About Us

Our Ethos

At Green Shoots, we value creating a wholesome, woodland experience where participants play, explore and thrive. We enable participants to develop an inquisitive and positive relationship with the natural world and with others with whom they share it.

We believe in this process being centred around the participant and their choices, in a long term program of regular sessions. 

Concurrent sessions will enable participants the freedom to discover, play, explore and learn. They will succeed and develop confidence as well as self-esteem, through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland environment.

We follow, and highly value, the 6 principles of Forest School, as set out by the Forest School Association:

1. Forest School is a long-term process of regular sessions, rather than one-off or infrequent visits; the cycle of planning, observation, adaptation and review links each session.
2. Forest School takes place in a woodland or natural environment to support the development of a lifelong relationship between the learner and the natural world.
3. Forest School uses a range of learner-centred processes to create a community for being, development and learning.
4. Forest School aims to promote the holistic development of all involved, fostering resilient, confident, independent and creative learners.
5. Forest School offers learners the opportunity to take supported risks appropriate to the environment and to themselves.
6. Forest School is run by qualified Forest School practitioners, who continuously maintain and develop their professional practice.

Visit the Forest School Association website here for more information on Forest School:

What is Forest School?