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Cover of The Green Parent autumn issue on a bed of fallen autumn leaves

October 27, 2026 by thegreenparent in alternative education

🍂 Leaf Through Our Autumn edition out now

Issue 131 is here, and this autumn we're talking about trust. Trust in your own parenting instincts, and trust in your children to find their own way.

Seren Hawley-Plows sitting in the sunshine in front of a fallen, moss-covered tree trunk

October 23, 2026 in nature education

Raising Wild Children

A sleepy girl with curly hair reaching out from under a grey duvet to switch off an alarm clock on her bedside table

October 23, 2026 in wellbeing

Fall Back, Sleep Tight: 7 Tips for Children When the Clocks Change

A smiling girl in a green cardigan stretches up to pick an apple from a laden tree in an autumn orchard

October 19, 2026 in seasonal celebration

Apple of My Eye

October 15, 2026 in nature

Over the Moon: Where to See the Stars This Half-Term

Illustration of crows flying across an orange sky, by Rachel Hudson

Members October 5, 2026 in nature education

The Crow Woman

Child playing with colourful tangram pieces and pattern cards

Members October 2, 2026 in alternative education

The Art of Strewing: Inspiring Home-Educated Children Without the Hard Sell

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Three young children gathered around a small log table with a basket of pine cones and chestnut cases in a wooden outdoor play area

October 27, 2026 by thegreenparent in toddler

How a Toddler Convinced Me to Build a Forest Preschool

A shy two-year-old, plenty of puddles and the slow growth of confidence: how one childminder found her calling in the woods. A taste of our autumn issue.

Woman with closed eyes holding up a dropper bottle of skincare oil against a blue sky

October 26, 2026 by thegreenparent in natural beauty

Meet the Natural Beauty Awards winners - Natural Zest Skincare

Registered nurse Amanda Grindrod swapped water for nutrient-rich botanicals to create skincare for dry, sensitive and mature skin

A sweet potato and chickpea quiche on a rustic table beside a pear and walnut loaf cake held against golden autumn leaves

October 22, 2026 by thegreenparent in recipes

Thursday Recipe: Gluten-Free Quiche and Cake

A golden sweet potato quiche with a quinoa crust, and a loaf cake with whole pears baked inside.

A bottle of Douvall's Skin High wrinkle rehab serum lying on a lilac background with the shadow of gypsophila flowers

October 21, 2026 by thegreenparent in natural beauty

Meet the Natural Beauty Awards winners - Douvall's

Mother and daughter Alicia and Georgia Douvall built a women-led beauty brand around fairly sourced Moroccan argan oil

Pale mushrooms growing in the grass beside an old weathered gravestone

October 20, 2026 by thegreenparent in Halloween

Wood You Dare? Six Halloween Horrors Hiding in the Trees

Skip the haunted house this half-term. The spookiest sights are in your local wood, and the scariest of them are quietly keeping it alive.

A mother lifting her baby up high in a sunlit living room, light streaming through the curtains

October 18, 2026 by thegreenparent in baby

The Greenest Nappy is One that Never Existed

What a young mother in Nicaragua taught Michelle D. Swaney about potty training, and why the greenest nappy is the one you never use. A taste of our autumn issue.