Kate is Features Writer at The Green Parent magazine and author of many books, including her latest (and first work of fiction) - The Wayward Sisters.
It's a time for doing; harvesting apples, mushrooming, lighting Samhain fires and preparing for winter. Find ideas to fill your half-term and illuminate darker nights; eco-friendly Halloween costumes, welcoming simmer pots, Diwali crafts, raves for Deaf families and sparkling light festivals.
Is this the most quietly radical mainstream festival in the UK? We head to Wales with two teens in tow to find out. By Kate Hodges. Photographs: Jeff Pitcher.
September days are where the heat of summer meets the cool of autumn. Head out to forage a bumper crop of wild fruit and nuts, make a leafy Green Man for Mabon, transition to school with silly jokes and delicious packed lunches, and find joy in watching the pennies at the Festival of Thrift!
The summer holidays are waiting to be filled. Cuddle giant, light-filled cats in Manchester, ritually bake lammas bread and more!
From free festivals to wild strawberry picking, worm charming, snail racing and creating a botanic garden, there's so much to get stuck into!
Chewing gum from birch sap, beech leaf salad, tree-hugger Peter Wohlleben shares his favourite nature secrets
