There was a surprisingly amount of howling happening in the sleepy hamlet of Week, Dartington last night… and while some was certainly coming from the Vicarage garden, we were not alone in noisily celebrating last night’s especially magnificent and misty… Continue Reading …

Spring arrived briefly this morning in Dartington (but had fled by tea time) and the sun was warm, the trees full of chattering birds and the playing fields full of footballers! Dartington Hall gardens get more beautiful with every passing… Continue Reading …

Dartington Daffodils It’s just a few weeks now until our next Wood Sisters Day on Saturday 26th March, when we’ll be celebrating the Spring Equinox with our usual rich feast of meditation, myth and storytelling, simple ritual and sacred time… Continue Reading …

New moon at Sunset from the Vicarage We met in that dark time, just before the new moon for the Circle on Thursday. As we fed ingredients into our shared ‘wisdom pot’, the equinoctial theme of balance kept recurring. During… Continue Reading …

Spring is almost sprung and we now have flowering rhododendron and daffodils to rival Dartington Hall (almost), right here in the Vicarage garden. We also have our first crop of nettles, picked by Tam and his friend Benedikt who arrived… Continue Reading …

Vicarage Hyacinths I woke just before sunrise this morning and was indeed delighted to see a clear blue sky. Walking through to the living room, still warm from last night’s fire, I was met by the sweet scent of hyacinths…and… Continue Reading …

Dartington Witchhazel – Early Spring Light in the Darkness Once again the gathering of the Wood Sisters was a total inspiration to me. I think I will never cease to delight in all the depth, wisdom, creativity and laughter that… Continue Reading …

According to the ever marvellous ‘Moonwise Diary’ yesterday was officially Imbolc and today Candlemas. In my mind imaginary pagan selves are gathering around a spring pool, where golden catkins hang from the wisdom giving hazel trees and the sacred salmon… Continue Reading …