Across cultures, winter is a season for turning inwards, taking stock of what has been learned, and trusting the unseen work happening beneath the surface. Christmas and New Year at 42 Acres reflects this ancient rhythm, with time to slow down, reflect on the year that has been, and tend to the relationships that will carry the team forward.
Gather around the fire in our oak forest glade, an ancient woodland that has offered sanctuary for 13 centuries, make something of the land with your hands, or build a living legacy in the landscape that will endure for decades to come. Come together around a long, shared table for a unique wild winter lunch featuring ingredients organically-grown and wild-foraged right here.
Your Day
For small local teams who want to celebrate differently, this is a chance to come together with other like-minded organisations and make your Christmas gathering part of something bigger.
10am: Everything at 42 begins with the land. We’re restoring ecosystems and discovering that, as we heal the land, we heal ourselves too. Gather around the fire, an elemental ritual as old as time. A welcome drink of mulled apple juice lands you in this time and place, these apples were grown just a few steps away. We’ll host a fireside experience designed to bring your team into deeper connection.
11am: Choose your Wild Experience for your team, designed to cultivate a deeper sense of belonging, both with each other and with the natural world.
Wild Winter Crafting: Settle beside a roaring fire and work with natural materials from the land, slowing down and making something together*
Future Orchard Grafting: Learn the ancient art of grafting and help create an apple orchard, an environmental contribution has a life well beyond the day itself*
1pm: Gather around a long, shared table for Wild Winter Lunch, served family-style and rooted in the land around you.
3pm: Head home feeling nourished and connected.
£95 per person
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*Future Orchard Grafting
Learn the ancient skill of grafting as your team creates a fledgling apple orchard. Take cuttings from our existing apple trees and graft them onto rootstock, creating dozens of young fruit trees.
This hands-on experience builds practical skills, encourages collaboration, and connects to food resilience. These trees will continue to grow, creating a living legacy for your team.
We invite you to name the orchard, adding it to our map and official records. You’re welcome to revisit to plant out your trees, and eventually picnic under their boughs.
Indoors & Outdoors, Moderate Effort
*Wild Winter Crafting
Try your hand at wild crafting by a roaring fire. Create a festive wreath to take home, or a winter nature crown to wear to your private dining experience.
We’ll provide beautiful winter materials foraged from the land, and guide you in creating something entirely your own. Work with nature, express your style, and see what emerges.
Crown yourselves for dinner in your wild creation – some turn out beautiful, some…quite ‘unexpected’, all uniquely yours. Or make a festive wreath and take a little piece of 42 Acres home with you.
Indoors, Light Effort
