‘Come forth into the light of things
Let nature be your teacher’
William Wordsworth

Join us for a day in the Apple House and gardens surrounding the Serge Hill Project, for our first nature-writing workshop. The workshop will be led by two writers: Nic Wilson, Guardian country diarist and author of the nature memoir, Land Beneath The Waves, and Sue Stuart-Smith, psychotherapist, co-founder of the Serge Hill Project and author of the Sunday Times bestseller, The Well Gardened Mind.

Aimed at beginners as well as developing writers, this is a creative day for anyone who has ever felt moved by the wonders of the natural world and had a desire to capture it more deeply; whether it’s wanting to learn more about flowers and trees in your local park or reflect on feelings stirred up by birdsong in the early days of Spring.

This inspiring workshop will focus on engaging with the natural world through writing exercises and techniques, including honing powers of observation, playing with words, reflective journal keeping, navigating inner landscapes, sensory explorations and scientific research.

With guidance from two exemplary writers, the day will help empower new and emerging writers to have the confidence to create and develop their own work. Everyone will finish the day with several short pieces and a range of ideas about how their ideas might be developed into longer piece of writing.

The workshop also includes a reading list, refreshments, a home cooked vegetarian lunch and chance to explore Tom Stuart-Smith’s renowned Plant Library of over 2500 varieties of perennials and bulbs.