Humble by Nature

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Come to the farm and learn something new:whether you have your heart set on starting a smallholding, or just fancy a day learning a new skill, we'll have the course for you. Smallholding & Animal Husbandry at Humble by Nature, Monmouthshire If you're thinking about getting animals or just want to experience a day on the farm then these courses are the place to start. Join the experts at Humble by Nature, a working farm and rural skills centre owned by broadcaster Kate Humble in Monmouthshire.

There’s an eco theme — Kate is something of a conservationist, after all — with a compostable loo (not smelly) and a shower that drenches you with water at the pull of a chain. Contemporary issues such as climate change and energy production are covered, with the Sky Stop near Belmont ferry featuring the tidal turbines hidden in Bluemull Sound, using energy from the ebb and flow of the tides which are caused by the moon. Each Sky Stop has a small distinctive Wild Sky panel, which starts with a sky-related Shetland saying. Some of our favourites are: This isn’t the first time that Kate has collaborated with Coed Cadw; over the last 15 years the charity has been involved in other planting initiatives at her 117ha farm, including providing trees and hedgerows as shelter belts on pastureland for grazing animals. The busy working farm is home to Humble by Nature, Kate’s thriving rural skills centre which offers a wide range of courses, events and holiday accommodation. Warman, Matt (24 July 2009). "Kate Humble: Interview". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved 30 July 2009. a b Jamieson, Alastair (3 October 2009). "Springwatch star Kate Humble appointed president of RSPB". www.telegraph.co.uk. London. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009 . Retrieved 7 May 2017.In November 2020 she was included in the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Power list 2020. [27] Personal life [ edit ] He has a lovely home in the Chilterns and it did make me laugh because he’s about as un-green fingered as you could be but he and his kids were growing veg last year. TV presenter Kate Humble used the Nature Networks project to plant hundreds of trees in two fields at her property in Monmouthshire, and explained her motivations, saying:

a b "Miranda Krestovnikoff becomes RSPB President". RSPB.org. 12 October 2013 . Retrieved 7 May 2017. Stay on the farm: choose from The Piggery, a family friendly cottage; or the Hayloft, a studio flat. Live availability and online bookingis available. Get 10% off course bookings while staying on the farm. After a hard day of hedge-laying with Tim, there’s nothing better than a twilight walk. Kate grabs the torch and night vision camera for a bit of badger and tawny owl spotting. Will the wildlife play ball? In February 2011, Humble presented a three-part series of programmes, The Spice Trail, on the trail of six of the world's most valuable spices revealing their history, trade, mythology and usage. [21] I’m not – and I can’t quite believe I’m saying that. We have a 4×6-metre, completely off-grid cabin in the woods on a lake in the middle of a deeply unfashionable bit of France, which I love.Food & Cookery Courses at Humble by Nature, Monmouthshire Great food and cookery courses to get your taste buds going! Discover wild food foraging, marmalade making or Danish bread. Holiday: You Call the Shots - Episode Guide". LocateTV. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016 . Retrieved 16 March 2011. I was a very bad student. I had a fantastic Latin teacher which did mean I did Latin A-Level but other than that my school career wasn't something to be proud of. [9]

Learn more about the woods on Kate's doorstep in the Wye valley, and her commitment to planting trees on her smallholding, in our Woodland Walks podcast. More than six hundred native broadleaf tree saplings have been planted in fields in Monmouthshire with help from the Wye Valley AONB’s Nature Networks Project and Coed Cadw, the Woodland Trust in Wales’, volunteers. Coed Cadw also contributed trees to the project. Katherine Mary Humble [1] (born 12 December 1968) [2] is an English television presenter and narrator, mainly working for the BBC, specialising in wildlife and science programmes. Humble served as president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) from 2009 until 2013. [3] [4] She is an ambassador for the UK walking charity Living Streets. [5] Early life and education [ edit ] It’s a very gentle programme in a beautiful place with inspiring people, lovely animals and nice food that’s really easy to cook… because I’m cooking it! Has Covid affected what you and husband Ludo Graham had planned? Rural Skills Courses at Humble by Nature, Monmouthshire Learn how to lay a hedge, build a dry stone wall, make your own pizza oven or lots more. These hands-on rural skills courses are great for learning traditional and some more modern skills. All of these courses have lots of hands-on practice. Join the experts at Humble by Nature, a working farm and…Full of the warmth and passion for the natural world that makes Kate such a sought after presenter, Humble By Nature is the story of two people prepared to follow their hearts and save a small part of Britain's farming heritage, whatever the consequences.

Arts & Crafts Experiences at Humble by Nature, Monmouthshire From print making towillow weaving, working with wool, raku pottery, or a day of yoga and connecting with nature, it's time to discover that creative streak! Join the experts at Humble by Nature, a working farm and rural skills centre owned by broadcaster Kate Humble in Monmouthshire. Humble's book, Thinking on My Feet: The small joy of putting one foot in front of another, was shortlisted for the 2019 Wainwright Prize. [26] From 2000 to 2005, she presented a BBC series called Rough Science, in which a number of scientists were set various challenges to be solved using basic tools and supplies. In 1990, Humble appeared for the first time as an actress in a TV production, Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming, and was credited as "Lauren Heston … The redhead". She was the assistant to a casting director who was looking for an actress to play a brief nude scene, and she got the job herself. [10] [11] You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be touched by Kate's enthusiasm for her new way of life' - Daily Mail

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Humble presented The Blue Planet Live! on the 2008 UK tour at Wembley Arena, St David's Hall in Cardiff and at Symphony Hall in Birmingham. [13] Mapstone, Lucy (15 August 2016). "Kate Humble amazed by response to admitting she never wanted children". walesonline . Retrieved 12 September 2017. Her BBC television series, The Hottest Place On Earth, is a record of a month spent living with the Afar people in Ethiopia's hostile Danakil Depression. [14]