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# The Green Parent
> Our mission is to 'mother the mothers', to help you feel like you’re part of a community, like you’re not alone. Like you’re having a chat with a good friend
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- [Green Pages - Travel 🏕](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/directory-travel.md) - A selection of organic, sustainable holidays and companies we love.
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- [Green Pages - Alternative Schools 🎒](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/green-pages-alternative-schools.md) - Find a learning path that's suited to your child.
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- [Green Pages - Festivals 🎪](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/green-pages.md) - We've partnered with a few of our favourite festivals for 2025
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- [Family Travel Awards 2025](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/the-green-parent-family-travel-awards-2025.md) - Celebrating the very best in holidays, attractions and brands that have sustainability and family connection at their heart.
- [Explore green parenting and lifestyle topics](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/topics.md) - From ages & stages to eco living, explore what’s making waves in our community.
- [Welcome to your new parenting haven!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/welcome-free.md) - Here every journey is celebrated, supported, and cherished.
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## Posts
- [A Day of Giant Bubbles, Circus and Big Tunes on the Hilltop](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/a-day-of-giant-bubbles-circus-and-big-tunes-on-the-hilltop.md) - If your family's idea of a perfect summer Saturday involves giant bubbles, acrobats, science experiments and dancing on a hillside with all of London spread out below, Kaleidoscope Festival might be the day out for you.
- [18 Things To Do With Your Family in July](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/18-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-july.md) - Yes, it's hot. Cool off with icy garden games, play hide-and-seek in a shady forest, or lay in the long grass of a meadow and count butterflies. Or seek refuge in a gallery; find celebrations of fairy tales and huge, community-shaped artworks. Plus free festivals and witchy walks!
- [Your Holiday Companion](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/your-holiday-companion.md) - Summer's here! Dive into coastal foraging, narrowboat dreams, festival guides and sun-soaked salads, this issue is pure feel-good positivity
- [Explaining difficult news to children and handling their exposure](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/explaining-difficult-news-to-children-and-handling-their-exposure.md) - For many of us, hearing the phrase ‘current affairs’ can instantly bring thoughts of complex global issues, politics, or shocking stories. So how can we possibly explain current affairs to our youngest children? By Katie Harrison
- [Childhood, Unplugged: Making Space for Music, Play and Imagination](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/childhood-unplugged-making-space-for-music-play-and-imagination.md) - School holidays offer something increasingly valuable in modern family life: time and space for children to explore new interests, gain independence and spend meaningful time with others, making each memory count
- [Your Free Guide to Alternative Education in the UK is Here](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/your-free-guide-to-alternative-education-in-the-uk-is-here.md) - Looking beyond the mainstream when it comes to your child's education? Our Alternative Schools Guide 2026 is out now, and it's free to download
- [How to Create Your Own Summer Solstice Circle](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/how-to-create-your-own-summer-solstice-circle.md) - Cultures from around the world celebrate the solstice with celebration, music, dance and joy. Here's a recipe for creating your own gathering
- [Win the ultimate Suntribe Sunscreen Family Bundle](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/win-the-ultimate-suntribe-sunscreen-family-bundle.md) - Sunny days are made for family adventures, and Suntribe Sunscreen has your skin covered every step of the way
- [17 Fun and cheap things to do with your family in June](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/17-fun-and-cheap-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-june.md) - Light evenings and mornings mean more time for fun. Celebrate solstice with a dawn dip or magical ferns, or cool off with ice play or snacking on frozen yoghurt bark. Plus free festivals galore and games to play on your bikes!
- [A School Without Fear](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/a-school-without-fear.md) - Brockwood Park is one of only six Krishnamurti schools in the world. The Green Parent speaks to Thomas Lehmann, Co-Chair of the School Management Committee, about silence, freedom, and what it means to learn without being moulded.
- [Room to Grow: Inside the New Forest Small School](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/room-to-grow-inside-the-new-forest-small-school.md) - With no uniform, first-name terms and a gate straight into the New Forest, NFSS feels less like a school and more like an extended family
- [Room to Grow](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/room-to-grow.md) - New Forest Small School has been quietly doing things differently for over 30 years. The Green Parent speaks to headteacher Alex James about play, nurture, and why a gentle start matters
- [Sharing Sisterhood](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/sharing-sisterhood.md) - Tessa Venuti Sanderson has run a women’s circle for over 10 years and it’s changed her life
- [Book reviews + would you like to join our Book Club review team?](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/book-reviews-would-you-like-to-join-our-book-club-review-team.md) - We looking to send out brand new books to our readers for you and your family to review.. is this you?
- [“We replaced our car with a cargo bike and have never looked back"](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/we-replaced-our-car-with-a-cargo-bike-and-have-never-looked-back.md) - New research shows that families can save thousands of pounds a year by ditching their car for an electric cargo bike - but many households, particularly those living in flats, cannot make the switch.
- [6 Woodland birds you’ll hear before you see and how to identify them](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/6-woodland-birds-youll-hear-before-you-see-and-how-to-identify-them.md) - A walk through the woods in spring is rarely silent. Long before you catch sight of any movement in the branches, the woodland is alive with birdsong echoing through the trees from dawn until dusk and sometimes into the night.
- [The Celtic Tree Calendar - Willow](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/the-celtic-tree-calendar-willow.md) - Willow is the tree associated with the feminine; it has many uses in the home and as a healer
- [14 fun and free things to do with your family in May](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/14-fun-and-free-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-may.md) - The sun is warming our backs and we're well and truly out out. Brew up a flask of bobble tea, and get out to celebrate Beltane, gather daisies for brewing and find shells to make mermaid necklaces. Plus street theatre and family shows come to Great Yarmouth, Brighton and Edinburgh!
- [Step Into Spring: Best Bluebell Walks Across the UK](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/step-into-spring-best-bluebell-walks-across-the-uk.md) - For a few precious weeks each spring, Britain’s woodlands are transformed. Beneath newly leafing canopies, native bluebells unfurl in drifts of deep violet and soft blue, creating one of the most iconic sights in the countryside.
- [The Joy of Planting Trees: A Practical Guide](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/the-joy-of-planting-trees-a-practical-guide.md) - There are few things more rewarding than planting a tree. Anton Baskerville of Woodlands.co.uk shares some expert tips.
- [16 Fun and Cheap Things To Do With Your Family in April](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/16-fun-and-cheap-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-april.md) - April holidays are almost upon us. It's cold outside, but the sun is strong. Forage, watch migrating birds, listen for cuckoos, search for chocolate eggs, and find sticks for your Walpurgisnacht broom. Or head to the city to visit brand new museums and celebrate science and diversity!
- [Dealing with stress as a parent over the Easter holidays](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/dealing-with-stress-as-a-parent-over-the-easter-holidays.md) - Babalwa Madikazi, Head of Children and Young People Psychological Therapies at Onebright, shares practical, expert-backed advice on how families can navigate the Easter holidays without burnout.
- [Beyond Birthday Cake](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/beyond-birthday-cake.md) - Why Investing for Your Child's Future Starts Now
- [When the Clocks Change, Kids Feel it Most](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/when-the-clocks-change-kids-feel-it-most.md) - Child sleep expert Ilona Andrews reveals how parents can handle the clocks going forward without bedtime battles, early wakeups and overtired children - and says most parents make the same mistake every year when the clocks change.
- [Discover a community beyond the classroom](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/discover-a-community-beyond-the-classroom.md) - At St Christopher School, known as St Chris, education has always meant more than lessons, grades and exam results. It is about nurturing the whole child – their wellbeing, their passions, their individuality, and their place in the world.
- [Wonders of Wild Garlic](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/wonders-of-wild-garlic.md) - Jess Petrie encourages us to get foraging for wild greens with our kids
- [Our spring edition is here 🌱](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/our-spring-edition-is-here.md) - The theme of this edition is ‘Bloom’, and it feels perfectly timed, nature is bursting back into life after a long, wet winter and we're feeling excited for the coming season
- [The Power of Storytelling in Shaping Children’s Values](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/the-power-of-storytelling-in-shaping-childrens-values.md) - To celebrate World Book Day, best-selling children’s author Yasmine Anane explores the importance of storytelling
- [Things To Do With Your Family In March](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/things-to-do-with-your-family-in-march.md) - We are saying goodbye to winter and hello to spring. It's been a long, wet winter. We're embracing that with ideas for mud painting, worm charming and earth-eating, but looking forward to brighter days, dyeing eggs using natural materials and celebrating Ostara and the super-rare Blood Worm Moon!
- [Hidden Dyslexia](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/hidden-dyslexia.md) - Why am I uncomfortable telling my children I’m dyslexic? wonders Lydia O’Callaghan
- [Five practical tips for outdoor play and embracing wet weather](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/five-practical-tips-for-outdoor-play-and-embracing-wet-weather.md) - Dr John Allan, Head of Impact and Breakthrough Learning at PGL Beyond, shares ideas on how to encourage outdoor play during the February half-term
- [English Heritage launches ‘bonding benches’ to tackle parental isolation](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/english-heritage-launches-bonding-benches-to-tackle-parental-isolation.md) - Leading parenting charity the NCT will also bring their popular NCT Walk and Talks to selected English Heritage sites.
- [How performing arts can help young people manage stress and pressure](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/how-performing-arts-can-help-young-people-manage-stress-and-pressure.md) - When children lean into creativity rather than digital distraction, they develop healthier coping mechanisms.
- [Win a Bundle of Love ❤️](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/win-a-bundle-of-love.md) - Enter now to win 5 books celebrating the love of family and friendships
- [The present but absent parent: How our after hours work impacts our teens](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/the-present-but-absent-parent-how-our-after-hours-work-impacts-our-teens.md) - New research reveals how parents’ after hours working at home is associated with poorer mental health outcomes in adolescents, including increased rates of depression and anxiety.
- [21 Fun Things To Do With Your Family This February](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/21-fun-things-to-do-with-your-family-this-february.md) - February is a time for emerging; we peep out of our winter fug and creak open the door. Time to forage for dandelions, smile at strangers and join the muddiest of festivals. Plus a bucketful of half-term ideas, from Viking battles to joining a lip sync brawl and making a constellation in a cup.
- [The Green Parent Book Club](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/the-green-parent-book-club.md) - A selection of the latest books with reviews by our readers; sign up to our Book Club to take part!
- [The Green Parent Natural Beauty Awards 2026 entry now open!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/the-green-parent-natural-beauty-awards-2025-launch.md) - Our Natural Beauty Awards established in 2013, are seeking the best products across a whole range of categories from children's shampoo to mascara, pregnancy products to night moisturiser.
- [12 Things To Do With Your Family in January](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/12-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-january.md) - Baby, it's cold outside. But let's get out regardless. Make beautiful ice scenes, discover snowdrops, spend 1000 hours outside, and join in wintry folk traditions. Plus cosy ideas for dark afternoons, hack Veganuary, grow microgreens, and plan your cultural 2026.
- [The Connected Holidays: Presence Over Perfection](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/the-connected-holidays-presence-over-perfection.md) - Some holiday seasons feel like performance art before they even begin. Words Giulia Galli
- [Download our Christmas Gift Guide here 🎄🎁](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/download-our-christmas-gift-guide.md) - Have yourself a sustainable little Christmas
- [Our new issue is out now](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/our-new-issue-is-out-now.md) - The winter edition is themed around connection
- [19 cheap and free things to do with your family in December](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/19-cheap-and-free-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-december.md) - Frosty walks, advent kindness, finger knitting and pine-needle biscuits. Simplify your Christmas for a stress-free festive season.
- [A Childhood Rooted in Nature](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/a-childhood-rooted-in-nature.md) - In the heart of Ashdown Forest, Michael Hall Waldorf School offers a different pace of education for students aged 2–18 years — one that values connection, creativity, and balance.
- [The BIG Freeze](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/the-big-freeze.md) - Lou Robbie encourages everyone to make use of their freezer and shares a few lunchbox recipes from her new book Make & Freeze
- [Green Parent Book Club](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/green-parent-book-club.md) - A selection of the latest books with reviews by our readers; sign up to our Book Club to take part!
- [Our autumn issue is here](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/our-autumn-issue-is-here.md) - As the leaves turn to golden and russet hues, our cosy new autumn edition arrives — full of nourishing reads, recipes to try, and places to explore 🍂
- [Discover Wildwood Nature School: A New Kind of Primary Education](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/discover-wildwood-nature-school-a-new-kind-of-primary-education.md) - Nestled in North London’s green heart, Wildwood Nature School offers families a fresh, thoughtful alternative to conventional primary education. Here, children aren’t merely taught; they are nurtured, known, and supported on every step of their learning journey.
- [Spiders, bonfires and kikimora: A little autumn folklore](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/spiders-bonfires-and-kikimora-a-little-autumn-folklore.md) - Liza Frank uncovers seasonal rituals and traditions for luck and protection
- [11 Cheap and Free Things To Do With Your Family In November](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/11-cheap-and-free-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-november.md) - As days grow darker, you might need more impetus to get outside. Try making a journey stick, hunt for chestnuts, watch the sun rise or search for majestic seals. Or stay inside to make a Day of the Dead altar, watch films with a message, or buy nothing!
- [“We’re building a whole new life from scratch”](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/were-building-a-whole-new-life-from-scratch.md) - The Uden family Kayleigh, Phil, Alex (8) and Ember (2) live in rural Bulgaria, close to the Greek and Turkish borders
- [What if the parenting manual  we all want - is waiting   inside of us?](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/what-if-the-parenting-manual-we-all-want-is-waiting-inside-of-us.md) - Words: Sarah Vermeire
- [Becoming Real](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/becoming-real.md) - Maria Rogers embraces authenticity and imperfection on her journey into parenthood
- [24 Cheap and Free Things To Do With Your Family in October](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/24-cheap-and-free-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-october.md) - It's a time for doing; harvesting apples, mushrooming, lighting Samhain fires and preparing for winter. Find ideas to fill your half-term and illuminate darker nights; eco-friendly Halloween costumes, welcoming simmer pots, Diwali crafts, raves for Deaf families and sparkling light festivals.
- [Adventure-ready? The new WonderFold wagons that offer it all!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/adventure-ready-the-new-wonderfold-wagons-that-offer-it-all.md) - Built for Outdoor Fun, Festivals, and Everyday Freedom
- [10 Things to do with Conkers](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/10-things-to-so-with-conkers.md) - From weaving to spider repelling, conkers have a multitude of strange uses. Check out ten of the best ways to make use of your conker collection here
- [Change Makers](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/change-makers.md) - Harriet Cherriman explores the future of food in the UK and why we need to embrace our local health food stores
- [A Place Where Every Child is Known: Education at St Chris](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/a-place-where-every-child-is-known-education-at-st-chris.md) - From the moment you arrive at this school in Letchworth Garden City, you’ll notice that things feel a little different. St Chris has been providing an outstanding education since 1915, shaped by progressive values and a genuine commitment to every student.
- [Alternative Schools Guide 2025](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/alternative-schools-guide-2025.md) - Free interactive download of our third edition, discover lots of places offering a real difference to mainstream school
- [Green Man](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/green-man.md) - Is this the most quietly radical mainstream festival in the UK? We head to Wales with two teens in tow to find out. By Kate Hodges. Photographs: Jeff Pitcher.
- [Mama Massage](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/mama-massage.md) - Maiwenn Langlois encourages us all to embrace our bellies and celebrate our scars
- [Your Summer Reading Has Arrived!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/your-summer-reading-has-arrived.md) - We're so excited to announce our new issue of The Green Parent magazine. It’s our Simplicity special and it's your perfect beach companion
- [Fifteen Fun and Cheap Things To Do With Your Family in September](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/fifteen-fun-and-cheap-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-september.md) - September days are where the heat of summer meets the cool of autumn. Head out to forage a bumper crop of wild fruit and nuts, make a leafy Green Man for Mabon, transition to school with silly jokes and delicious packed lunches, and find joy in watching the pennies at the Festival of Thrift!
- [Book Club Wednesday](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/book-club-wednesday-2.md) - Every week we round up a selection of books with reviews by our readers. Let us know your favourites in the comments
- [And Breathe...](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/and-breathe.md) - Compassionate thoughtful and very, very cool, Carolyn Cowan has navigated a path from fashion designer, photographer and make-up artist into psychotherapy, and teaching yoga and breathwork
- [Book Club Wednesday](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/book-club-wednesday.md) - Every week we'll be rounding up a selection of books with reviews by our readers; sign up to our Book Club to take part! Plus let us know your favourites in the comments
- [Investing in a Fairer Future](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/investing-in-a-fairer-future.md) - For Alice Kouassi Aya, every cocoa pod represents a step towards a brighter future for her children
- [Making Green Space](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/making-green-space.md) - After her mental health plummeted, Jackie Simpson was persuaded by her mother to volunteer at an outdoor play project
- [My Last Newsletter](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/my-last-newsletter.md) - Goodbye from me, lessons from a field, make your own blackberry jam, cool ways to celebrate Lammas and living history as a home education tool
- [19 Free and Cheap Things To Do With Your Family In August](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/thingstodo-august2025.md) - The summer holidays are waiting to be filled. Cuddle giant, light-filled cats in Manchester, ritually bake lammas bread and more!
- [WIN a £100 voucher to spend on Eco-friendly tableware, wooden toys and more!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/win-a-100-voucher-to-spend-on-eco-friendly-tableware-wooden-toys-and-more.md) - We've teamed up with award winning Eco-friendly children's gift site bluebrontide.com for our latest competition
- [Why it's Time For Me to Say Goodbye](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/why-its-time-for-me-to-say-goodbye.md) - 7 cool things to do when you're on the beach, novels about the mother/daughter connection and juicy blackberry cake
- [How I Plan Our Summer Holidays](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/how-i-plan-our-summer-holidays.md) - What's on my reading list, how my daughter learned to write (not through handwriting practice!) and delicious cakes for summer days
- [Make This Anti-Anxiety Tea for Calmer Days](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/make-this-anti-anxiety-tea-for-calmer-days.md) - Soothe your nervous system, dig for local history and some great short story collections to enjoy this summer!
- [9 Ways to Keep Baby Cool at Night (and Get Better Sleep!)](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/9-ways-to-keep-baby-cool-at-night-and-get-better-sleep.md) - Keep blinds drawn, wear loose clothing and stay hydrated to help babies and young children sleep better on hot nights
- [The Green Parent Natural Beauty Award Winners 2025](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/the-green-parent-natural-beauty-award-winners-2025.md) - Discover the finest products in everything from nappy cream to shampoo, mascara to cleanser, in our 2025 Natural Beauty Awards
- [What Age Should a Child Get Their First Phone?](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/what-age-should-a-child-get-their-first-phone.md) - Big pile of reading recommendations, how to make your garden a butterfly sanctuary and what I learnt about screens and kids this week
- [14 Things to do in July](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/14-things-to-do-in-july.md) - From free festivals to wild strawberry picking, worm charming, snail racing and creating a botanic garden, there's so much to get stuck into!
- [Moreish Chocolate Fridge Cake with a Surprising Ingredient!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/moreish-chocolate-fridge-cake-with-a-surprising-ingredient.md) - 7 trees to consider for a small urban garden, my favourite oracle cards for sorting my life out, what we're doing for Solstice, and books I couldn't put down
- [Education for the Whole of Life](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/education-for-the-whole-of-life.md) - – The Principles and Practice of Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Education and Care
- [My New Fave Cookie Recipe - it's Vegan and Gluten Free Too!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/my-new-fave-cookie-recipe-its-vegan-and-gluten-free-too.md) - Cookies! Plus our favourite board games, a recipe for DIY bug repellent, amazing art by degree students, a film you have to see, and the magic of hornbeam.
- [The Joy Edition](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/the-joy-edition.md) - The latest issue of The Green Parent magazine is out now! It’s our Joy special and its bursting with uplifting inspiration, focusing on the small but powerful ways you can embrace joy in daily life
- [Celtic Tree Ogham: Oak (The Stabiliser)](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/celtic-tree-ogham-oak-the-stabiliser.md) - Learn about the Celtic Tree Ogham and more about each tree astrology sign. Those born under Oak make natural leaders
- [Meet the Tree Whisperer](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/meet-the-tree-whisperer.md) - Chewing gum from birch sap, beech leaf salad, tree-hugger Peter Wohlleben shares his favourite nature secrets
- [9 Ways to Take Action this Ocean Day](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/9-ways-to-take-action-this-ocean-day.md) - Happy Ocean Day! Here are some ways that you can honour our incredible deep blue planet, plus a list of our favourite sea-themed books
- [How a Furry Friend Can Support Your Child's Wellbeing](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/how-a-furry-friend-can-support-your-childs-wellbeing.md) - Pets can soothe anxiety, boost our mood and even encourage greater fitness and confer health benefits too!
- [Your Full Moon Ritual to Make Wild Magic!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/your-full-moon-ritual-to-make-wild-magic.md) - Make your own balm for bumps and bruises, what I'm reading right now and the importance of hobbies to light you up.
- [61 Family Friendly Festivals in 2025](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/61-family-friendly-festivals-in-2025.md) - Check out our Ultimate Guide to UK festivals happening this summer. From music to healing, crafts to circus skills, your adventure awaits!
- [How a Volunteering Holiday Gave Us Total Freedom](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/giving-back.md) - Keeping things simple, and cheaper, on a WWWoofing holiday in rural France. What we learned from the experience. And how you can do it too!
- [Try This: Two Ingredient Ice Cream!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/try-this-two-ingredient-ice-cream.md) - Discover the call of the kingfisher, learn a cool Saxon craft, nine ways to bring more meaning into family life and more yummy elderflower treats
- [Why I'm Not Writing a Newsletter Tonight](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/why-im-not-writing-a-newsletter-tonight.md) - A manifesto for going slow and small acts of self-care, and why I'm postponing this week's news
- [16 Things To Do In June](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/16-things-to-do-in-june.md) - It's time to brew honeysuckle tea, make sun water at the solstice, have fun at free festivals, take close-up pictures of bugs, look across the capital from rooftop gardens, and go wild!
- [7 Fun, Free Play Ideas to Make the Most of a Trip to the Woods!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/7-fun-free-play-ideas-to-make-the-most-of-a-trip-to-the-woods.md) - Make soothing hayfever tea, eat white chocolate blondies, watch a new film about home education and learn what to expect with next week's new moon
- [3 Delicious Elderflower Recipes](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/3-delicious-elderflower-recipes.md) - Did you know that traditionally summer was marked by the opening of the first elderflower, and lasted all the way through until the last elderberry?
- [How to Make Heart Medicine from the Hawthorn Tree](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/how-to-make-heart-medicine-from-the-hawthorn-tree.md) - Making a magazine, books to explore the art of mathematics, butterflies to spot right now and a pile of delicious fiction to end the week!
- [7 Surprising Lessons I've Learned Through Unschooling](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/7-surprising-lessons-ive-learned-through-unschooling.md) - My son rarely sits down and handwriting is a laborious practice, but he can code a game and build a robot figure using scrap wood
- [What I Did With a Child Free Afternoon!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/what-i-did-with-a-child-free-afternoon.md) - Make your own refreshing sorrel lemonade, amazing new novels to devour and how we joined a big group of home educators to celebrate creativity!
- [Freya - Honouring the goddess of love to bring about powerful change](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/freya-honouring-the-goddess-of-love-to-bring-about-powerful-change.md) - Freya is a goddess of blessings, love, lust, and fertility. Beltane, the first of May, is her festival – a time of celebrating love and sexual union
- [15 Things To Do In May](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/15-things-to-do-in-may.md) - The sun is here, the ground is dry (for now) and summer is GO! This month, help build the Moominhouse, enjoy free street theatre festivals, caper at Jack-in-the-Green, wash your face in the dew, create a real-life wrestling character and grow a den made of sunflowers!
- [Connect With Your Wild Self This Beltane](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/connect-with-your-wild-self-this-beltane.md) - Work with the medicine of Hawthorn this May Day and discover magical ways to celebrate with friends and family
- [Make This Super Cleansing Tea for Brighter Skin](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/make-this-super-cleansing-tea-for-brighter-skin.md) - Benefits of beach school, reading about amazing animals, lolling with daisies and discovering new magical woods
- [Have You Tried these 3 Best Easter Chocolate Goodies?](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/have-you-tried-the-3-best-easter-chocolate-goodies.md) - Making bright green cake from nettles, spotting an adder, twitching, cooking dandelion bread over a fire and the symbolism of hares
- [Celtic Tree Ogham: Willow (The Dreamer)](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/celtic-tree-ogham-willow-the-dreamer-2.md) - Learn about the Celtic Tree Ogham and more about each tree astrology sign. Those born under willow have strong intuition
- [9 Medicinal Herbs to Grow in Your Garden](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/9-herbs-to-grow-in-your-medicinal-garden.md) - Sheep cuddling, reading books with great characters, why sticks are never just sticks to kids and our fave open air museum. Plus tea of the week!
- [5 Steps to Endorphin-Rich Parenting](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/5-steps-to-endorphin-rich-parenting.md) - Laughter is queen when it comes to building connection with our kids - here's 5 ways to get started today, especially with older children
- [How to Plan a Nature Party](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/how-to-plan-a-nature-party.md) - Making decorations from nature, wildlife based party activities, eco edibles and how to stay calm when organising an event
- [Sacred Sunday: 9 Self-Care Exercises](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/sacred-sunday-9-self-care-exercises.md) - Real and practical advice for doing self-care in 15 minutes or less from mums who've turned their mornings around
- [26 Microadventures you Could Take this Weekend](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/26-microadventures-you-could-take-this-weekend.md) - Wild garlic bread, two types of birthday cake, mini adventures, lose-yourself fiction and yoga to relieve anxiety
- [Our Children are Growing up with Nature as their Living Room](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/our-children-grow-up-with-nature-as-their-living-room.md) - This family live in their self-built home in the middle of a community they've set up in the Black Forest. Here they talk about the benefits of communal living
- [5 Benefits to Barefoot Living](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/5-benefits-to-barefoot-living.md) - When was the last time your children went barefoot outside? When was the last time you did?
- [This One Thing Helped me be a More Joyful Mum This Week](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/this-one-thing-helped-me-be-a-more-joyful-mum-this-week.md) - Finishing the non fiction longlist, learning about teeth, reinforcing the delights of respectful parenting, watching TV and going out on a date!
- [14 Things to Do in April](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/14-things-to-do-in-april.md) - From funny (and gentle) April Fools pranks to egg hunts and witchy folk tradition, this month is full of mischief, adventure and exploration
- [My Favourite Sex Ed Books for Kids](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/my-favourite-sex-ed-books-for-kids.md) - How to make your own healing balm, what I did to celebrate the Equinox and the Viking Age seen through the eyes of women, and children
- [New Creativity Issue Out Today!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/new-creativity-issue-out-today.md) - I'm so excited to announce our latest edition of the magazine, which has just been released - it's all about creativity, and education
- [Enjoy Years of Outdoor Play with the tickit Whizz Balance Bike](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/enjoy-years-of-outdoor-play-with-the-tickit-whizz-balance-bike.md) - Introducing the NEW tickit Whizz Bike: Sustainable outdoor play for tomorrow's adventurers
- [15 Ways to Celebrate Spring Equinox](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/15-ways-to-celebrate-spring-equinox.md) - At Ostara, or the Spring Equinox, day and night are in perfect balance. Here are sixteen fun ways to celebrate the turning of the wheel of the year with your family
- [Make a Whole Home Ed Plan in 2 Minutes!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/make-a-whole-home-ed-plan-in-2-minutes.md) - 7 reasons to sea swim, full moon juice, reading prize-winning non-fiction, a super quick learning tool and the joy of friendship
- [Building Community in the South of France](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/building-community-in-the-south-of-france.md) - How one family uprooted their lives in the UK and moved to the South of France to discover lazy weekends in the mountains and delicious food from the markets
- [Sacred Sunday: Cacao Helps me be a Better Mother](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/sacred-sunday-cacao-helps-me-be-a-better-mother.md) - Plant medicine has helped me be a more present mother, to slow down, and to be more compassionate with myself
- [Trouble with Communication? Try This Simple Tool](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/trouble-with-communication-try-this-simple-tool.md) - A tool to help you and your partner understand one another better, listening to bird song and cooking pancakes over an open fire
- [“I’m tired of having my requests ignored by my teenage son!”](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/im-tired-of-having-my-requests-ignored-by-my-teenage-son.md) - 7 ways to deepen your connection with your teenager and encourage cooperation even when you're frustrated
- [Drum and Birth](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/drum-and-birth.md) - How the sacred art of drumming can ease a woman through labour and birth with reduced pain and anxiety
- [Sleepless Nights? Ugh! How to Get a Better Night Tonight!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/sleepless-nights-ugh-how-to-get-a-better-night-tonight.md) - Reading books about displaced kids, getting up high at Kew Gardens and seven super simple ways to ensure better sleep
- [13 Things To Do With Your Family in March](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/13-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-march.md) - March, they say, comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb. There might not be any big cats in our fields, but there are plenty of little fluffy creatures to cuddle this month
- [Sacred Sunday: Try Forest Bathing!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/sacred-sunday-try-forest-bathing.md) - Forest Bathing has huge benefits on our nervous systems, reduces stress and helps with depression. It lowers blood pressure and can enhance quality of life
- [Try This Super Simple Stress Relief Tip](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/try-this-super-simple-stress-relief-tip.md) - Reading loads of non-fiction, making massage balls from cabbage (!) and pretending to be paleontologists. Oh and an easy way to ease fear, for kids
- [How to Keep the Passion Alive After Babies](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/how-to-keep-the-passion-alive-after-babies.md) - Barely find time to shower, let alone have a a long conservation with your partner? Join the club! Here 2 relationship experts share their gold
- [Try out the latest e-bikes for you and your family at the Cycling Electric Demo Day](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/try-out-the-latest-e-bikes-for-you-and-your-family-at-the-cycling-electric-demo-day-2.md) - Cycling Electric, the magazine dedicated to e-bikes, is delighted to share an exclusive offer for The Green Parent readers.
- [Sacred Sunday: How to Create Deeper Intimacy](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/sacred-sunday-how-to-create-deeper-intimacy.md) - Try these 8 dates to move from disconnected and despairing to deep communication and connection
- [25 Cool Things to do in 2025](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/25-cool-things-to-do-in-2025.md) - Here's our pick of the best things happening for families across the whole of the UK this year - use this list to create your own adventures!
- [New Adventure Edition Out Now!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/new-adventure-edition-out-now.md) - This issue is a treasure trove of ideas to break free from the daily routine and reconnect with the world around you
- [Nature-Inspired, Future-Focused: The Bugaboo Fox 5 Renew](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/nature-inspired-future-focused-the-bugaboo-fox-5-renew.md) - Meet the pushchair designed to tread lightly on the earth while providing unparalleled comfort
- [This One Thing Will Change Your Life](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/this-one-thing-will-change-your-life.md) - Yoga with goats, my favourite cake recipe, new board games and reading books about loss and addiction
- [What to Spot on an Early Spring Nature Walk](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/what-to-spot-on-an-early-spring-nature-walk.md) - How badgers leave love letters to attract a mate, why the bumblebee is the first sign of spring and how to identify trees by their twigs
- [What Happened When I Trusted the Natural Learning Process](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/what-happened-when-i-trusted-the-natural-learning-process.md) - I've a new theme for February, the best gluten-free banana bread, a wild spa to myself and honouring the memory of my mum
- [6 Magical Ways to Bring Creativity into Every Season](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/6-magical-ways-to-bring-creativity-into-every-season.md) - Making makes you feel good, right?! Follow this year long plan to boost your serotonin levels and help you to find joy throughout the year
- [How I Failed at a Challenge, and What I Learnt from It](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/how-i-failed-at-a-challenge-and-what-i-learnt-from-it-2.md) - Songs to honour Brigid, a woman who lives with hares, floating for relaxation and bringing history to life
- [Sacred Sunday: Running as Meditation](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/sacred-sunday-run.md) - How to use your morning run as a chance to practice mindfulness, and focus on relaxation and increased happiness, plus 5 ways to get started with ChiRunning
- [3 Ways to Prioritise Rest in Your Life](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/3-ways-to-prioritise-rest-in-your-life.md) - Our worth is measured not by the beauty of our beings and depth of our hearts, but by what we produce. Find out how to make deep rest a non-negotiable
- [Eight Things to do With Your Family in February](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/eight-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-february.md) - Find half-term inspiration; gentle indoor festivals and history experiences. Get ideas for celebrating Imbolc with your family and much more inside this month's round up
- [How to Celebrate Imbolc with Your Children](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/how-to-celebrate-imbolc-with-your-children.md) - This Imbolc, set an intention for change - what do you want to create in the coming year?
- [The Surprising Benefits of Wild Sauna](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/the-surprising-benefits-of-wild-sauna.md) - Blessing apple trees, creating community, making vegan haggis and indulging in the joy of sauna in the woods
- [Celtic Tree Ogham: Rowan](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/celtic-tree-ogham-rowan.md) - Those born under the Celtic tree sign of Rowan (21 Jan to 17 Feb) are considered to be thinkers and visionaries
- [How to Nourish Yourself this Winter Using Traditional Chinese Medicine](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/how-to-nourish-yourself-this-winter-using-traditional-chinese-medicine.md) - How to look after yourself and your little ones using five element theory this winter time, plus how to nourish the water element
- [Sacred Sunday: How to Make Meditation a Habit](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/sacred-sunday-how-to-make-meditation-a-habit.md) - Mindfulness gives us greater self-control and self-awareness - useful parenting tools!
- [How I Switch up Home Education on my Period](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/how-i-manage-home-education-when-im-on-my-period.md) - Reading debut novels, learning maths through playing board games, trying a language class and how my daughter and I share a love of maps
- [What are the Benefits of Playing Board Games as a Family?](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/what-are-the-benefits-of-playing-board-games-as-a-family-2.md) - Building memories, creating family traditions, boosting social skills, improving numeracy and literacy and other great things about a regular games night
- [Why We Need Deep Rest](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/why-we-need-deep-rest.md) - Most of us are giving more than we’ve ever given and resting less than we ever have and it isn’t sustainable
- [Raising Boys with Uju Asika](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/raising-boys-with-uju-asika.md) - What does it mean to raise good sons in a culture that can be restrictive and limiting when it comes to masculinity?
- [Sacred Sunday: How to Create a (Really) Mini Sanctuary](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/sacred-sunday-3.md) - One of the quickest and most effective ways to create space amidst the hustle and bustle of family life is by using our breath
- [These 9 Resources Make Me a Better Parent](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/these-9-resources-make-me-a-better-parent.md) - Staying cosy on outdoor adventures, finishing a magazine and discovering what things I need to be able to parent with compassion
- [Winter Babywearing: Staying Snug in a Sling](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/winter-babywearing-staying-snug-in-a-sling.md) - Babywearing is the perfect way to make the most of all the benefits being outdoors can bring – whatever the weather might send our way
- [Sacred Sunday: 6 Ways to Quieten an Overactive Mind](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/sacred-sunday-6-ways-to-quieten-an-overactive-mind.md) - Do you ever find yourself awake at 4am, unable to get back to sleep? Here are some tried and tested techniques to help ease you back into slumber
- [What Our Home Education Plan Looks Like for 2025](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/what-our-home-education-plan-looks-like-for-2025-2.md) - Vegan Epiphany cake, best family board games, how to say hello in Burmese and celebrating women walkers
- [5 Ways to Get Active with Kids](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/5-ways-to-get-active-with-kids-2.md) - Keeping fit and active is far better when integrated into our daily activities, rather than as an additional thing on our to-do list. Here's 5 ways to have fun and move more!
- [8 Ways to Put Joy into January!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/8-ways-to-put-joy-into-january.md) - Try a month of not spending, moving more and eating seasonal food to help you feel more positive as you start 2025
- [10 Ways to Celebrate New Year with Your Family](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/10-ways-to-celebrate-new-year-with-your-family.md) - Plant winter-sown seeds, sketch your dreams for the year ahead and go on a night-time walk to celebrate as we enter 2025
- [Sacred Sunday: The Art of Stillness](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/sacred-sunday-2.md) - For mental wellness, finding stillness is important in our noisy world
- [17 Things To Do With Your Family In January](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/17-things-to-do-with-your-family-in-january.md) - January is a time to set intentions make fresh resolutions. It's a time to relish frugality and plan for the year ahead
- [5 Tools for Peaceful Parenting](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/5-tools-for-peaceful-parenting.md) - Apply these tools to your relationship with your child to contribute in a small way to creating the more peaceful world we all seek
- [Sacred Sunday: Start a Local Gift Economy](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/sacred-sunday-start-a-local-gift-economy.md) - At this time of year the emphasis can be on consumerism and stuff. But what if we changed things up and made it a time of sharing, instead?
- [What Happened When we Met Father Christmas](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/what-happened-when-we-met-father-christmas.md) - Planning our festive feast, singing tree songs, making lanterns and listening to old folktales
- [How to Celebrate Solstice with Your Family](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/how-to-celebrate-solstice-with-your-family.md) - The Solstice is an opportunity in our busy lives to put aside some time to pause, to appreciate the stillness and rest that is the gift of midwinter
- [Get Witchy this Christmas](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/get-witchy-this-christmas.md) - We know instinctively that we should be connecting with the earth but where do we start? Here are a few ways to embrace your witchy side this festive season
- [Build Your Village](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/build-your-village.md) - Early parenthood can be an isolating time. Here are 7 ways to find friends as a new parent. Good luck!
- [How Horse Magic Transformed My Daughter's Fears](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/how-horse-magic-transformed-my-daughters-fears.md) - Crafting Christmas goodies, reading memoirs, discovering power-packed roots and being wowed by a young photographer
- [9 Ways to Celebrate Winter Solstice](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/9-ways-to-celebrate-winter-solstice.md) - The Winter Solstice or Yule is an opportunity to appreciate the natural world, to fill our homes with candles, friends, laughter, food and warm fires
- [Respectful Parenting Lights Up My World!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/respectful-parenting-lights-up-my-world.md) - How compassion rather than control can radically alter your relationship with your child. Winner of a Highly Commended Prize in our 2024 Writing Competition
- [Presence, not Presents!](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/presence-not-presents-2.md) - When children don't get enough attention they feel disconnected - here are 7 ways to a less-stress, more-joy festive season
- [Don’t Hunker Down for Winter](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/featured/dont-hunker-down-for-winter.md) - The amount of time our children spend outdoors dramatically falls in the winter months but research shows it's important for mental and physical health
- [When was the Last Time you Deeply Rested?](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/when-was-the-last-time-you-deeply-rested.md) - It's been a week of outdoor play, discovering the medicine of the majestic elm tree and reading sliding door books!
- [5 Simple Rituals to Tap into Your Innate Power](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/5-simple-rituals-to-tap-into-your-innate-power.md) - Explore the magic of the month with spells, rituals, recipes and ideas to make the most of the changing season
- [Raising Teens to Thrive](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/raising-teens-to-thrive.md) - Nettie Gallagher writes about the subtle art of letting go as teenagers grow in this piece that won Highly Commended in our 2024 Writing Competition
- [How to do Christmas on a Budget](https://thegreenparent.co.uk/how-to-do-christmas-on-a-budget.md) - Christmas on a budget doesn’t have to be austere: with a little imagination and creativity it can actually help you focus on what matters to you

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