The Hidden Life of Trees

"But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream”. - Jeremiah 17:7

Researchers see and hear trees communicating, helping and supporting each other via root systems and fungi. How can the trees help us deepen our prayer life and our own support systems? Come and spend time in the beauty of autumn at Pleshey, discovering together, how we can experience some of the underlying connectedness of all things in God’s creation and being open to God’s wild hospitality. There will be a mixture of learning, sharing, silence and walking amongst the trees.

Rev’ Brigid Main was chaplain to the chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall , Bradwell-on-Sea and retired in 2019. She was ordained in 1999 and before that worked as a Speech and Language therapist specialising in voice work. From 2003-2012 she was Associate Priest at Holy Trinity Pleshey and led the training of Pastoral Assistants in the diocese, whilst her husband Laurie was House Manager at the Retreat House. She now enjoys enabling others in their spirituality and leading retreats around nature and Celtic Spirituality.