HIRE ME
Wild Workshop
Facilitator
Whether it's teaching a group of women to make fire, leading a foraging walk with families, or helping a community garden come alive with young people — what I'm always doing is the same thing: helping people remember what their bodies already know about being outside.
“The pause in life where you allow those moments to notice — the wind through willow leaves, a bumblebee buzzing from flower to flower, a whole ecosystem living under a log.”
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Primitive Skills
Fire-making, foraging, bushcraft — the knowledge that lives in the hands
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Play & Movement
Games, exploration, expressive play — the kind that wakes something up
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Arts & Crafts
Natural dyeing, felt-making, weaving — making things that come from the land
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Inclusive Facilitation
SEN-aware, all ages from 6 months to 18 — built so everyone genuinely belongs
A NOTE FROM ESMÉ
"Staying curious is deeply rooted in our connection to this earth — and to each other."
ORGANISATIONS & CHARITIES
Workshops that
wake something up.
Not a powerpoint presentation and a Q&A. Something people do with their hands — primitive skills, play, making — the kind of workshop that leaves people genuinely surprised by what they're capable of when someone creates real space for it.
I design and deliver bonding experiences that inspire, educate, and enliven — whether that's connecting your team to the land around your event space, or bringing something wild into a community gathering that needs a bit more life in it.
I've worked with National Trust, Father Nature, Ways of the Wild and Bali Wise — and I build every workshop around your organisation's people and goals, not a fixed format.
Spring Equinox Event for Ways of the Wild
FESTIVALS —
A tent, a table,
and a touch of magic.
A festival children's area needs more than face painting and a bouncy castle. Give me a space and access to the outside and I'll fill it with something genuinely enchanting — potions made from foraged plants and woodland finds, wands crafted from fallen branches and feathers, arts and crafts that feel wild rather than just keeping children occupied.
I've taught arts and crafts at festivals across the UK — the kind of activities that draw children in, hold them there, and send them home clutching something they made with their own hands from the earth around them. There's a reason children keep coming back to the table.
Wand Making at WarmUp Festival
YOUNG PEOPLE & COMMUNITY GARDENS
Fourteen years,
six months to eighteen.
I've spent over fourteen years working with young people in nurseries, schools, charities, community gardens, and one-to-one. Outdoor education, arts and crafts, bushcraft — in every setting and with every learning need you can imagine.
The endless and enviable imagination of young people must be nurtured. Creative, exploratory workshops are an essential part of their wellbeing and growth, and every session I run takes that seriously — not as an aspiration but as the actual design brief.
I run foraging workshops, bushcraft sessions, and nature play days that bond children with the plants around them and help adults remember how to look properly at a leaf.
Creative Story writing workshop for Ways of the Wild
WHAT I RUN
Workshops for
hands, bodies, and the wild.
Every workshop is adapted to the group, the location, and the season. These are the kinds of sessions I build from — if you've got something different in mind, I'm always interested in a conversation about it.
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Foraging walks
Identifying, tasting, and learning the stories of what grows wild — in parks, woodland edges, hedgerows, and riverbanks
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Bushcraft & primitive skills
Fire-making, cordage, shelter, knife skills — the knowledge that lives in the hands and builds genuine confidence
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Natural dyeing
Using plants, bark, and berries to colour cloth — slow, sensory, and always surprising
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Felt-making & textile crafts
Hands-on making with natural materials — wool, plants, found objects — that grounds people in their hands
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Wheel of the year
Seasonal ceremony and celebration — marking the rhythm of the year through story, craft, and gathering
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Sensory nature play
For young children from six months — mud, water, plants, creatures, and the kind of play that needs no explanation
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Potions & magic wands
Foraged plants, woodland finds, and fallen branches turned into something genuinely enchanting — festival arts and crafts with a wild and witchy edge
ALSO FOR ADULTS
I run adult-only workshops too — women's nature days, water-based movement and play, and guided wonder for grown-ups who've forgotten they're allowed to have it.
PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS
Some events I've made.
NATIONAL TRUST · MORDEN HALL
Water Body
Bonding with the River Wandle — connecting to the creatures and our own bodies through movement, play, and meditation alongside living water.
WOMEN'S GATHERING · FOREST
Filth & Feral
A group of women met in the forest to learn primitive skills, arts and crafts, and remember their wild. Fire, foraging, making, and each other.
WAYS OF THE WILD · WORKSHOP SERIES
Ways of the Wild
A series of craft workshops — felt cushion making, natural dyeing, the wheel of the year — woven through the seasons with the same community returning.
MENTAL HEALTH FUNDRAISER
Love. Free. Kind.
Raising money for two mental health charities — a full day of reiki, yoga, singing, and dancing, held together with care and intention.
WWF · ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
Wrapped in Plastic
An event raising awareness of plastic pollution — four guest speakers brought in to talk about real solutions, woven into a day that made people feel something about it.
HOW LONG & WHAT'S INCLUDED
Workshop formats
Every workshop is priced to include planning, delivery, and basic materials. Group size, specialist materials, travel outside London, and bespoke design work are discussed at enquiry — nothing hidden.
Full pricing breakdown available on request — or download the guide to share with your team or budget holder.
HALF DAY
3–4
HOURS ON SITE
Planning call included
Up to 30 participants
Basic materials included
Risk assessment included
DBS checked & insured
Ideal for taster sessions, community events, and festival slots
FESTIVAL DAY
4–6
HOURS ON SITE
Pre-event site call or visit
Setup & delivery included
Basic materials kit included
Risk assessment included
DBS checked & insured
Ideal for festival children's areas, sensory gardens, nature corners
FULL DAY
6–8
HOURS ON SITE
Discovery call + design
Up to 30 participants
Standard materials included
Risk assessment + debrief
DBS checked & insured
Ideal for schools, organisations, and full community days
BESPOKE
You
TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED
Discovery call + full design
Any group size discussed
Materials sourcing included
End-to-end delivery
Post-event debrief
Ideal for National Trust, charities, environmental organisations
YOUR GUIDE
Esmé Fay Finch —
workshop facilitator, space-holder, bog witch.
I didn't set out to run workshops. I set out to spend as much time in nature as possible — and somewhere along the way I noticed that when people gather in wild spaces, something extraordinary happens. The armour comes off. The performance stops. People arrive.
I bring a background in Forest School leadership, somatic movement (5Rhythms), eco-storytelling, and years of running community events across London. My practice is rooted in the belief that nature doesn't ask you to be anything other than what you are.
I co-founded Ways of the Wild to address unequal access to outdoor spaces in urban environments — because the wild should belong to everyone, not just people who grew up near it.
LET’S WORK TOGETHER
Ready to get
a little feral?
Tell me about the group, the space, and what you're hoping people leave with. I'll take it from there.
Private bookings are available for groups of 6 or more. I'll design something bespoke around your group, your interests, and your occasion.