Facilitator. Educator. Bog Witch.Author.
FOREST SCHOOL LEADER. NATURE FACILITATOR. SPACE-HOLDER. AUTHOR. LONDON
“All I want in this life is more people outside and in touch with their bodies, discovering how the world is full of awe, wonder and play.”
I am a facilitator, educator, and space-holder dedicated to guiding children to discover and adults to restore their sense of awe and wonder. Drawing from a diverse background in community engagement, environmental advocacy, and Forest School leadership, I have spent years addressing nature access and hosting eco-creative workshops across London and beyond.
ABOUT ESMÉ
A BELIEF
"The pause in life where you allow those moments to notice. The moment the wind whispers through willow leaves, a bumblebee frantically buzzing from flower to flower, or upturning a log to find a whole ecosystem living their own miniature life. How often do we allow?"
Staying curious is deeply rooted in our connection to this earth and beyond. This is what drives every session, every circle, every wild adventure I hold space for.
LEVEL 3 FOREST SCHOOL LEADER
EXPERIENCE & CREDENTIALS
LEVEL 3 BUSHCRAFT
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PUBLISHED AUTHOR
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HER PRACTICE
Holding space for deep transformation.
Whether holding space for a child exploring the woods or an adult remembering how to breathe and connect, I create a container for deep transformation, somatic exploration, and joyful reclamation of the natural world — one dance, one walk, and one deep breath at a time.
"By weaving my own unique magic into these spaces, I create nurturing environments that bridge movement, nature connection, and community."
Today, my work focuses on facilitating intentional play containers, women's circles, and children's circles. Drawing from Forest School practice, 5Rhythms somatic movement, and years of eco-creative facilitation — every space I hold is designed to bring people back to themselves and to the living world around them.
MOVEMENT & SOMATICS
The body as the first nature.
Alongside my outdoor education practice, I hold a dedicated personal practice in 5Rhythms movement — a somatic movement meditation developed by Gabrielle Roth that uses the rhythms of the natural world as a map for moving through life.
This practice fuels my passion for deepening our somatic relationship with both our inner and outer nature. The body knows things the mind forgets. Getting outside, getting moving, and getting present are not separate practices — they are one.
This thread runs through everything I do: the way I hold a forest school session, the way I open a women's circle, the way I design a corporate nature day. It is always an invitation back into the body, back into the senses, back into the wild self.
WAYS OF THE WILD
Nature access for everyone.
In 2022 Esmé co-founded Ways of the Wild — a London initiative dedicated to reconnecting city dwellers with nature through events, workshops, and community building.
The project addressed something Esmé had witnessed throughout her work: that access to green space, outdoor education, and nature connection is deeply unequal in urban environments. Ways of the Wild set out to change that — one London park, one community workshop, one wild gathering at a time.
"The wild should belong to everyone — not just people who grew up near it."
Running from 2022 to 2025, Ways of the Wild built a community of London city dwellers discovering — many for the first time — what it feels like to be genuinely outside.
WORK WITH ESMÉ
Find your path in.
Every strand of Esmé's work flows from the same root — a deep belief that nature is where we come alive. Choose the path that's calling you.
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For children & schools
Forest School sessions, bushcraft, and author visits that give children the gift of genuine outdoor discovery — in London and beyond.
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For women & community
Filth & Feral events, eco-somatic circles, foraging journeys, and natural crafts. A space to get feral, get grounded, and come home.
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For teams & organisations
Nature-based team experiences that restore focus, build genuine connection, and send people back to work feeling human again.
BACKGROUND
A decade of doing the work.
Esmé's experience spans forest school leadership, festival sustainability, film production, eco-storytelling, community building, and published authorship.
FEB 2024 – DEC 2025
Forest School Leader
The Butterfly Patch Nurseries
SEP 2022 – FEB 2025
Co-Founder
Ways of the Wild — reconnecting city dwellers with nature through London events and workshops
APR 2023 – FEB 2024
Forest School Leader
Down in the Woods (Freelance)
JUL 2023
Published Author & Literacy Performer
Through the Eyes of a Tree — performed at Grundschule Pfeuferstraße, Munich
OCT 2020 – FEB 2024
Forest Educator
Little Forest Folk
JAN 2021 – JUL 2021
Sustainability Coordinator
Netflix — Albert scheme 3★ green production
JUL 2021
Sustainability Advisor
Festival Republic — Wilderness Festival
JUN 2019 – OCT 2019
Sustainability Coordinator
Marvel Entertainment — Black Widow
SEP 2020 – DEC 2022
Event Manager
Enviro-mental Matters — eco-storytelling and creative workshops for children's wellbeing
DEC 2018
Event Manager
WWF — Wrapped in Plastic campaign event
"One dance, one walk, and one deep breath at a time."
Whatever brought you here — curiosity, a child who needs the woods, a team that needs restoring, or a woman who needs to get a little feral — there's a place for you in Esmé's world.
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