Wild Walks : Wheel Around the Sun : BELTANE

Our [Wild Walks: “Wheel/Circle around the Sun”] series at Edgelands offers unique cultural tours in the wilds of our home island of Gigha. Join us as we celebrate our beautiful island landscapes throughout the Celtic Year; from Yule, Ostara, Litha and Mabon to a myriad of harvest festivals in-between.

Our Walking tours are interwoven with gentle and mindful, multisensory storytelling, outdoor eats and creative activities that will invite you to fully immerse yourself in the rhythms of the season through encounters with the unique plant life of Gigha.

This April we are welciming ::

Learn - of the rich oral histories, and rituals associated with the Venerable Equinox and the spring festivals of Ostara & Alban Eiler as we encounter and introduce you to seasonally and culturally significant plants and touch upon the geology, geography and agrarian histories of Gigha. 

Learn from the Land through the lens of Gaelic language as we teach you how to form safe, respectful and reciprocal relationships with the plants you encounter as well as find out more about each plant’s unique teachings and gifts; from the medicinal and technological to the edible. 

Weather —- in this place or – in this place – our spring walks are full of opportunities for —- quiet space for — as we guide you through mindful, sensory activities, 

Our springtime routes boast  breathtaking bluebell filled moorland, hill Lochs and scrub woodlands abundant in wild-life; from burrowing bees, vibrant mosses & lichens and migratory birds to ---- and glimpses eagles ----. Hilltop panoramic view of Jura, the and Kintyre Peninsula. 

And finally, gather to enjoy each other's company as we share a light lunch, featuring home grown, locally sourced and hand harvested wild produce and drinks!