art of fire by friction with seasoned bushcraft expert Tom Morris – a Welshman now living in Australia’s Blue Mountains, back on home soil for a limited time. Bow drill fire-making, whittling, natural cordage, knots and lots more. Lunch includ...

🌿 WILD ADVENTURERS – LAST-MINUTE SPACES! 🌿

We’ve been fully booked for weeks, but we’ve just had a couple of cancellations for TODAY and TOMORROW – so if you’ve been trying to book on, this is your chance!

We also still have some availability next week too.

Wild Adventurers gives children a full day immersed in the woodland – time to explore, make, climb, get muddy, learn about the natural world and simply enjoy being outdoors.

There’s growing evidence of just how important time in nature can be for children’s wellbeing – offering space away from screens and everyday pressures, supporting confidence, resilience, creativity and a sense of connection and belonging.

🌳 Tree climbing, hammocks & nets
💦 Pond dipping
🌿 Foraging & outdoor skills
🐞 Wildlife & ecological education
🎨 Nature-based crafts
🌲 Woodland games
…and plenty of child-led forest school adventure.

Wild Adventurers – ages 7–12
Monday–Wednesday | 9:30am–3:30pm

Mini Wild Adventurers – ages 5–7
Fridays | 10:30am–2:30pm

📍 Werganrose Farm, Upper Killay

Spaces are limited, especially for today and tomorrow, so grab one while you can!

https://www.rewildcic.com/service-page/wild-adventurers-holiday-club

“Have I been doing Forest School for too long?”

That was genuinely what I was thinking at 11.25am, as I pulled yet another muddy saucepan out of the river after what had been a fairly difficult morning.

And then at 1pm, this happened.

A group of children sat silently on a jetty for fifteen minutes, and experienced a moment together I think they’ll always remember. They sat there, not because they were told to, and not because they were particularly ‘good’ at sitting still. In fact, around a third of this group have some kind of diagnosis which would say otherwise, and some are children who might usually be described as struggling to concentrate or engage.

Slowly, as they became quiet, the lake came alive.

Swallows. Buzzards. Moorhens. A heron. Dragonflies mating above the water and dipping down to lay their eggs.

Then, something BIG broke the surface…

Nobody moved.

It was one of those moments that reminded me exactly why I do this job.

I came home and wrote about it; about silence, attention, awe, and what can happen when instead of demanding that children concentrate, we give them something really worth concentrating on.
I think curiosity, awe and wonder, rather than discipline, are the doorways to authentic focus.

And perhaps we don’t need to teach children to care about nature at all, perhaps we just need to give them enough time and space to fall in love with it themselves.

Read the full blog ‘The Wonder of Silence’ here

The Wonder of Silence... It had been a difficult morning. Some children not getting on, a few scraped knees. 'Have I been doing forest school for too long?' I think to myself at 11.25am, as I pull yet another muddy saucepan out of the river.And then this moment happened, and I remembered my 'why'. 'Oh yes. That's why.' I th...

We’ll be offering family forest school fun at the Community Council’s Family Fun Day this Wednesday. It’s free! It’s going to be behind the castle in Mumbles, and if you’d like to come and say hi 👋 we’ll be up near the woodland area. See you then 😊

✨ Here’s a little glimpse of what we’ll be sharing together at our Wild Women’s Weekend...

This isn’t a retreat packed from dawn until dusk. It’s a weekend with plenty of space to simply be at peace, in a beautiful woodland retreat centre.

We’ll have gentle yoga classes, eat together, spend time in nature, laugh around the fire, rest, create a beautiful nature craft to take home, and reconnect with ourselves and each other.

🌿 Friday:
Arrive from 4pm, settle into your accommodation, explore the woodland and meet the other women.

We’ll share a relaxed bring-a-dish feast before unwinding in the sauna and whirlpool bath, then gather around the campfire beneath the stars.

🌿 Saturday
🧘 Morning yoga
🥣 Shared breakfast
🌳 Forest bathing
🍲 Preparing and sharing lunch together
🎨 Nature craft workshop
🌲 Plenty of free time to rest in a hammock, read, journal, visit the beach, enjoy the sauna or whirlpool bath, or simply do absolutely nothing.
🔥 Shared dinner followed by another cosy evening around the fire.

🌿 Sunday
🧘 Morning yoga
🥣 Breakfast
💙 Optional wild swim (or simply enjoy the lakeside with a hot drink)
🍲 Shared lunch
🔥 A closing women’s circle and gentle fire ceremony to help release what no longer serves you and set intentions for the months ahead.

The whole weekend is about slowing down, reconnecting with nature and remembering what it feels like to be held by a community of women.

✨ Spaces are filling up quickly now, but we still have a few places left.

If you’ve been thinking about coming, we’d love to welcome you.

Send me a message if you’d like to know more or reserve your place. 💚

🌿 Wild Women's Weekend 🌿

For most of human history, women rarely did life without being surrounded by other women.

They gathered together to prepare food, looked after each others children, collected water together, told stories, laughed and grieved together. Support was there naturally without thinking about it, through every season of life. Connection was woven into everyday living.

Today, most of us live very differently.

We spend much of our time in individual homes, juggling work, children, relationships and responsibilities. We're more connected than ever through our screens, yet many women quietly carry the weight of life feeling isolated or overwhelmed, or just long for deeper connection.

I'm on a mission to create spaces that bring a little of that sense of interwoven community back into the everyday.

There is something deeply nourishing about sitting around a fire with other women, walking together through woodland, sharing meals, and remembering that we don't have to carry everything alone.

So I'd love to invite you to this:

Our Wild Women's Weekend

📅 Friday 24th – Sunday 26th July
📍 Gower, South Wales

A relaxed weekend immersed in nature with a small group of wonderful women.

There'll be:

🧘🏻 Gentle yoga

🌿 Meditation

🌳 Guided forest bathing

❄️ Optional wild swimming

🍃 Creative nature craft

🔥 Women's fire circle

🧖 Sauna & hot tub

🏡 Two nights' accommodation

✨ Plenty of time to read, chat, or simply be at peace

This weekend is being offered on a community-supported contribution basis, with a suggested contribution of £150–£250, including two nights' accommodation.

If you've been feeling overwhelmed, stressed or worn out lately, I'd love for you to join us.

If you're able to contribute a little more, you'll be helping another woman attend.

If money is tight, please don't let that stop you from getting in touch.

Food will be simple, shared and planned together as a community.

Send me a message to book your place or find out more.