Get your recommended weekly dose of nature! Urban Wild: 52 Ways to Find Wildness on Your Doorstep by Helen Rook. Her book is a collection of activities designed to deepen your connection with the natural world - especially if you live in a town or city. It features 52 practical ways to discover the beauty of nature where you live. Embrace and experience all four seasons - winter, spring, summer and autumn - and their distinct changes. Activities are organized monthly from January to December. Awaken and engage your senses with meaningful, family-friendly activities. Projects are arranged neatly with step-by-step instructions and beautiful photography. Every week offers a new way to tap into nature. These include creative, culinary, herbal, and mindful activities. Learn new skills and knowledge while developing a passion for the outdoors. The benefits include improved health and well-being. See excerpts and the complete table of contents below. Bloomsbury Publishing released this 224-page hardcover on April 19, 2022. Get your copy below!
CONTENTS
The planting of the seed
A note on safety
January
Take a tree shower
Sounds of nature
Landscape navigation
Wild potpourri
February
Micro-pilgrimage
Valentines for the birds
Animal tracking
Home spa facial
March
Be out in a storm (or at least watch one)
Make a spring flower bouquet
Plant a nectar bar
Eat wild spring pesto
Spring wild weather activity:
Homemade reed diffusers
April
Plant something and watch it grow
Watch for the first swallows
Make nettle cordial
Foraged pakoras
May
Make daisy oil
Sleep in a hammock
Make a natural gratitude journal
Honour your feet
June
Make rose petal gin
Make elder flower champagne
Afternoon tea ceremony
Find a sit spot
Summer wild weather activity:
Make herbal gin bags
July
Get to water
Make mojito jellies
Savour a plant
Cloud watching
August
Go camping
Look at the stars
Sit by a fire
Swim in the sea
September
Wild herbal balms
Bountiful berries and the art of eating mindfully
Wild mocktails
Rose hip vinegar
Autumn wild weather activity:
Make a plaster print
October
Wild berry jelly
Make a bulb lasagna
Autumn light photography
Carve a pumpkin
November
Make something and burn it
Scrumped apple pies
Go on a night walk
Plant a tree (even indoors)
December
Christmas wreath walk
Bake bread on a skillet
See a sunrise
Know when enough is enough
Winter wild weather activity:
Make an ice globe
Some photos I took during a February walk.
Urban Wild: 52 Ways to Find Wildness on Your Doorstep ISBN-13 : 978-1472990969 is available worldwide at Bloomsbury Publishing. They have generously offered to giveaway a copy! One winner will be selected at random. Open until March 11, 2023. Canadian and US addresses only. Good luck!
This book looks fabulous just by the cover alone. It looks like there is a great variety within it.
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Such an inspiring book with a ton of ideas.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way to appreciate and celebrate nature
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazing book!! Lots of amazing ideas to celebrate each month :)
ReplyDelete📚 Sounds like a really awesome book. 📚
ReplyDeleteThis would be such a great family reference.
ReplyDeleteWow this is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSuch an amazing book! I would love to read this one because I love nature.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know the whole pumpkin can be used in soup. Have you tried this?
ReplyDeleteHi Bethany, For optimum flavor it's best to use a Sugar Pie Pumpkin. I have a can of unsweetened pumpkin puree I'm going to use to make this soup.
DeleteI love nature! I'm intrigued about all the recipes and crafts.
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