Maria Matthews

Hi. My name is Maria, and I am the owner of Mini First Aid Nottingham and Derby. We offer basic and life saving first aid training for the whole family – parents, grandparents, and anyone who spends time with children. We also teach children, from the age of 3, to empower them with those life …

Ben Groombridge

I’m Fran’s husband and have been a part of  the Boots and Brambles team for a few years now. I’m the Yin to her Yang – the organised to her hoarding, the methodical to her chaos! You may have seen me around the Boots and Brambles Base Camp, organising, tidying and building or attending sessions …

Richard Arkwright

My name is Richard. I am a HCPC registered dramatherapist & environmental arts therapist, working mainly with looked-after children & their families. For the last 25 years, I have also managed an inner-city Community Orchard, supporting people of all ages & backgrounds to relax, play, learn & find their place there. I am a good …

Isabel Greed

I’m Isabel, a yoga teacher of five years and qualified Well Woman Yoga Therapy practitioner and Yoga Nidra Facilitator. I’ve been offering women’s circles for 3 years and find them to be a wonderful nurturing space. I first connected with Zephyr’s when blogging about my own three miscarriages during babyloss week a couple of years …

Martin Sommerville

So, I’m Zephyr’s dad. My partner Carly, and I, dreamed up the idea for this place on the first sunny spring day after our first boy was stillborn: A non-clinical, creative and nurturing place for bereaved people. It seemed like a slightly crazy, but necessary thing to imagine something we needed too. Though, we had …

Fran Groombridge

I’m Fran –  founder of Boots & Brambles Forest School and mum to my own tribe of wildlings. If I had to describe myself in three words I’d say I’m creative, passionate and teensy bit chaotic! Six years ago we discovered that our third baby was in fact our third and fourth babies – identical …

Alison Broughton

I have been a nature nerd for as long as I can remember and when I qualified as a counselling therapist I knew I wanted to help support and nourish my clients alongside the healing power and beauty that nature offers. The wealth of scientific studies and research evidences the vast array of benefits of …

Hannah Malhotra

Hannah has been teaching yoga for over twenty years, specialising in women’s health. She has worked with many women who have experienced losses in pregnancy and loss of children, and aims to support through calming, restful yoga techniques which reduce anxiety and support wellbeing, and by offering space for processing and sharing difficult emotions.