Learning Together Outdoors

How we run our days, and why we do it this way

6 children form a pyramid in the woods

Food Chain Pyramid Game

We didn’t start this community because we wanted to run a programme.

We started it because something felt missing.

Children (and adults) are spending more time indoors, more time being managed, assessed, hurried, and less time doing the things humans have always done best: moving, noticing, building, wondering, resting, taking small risks, being part of a group that cares.

Outdoor learning, for us, isn’t a trend or a timetable slot.
It’s a response.

A response to overwhelm.
To pressure.
To systems that often forget that learning is relational, physical, emotional and deeply human.

We exist to create space — real space, outdoors — where people can slow down, feel safe enough to be curious, and grow in ways that aren’t always measurable but are profoundly felt.

We believe:

  • Children learn best when they feel safe, seen and trusted

  • Nature is not a “resource” but a relationship

  • Community care is as important as individual achievement

  • Learning happens through play, movement, conversation and shared experience

This community exists to hold all of that — gently, responsibly, and with intention.

Not perfectly. But thoughtfully.

Gina Lundy

Photography, research, education

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