This is quite a broad category, so we’ve broken it down into a number of sub-categories. Arts, Celebrations and Rituals play a central role in our Community culture, and here you’ll find stories that concern these activities.
On 9th August 2014, during the early morning meditation, the original lampshade in the main Park Sanctuary fell down and broke at 6.45 am. Those present at the time reflected later on the event, noting
This compilation of the week long event to honour the 50th Birthday of the Community is my contribution to these celebrations and to my Community. You can enjoy more of my films on my YouTube
I compiled this slideshow for an extended members council meeting for the 58th birthday of the Community on 17th November 2020. This video shows faces of our Community through the decades, a wonderful moving picture
November 17th 2022 was filled with celebrations on all levels. In this story we cover the Bubbly&Cake event where the winners of the 60th Birthday Quiz were announced followed by the Grand Sharing in the
I worked on transforming the doors into the auditorium from the unfinished plywood state to the good looking doors with elm framing and mock leather panels. It was certainly hard work as the doors have
Many were inspired by the beautiful mosaic Caroline Shaw so expertly brought into being in 2020 outside the Universal Hall, organising a team of (mostly) volunteers and galvanising Craig Gibsone into rebuilding the Park pottery.
The following is a collection of articles published in July and August 2020 in the Rainbow Bridge, our weekly NFA Community Newsletter. They describe the progress of our 'lockdown project' to complete another aspect of
The Universal Hall is an iconic building at the heart of The Park Ecovillage, and was a formative element at a time when the Community expanded exponentially in the early 1970s. Similar to the Matrimadir
In 1982 we decided to complete the Universal Hall, as Vance Martin had managed to get the third World Wilderness Congress 1983 booked. This meant not only completing the Building but turning it from a
Our wedding was the last major event in the Universal Hall for over 2 years. On 14th March 2020, on the eve of the Covid Pandemic, many guests sent their apologies, and we had to
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Born in Dundee, Scotland I worked in England as a nuclear physicist, then as a telecommunications manager. After retiring, I trained as an interfaith minister and storyteller and came to Findhorn.
