Nature
Getting Outside and Back to Yourself
We often think of nature as something “out there” — a place we visit when we have time. But we forget: we’re part of it too.
Time in nature has a remarkable effect on our bodies and minds. It calms the nervous system, lowers blood pressure, eases anxiety, and gently lifts low moods. It sparks creativity, deepens focus, and offers a kind of quiet that’s hard to find elsewhere. Even a few minutes can make a difference.
But beyond the science, nature reminds us of rhythm. Of slowness. Of cycles and seasons and change. It offers something bigger than us, but never asks us to be anything other than what we are.
Whether you’re walking through woods, sitting on a patch of grass, or simply looking out of a window, this pathway is here to help you rediscover how nature can support your emotional well-being — not as a luxury, but as something essential.
Culture Therapy
The Books, Films and Podcasts That Made Us Fall Back in Love With the Outdoors
These are our hand-picked books, films, TV shows and podcasts on nature, the outdoors and the quiet power of the natural world — the ones we've loved, been moved by, and immediately wanted to share.
This month’s Culture Therapy Prescription will help you feel good this season. Discover the podcasts, books, websites, apps, events, and places that can connect you with more of what you need for better emotional and mental well-being.
As the seasons start to change, this week we're looking at ways to bring the great outdoors into our everyday lives.
The sea contains multitudes and it is exactly this complexity that keeps calling designer Sarah Robertson to it in moments of loss and need.
Guidebook
Places Worth Going Outside For
Hand-picked places where nature does the work — wild landscapes, green spaces, cold water, and the kind of quiet that's hard to find anywhere else.
Discover Zenaa Retreats, a welcoming, fad-free approach to yoga and wellness retreats in the UK and abroad. Designed for real life, these nourishing escapes blend movement, rest, great food and genuine connection. Perfect for beginners, solo travellers and the yoga curious.
Part of our wellbeing guide for life, IceBreakers offers men a welcoming space to step into nature, share conversation and find connection through cold water and simple weekly rituals.
An off-grid, award-winning eco steading near the Scottish Highlands. Burmieston offers screen-free stays, sauna, escape barn, retreats, local food and space to reconnect with nature and each other.
Seek out this farm in Somerset centered on learning and creativity, exchanging skills and ideas, while connecting you with the healing properties of nature. It’s truly a place to grow.
Glove Factory Studios in Bradford on Avon is a beautifully designed coworking space set in a restored Victorian glove factory. Home to a thriving community of creatives, freelancers, and entrepreneurs, it offers inspiring workspaces, events, and even a wild swimming pond.
Sherlock & Pages in Frome is an independent bookshop specializing in nature writing, conservation, and environmental sustainability. It serves as a magical (and a little mischievous) hub for those passionate about reconnecting with the natural world.
Explore 42 Acres, a 173-acre regenerative estate and nature reserve in Somerset offering transformative retreats and nature-based experiences. Swim in the lake, meditate in the treehouse, or nourish yourself with farm-to-table food grown on-site.
Discover a community of friendly and fun-loving women of all ages, backgrounds and fitness levels based in the UK. With Women Outdoors, founder Emma Winters has created an environment where you can be your authentic self, develop outdoor skills, connect with like-minded women and go home with a big smile on your face.
Discover the well-being benefits of a world-class botanical garden beloved by locals and visitors alike
We spoke with Karen Brazier about how Dorset’s FOLDE is connecting more people with nature and how this contributes to their, as well her own, wellbeing.
The sea contains multitudes and it is exactly this complexity that keeps calling designer Sarah Robertson to it in moments of loss and need.
Maybe the problem is less about who we are and how we escape and more about the walls we try to contain ourselves within.
We speak to Amber Rich, founder of The Little Retreat and The Big Retreat Festival about how she arrived at these projects, how wellness is now something that we all reach for, and her role as a curator of discovery and awe.
Neuroscientist Dr. Daya Grant discovers a sanctuary in Los Angeles for reflection and a moment of respite from it all.
A birdwatching collective founded by and for people of colour that’s as much about mental health, creativity, ecology and community as ornithology.
A plant shop in Portland that does it all just that little bit differently, from the plants they stock to how they think about the environment.
A garden and studio in Hackney promoting the well-being benefits of herbs and our connection with nature.
A London based not-for-profit bringing the therapeutic benefits of gardening to young people and changing who gets to garden one project at a time.
As we’re forced to head outside this winter, we’re looking to an open-air art museum for awe and wonder in a natural setting.
Beyond the best name for a store dedicated to cacti, Prick is making wider access to the greenery we all need part of its mission.
As many of us have realized how vital nature is to how we function in our worlds, places like Fforest have been holding that idea for a while for us.
In a moment when time is stretching out, Anthony Gormley’s “Iron Men” captures the wonder of shifting lives.
Is it too soon to start planning for a different year? The Good Life Experience is one festival that might get you back to enjoying everything that life has to offer.
Head to Pilea to choose a houseplant that won’t just brighten your room but also brighten your day.
Simon Hodgson writes about what wild swimming, pebbly stones notwithstanding, does for his sense of wellbeing.
Our Journal: On Nature and Getting Outside
Essays and ideas to help you feel a little more like yourself.
Think of our journal as a quiet corner of the internet dedicated to the big questions. We write honestly about how we’re figuring out what matters — and we regularly bring in other voices we admire, because the best ideas about direction rarely come from just one place.
Feeling overwhelmed by summer? Discover a gentler approach to nature, wellbeing, and slowing down. Explore simple ways to reconnect with the outdoors without turning it into another project.
Discover Scotland’s wild sauna movement through this wellbeing guide to outdoor saunas in St Andrews, Skye, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Cromarty, Fife and Aberdeen. From sea dips to wood-fired heat, explore the places helping people slow down, reconnect and experience Scotland differently.
Spending time in nature — even short daily walks — can ease winter blues, lift mood, and support wellbeing. Here’s why nature-connectedness matters most in darker months.
How I learned that tending a garden is like attending to my emotional wellbeing. Discover why gardening might just be the gentlest teacher of all and the life lessons it might hold for you.
Explore our guide to UK wellbeing destinations that get you outdoors, help you connect with others, and have more fun. Discover the places we seek out to feel good during the summer months.
Explore how connecting with nature can reduce stress and enhance your emotional wellness.
How can we broaden out what nature can be for us: the micro gestures that have us listening for bird songs to the bigger-ask ones that have us hiking up mountains? Discover more of nature’s wellbeing benefits.
We’re learning more about nature’s positive impacts on our emotional well-being and mental health. But how do you access its benefits in your everyday life? We have some ideas for you.
Discover Scotland’s wild sauna movement through this wellbeing guide to outdoor saunas in St Andrews, Skye, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Cromarty, Fife and Aberdeen. From sea dips to wood-fired heat, explore the places helping people slow down, reconnect and experience Scotland differently.