Forestry Week
Sunday, 15th March, 2026
09:00
Sunday, 22nd March, 2026
14:00
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Volunteers are invited to join us for a week of tree planting and forestry maintenance.
Come for as long as you can.
Two thirds of the Chisholme estate consists of woodland, now being replanted with a range of native species – oak, birch, alder, rowan, crab-apple and wild cherry as well as more shrubby species – hazel, hawthorn, yew and holly. The young trees were planted by hand, staking and tying and protecting them with forestry shelters – all of which adds to the ecology and beauty of the estate.
This year there will a range of tasks during the Forestry Week:
- Plenty of planting young trees, filling gaps and adding new areas around the Estate – maintenance work on the existing woodland – taking shelters from trees planted some years ago and growing well and other seasonal tasks – processing timber for fuel for the wood boiler for House and Steading. And other delights in store.
As in previous years, Peter and Ben will be in charge and looking after everything!
So, do come and join us.
Read more about the woodlands at Chisholme here
COSTS
We suggest a small contribution towards the cost of your stay of
£15 per day or £10 for students and unwaged. Full board and delicious food is included.
Please contact us for payment options.
All enquiries to secretary@chisholme.org
About the courses at Chisholme
All courses at Chisholme, however much their formats differ, begin with the principle of the absolute unity of existence, in view of which unity all life, in whatever sphere, is interconnected and interdependent.
If this is so, then who and what am I? Is it possible for me to come to know my reality and place within the one absolute existence? And what is the way forward, to know myself within the context of unity? That such knowledge is possible, and that there is indeed a way towards it is the reason for all courses that Chisholme offers.
There are different lengths of courses at Chisholme. From a weekend to six months, the course comprises a beginning, a middle and an end and has a continuity of participants throughout. Each participant begins at the same starting point as every other, and all complete the course together. To begin at the beginning, it is important that each participant, whatever their prior learning and experience, enters upon the course with ‘beginner’s mind’, as far as possible putting aside all previous understandings, with a freshness of intent and enquiry.
This kind of knowledge cannot be taught as such, and for this reason Chisholme has no teachers. Rather, this knowledge is within each of us already and reveals itself as and when we are ready, when the time is right. Chisholme’s courses aim to provide the best circumstances for each participant to approach this transformational moment, whether during the course or in the future.
Each person’s journey to self-knowledge will be different.
Please email secretary@chisholme.org
to register your interest in any of the courses.
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We take great pleasure in presenting the latest iteration following two very successful previous versions. The course comprises fortnightly Zoom sessions, videos by experienced presenters and various tasks and practices. It opens with a residential weekend at Sutton Courtenay Abbey in Oxfordshire UK, which can also be attended online. There is an optional residential weekend or 10 days at Chisholme House, Scotland, at the end of the course from the 1st April.
The course provides a full introduction to the principles of Beshara in terms of both knowledge and practice. Taking the metaphysics of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi as a starting point, the course explores what it means to understand oneself and the world in the light of the Unity of Existence.
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