Wild Workspaces: A work-away Residential Retreat
A 'work-away' with wild well-being as its root!
Wednesday 9th July- Friday 11th July 2025, Little Seed Field, North Yorkshire, UK
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Join the Where the Mind Grows team for 2.5 days working away in the wild. Aligning space for strategy with space for self. Weaving ideas and connections with a 'work-away' break from the norm!
About the Wild Workspaces 'work-away' residential
wed 9th - fri 11th july 25
​How many times of you felt yourself procrastinating, losing focus or feeling over-whelmed in your working day?
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The hustle of modern day work (and life) pace means few of us, ever get the chance for 'big-picture' strategic thinking, planning and innovative creative space.
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Just as we are grappling this space for spacious thinking, planning and creating.
We're also finding ourselves increasingly lacking in restful and replenishing time for ourselves!
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And this is exactly what Wild Workspaces 'Work-Away' retreat has to offer.
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A few years ago I founded Wild Workspaces Co-Working 'pop-up' events.
A place to come together and work in the wild!
Born out of reports of post-lockdown remote-working loneliness, the growing communities of co-working culture and Where the Mind Grows core aim to help more people rekindle their wild connection with Nature in a way that also enhances their mental health and well-being.
After a day of working amongst the Yorkshire vista, listening to bird song, or catching a glimpse of a deer in the woods. People wanted more.
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But it wasn't just this inspiring setting they desired.
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Working in and connected with Nature offers a unique aspect to your work.
It helps you slow down, adapt, focus and create. With adaptation in your usual technology and the spacious delight of our wild venue, there's the urge to switch your 'roaming' online for 'roaming' the woods.
To disappear with a notebook and coloured pens, to let old-school hand-writing flow with ideas, or maybe lay restfully on the grass staring at the sky and allowing inspiration to emerge unexpected in this natural setting.
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Our experience is, that when you choose to slow down, re-connect unexpected and wonderful things can happen for you and yout business or role! Lots can happen, when you feel as if your doing not much!
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Of course, you can tether the internet with your phone if you so wish. But we've found that our wild workspace community lean into this new view and a different perspective on a productive day.
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​At our wild workspaces 'work-away', perhaps you'll write blogs amongst trees, sit by the fire to network naturally with no pressure or forced conversation, or plan your annual strategy gaining new insights and ideas for business or life.
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Where purposefulness will find new definitions & opportunities, working in the wild. You'll also be reaping deep and connected value of time in nature for mind and body too. Making this break with Nature a regenerative one too. ​
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All in a days wild work!
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This is that time and space you desire for yourself and your business, when you stare out the window or find yourself lost of focus or energy, swinging aimlessessly and restlessly in your office chair.
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Protected time for creative, low tech thinking and exploring with time for wellness too.
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Nature is Where the Mind Grows and I want to support more great and purposefully impactful organisations, leaders and founders to have well-being at the core of your success, whilst also helping you make your impact.
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​ NEW to 2025 - is Wild Workspaces Workaway Residential - Retreat
All the wonderful bits of Wild Workspaces Co-working as a 'workaction' [ like vacation with some focused work time for yourself and your business. }
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Stay onsite in one of the cosy glamping cabins, solo or shared with people you know. take up one of our 3 camper-van off grid spots - sharing onsite facilities with other glampers.
Or opt for our Nature-Nomad ticket. A DAY PASS FOR THE WHOLE EVENT Includes the 2.5 day events without the accommodation, for those who live locally or prefer to find your own accommodation offsite.
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​Over 2.5 Days (Wednesday-Friday 9th-11th July 2025) you'll find time for productivity and planning.
With time for relaxation, calm and replenishment.
With a range of (optional but included) workshops on key themes for organisational and business clarity and vitality, to nurture practical business stuff and help you enhance workplace well-being.
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Our evenings will be spent connecting together, reflecting and eating scrumptious food - with some wild activities to fuel the soul and mind too!
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As a wild workspace attendee once said 'You'll get sh*t done" and leave rewilded and re-energised.
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So, are you in?
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Included in your 'wild workspaces workaway'
Choose from a full retreat experience residential OR join us for both days with a 'Nature Nomad 2.5 DAY ONLY Pass'
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Full 'workaway' Retreat
Here is what is included:
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Two nights [Wed/Thurs] of cosy and comfortable accommodation in glamping cabins (go solo or share with someone you know) or choosing one of the campervan spots for your camper off-grid**
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Co-Working space and time with panoramic nature views & wild spaces to work and explore.
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Daily nature-connected wellness activities to help you rebalance and reset.
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A bonus workshop focused on your well-being at work delivered by me, JK.
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Plant-Based Yorkshire catering for luscious and nutritious meals
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A bonus workshop to help you create more calm and energy with practical business approaches for your impact- delivered by one Danielle of Optimo B-Corp business consultancy
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A coaching circle; enhance your own coaching skills and embrace the magic of a collective of professionals meeting and collaborating together. Facilitated by executive/leadership coach Kate Smith.
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Relaxed networking and connecting time with focus on human conversation and connection as well as business and work.
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Low tech culture to help you embrace strategic imagining and planning, minimising distractions and busyness to support you with new views and impact.
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Welcome pack resources to help with reflection and focus.
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Time for yourself - to rest and relax
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Ease into your day with a Yoga Session with Alice
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Return from the wild - WELLNESS WALK with Mountain Boardroom - Friday morning activity before you leave. (suitable for mixed abilities and fitness)
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Work differently. Live fully. Connect deeply.
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Book your place today, experience something different in your week.
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**Natures-Nomad Tickets 2.5 Day-Only Passes do not include over-night accommodation** - see Terms and Conditions.
Nature Nomad Day Tripper DAY ONLY Pass included access site between 09:00-6:30pm. Lunch time meal included.
Wild Workspaces Work-Away: Where Professional Productivity Meets Natural Serenity
A break from the mundane office environment, to reimagine and inspire your business/leadership well-being and strategy at Wild Workspaces Work-Away. A transformative co-working residential retreat nestled in the rolling hills of the Nidderdale Valley, North Yorkshire.
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Imagine trading your workspace for the WILD breath-taking views of hills, woodland and wildlife. Replacing fluorescent lighting with natural sunlight, and swapping office chatter for the gentle sounds of rustling leaves and distant birdsong. This unique retreat offers professionals, founders, leaders and hard-workers a chance to work, connect, and recharge in an immersive natural setting.
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Whether you're a digital nomad, remote professional, or creative entrepreneur.
A dedicated founder or determined leader. Looking to create some space from the every day, looking back, forward and landing in the present.
Or perhaps your between jobs, a new start-up or looking to transition your roles and need a space in which to figure out those crucial next steps - surrounded by a lovely bunch of people, who may offer you insight and inspiration too.
Wild Workspaces Work-Away Retreat provides the perfect environment to elevate your productivity, spark innovation, and rediscover your professional passion—all while being cradled in nature's inspiring embrace and helping you enhance your well-being.
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The geeky stuff: How the wild can help you and your business!
Nature as a Strategic Catalyst:
In our hyper-connected, digitally saturated business landscape, the most innovative leaders are discovering an unexpected source of strategic insight: the wilderness. Far from being a mere escape, time spent in nature offers profound, measurable benefits for business strategy, leadership development, and creative problem-solving.
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Cognitive Restoration and Strategic Thinking Natural environments act as a powerful reset button for the executive brain. Research consistently shows that exposure to natural settings reduces cognitive fatigue, enhances creative thinking, and improves complex problem-solving abilities. The unstructured complexity of natural landscapes mirrors the intricate challenges of business strategy, allowing leaders to perceive patterns and connections that remain obscured in traditional office environments.
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Stress Reduction and Decision-Making Clarity Chronic stress suffocates strategic thinking an innovation. Natural settings trigger physiological relaxation responses that lower cortisol levels (stress hormone), reduce mental noise, and create space for more considered decision-making. Leaders who regularly immerse themselves in nature find it can increased emotional intelligence, improved resilience, and a more balanced approach to organisational challenges.
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Systems Thinking and Ecological Leadership Nature provides the ultimate masterclass in complex systems. Ecosystems demonstrate remarkable adaptability, interconnectedness, and resilience—precisely the qualities modern organisations need. By observing natural systems, leaders can develop more holistic, adaptive strategic approaches that prioritise sustainability, interdependence, and long-term thinking. As a regenerative leadership coach, our events weave living systems thinking, biomimicry and ecopsychology into our experiences.
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Catalysing Creativity and Innovation The seemingly random yet intricate patterns of natural environments stimulate divergent thinking. Fractals in tree branches, the unpredictable flow of rivers, and the complex interactions of ecosystem inhabitants offer powerful metaphors and inspiration for innovative business solutions. Many breakthrough ideas have emerged not in boardrooms, but during moments of quiet observation in natural settings.
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Technological Detox and Authentic Connection In an era of constant digital bombardment, nature offers a rare opportunity for genuine, uninterrupted reflection. Disconnecting from screens and reconnecting with natural rhythms allows leaders to tap into deeper wells of intuition, empathy, and strategic vision.
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Beyond Professional Development to Holistic Leadership: The benefits extend beyond immediate strategic advantages. Regular engagement with nature cultivates a leadership approach characterised by patience, humility, and a broader understanding of interconnected systems. It transforms leadership from a transactional role to a more holistic, regenerative practice. It can also support you in being more compassionate and connected leader for your inner self.
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Emerging Research and Validation Cutting-edge research in environmental psychology, neuroscience, and organisational behaviour continues to validate the profound impact of nature on cognitive function, creativity, and leadership effectiveness. Forward-thinking organisations are increasingly integrating nature-based approaches into their development, with direct impact being and doing, in natural surrounds.
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A Call to Reimagine Leadership Strategic insight isn't confined to conference rooms and spreadsheets. It emerges from a deeper, more nuanced engagement with the world around us—a world that has been solving complex adaptive challenges for billions of years.
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Nature isn't just a backdrop to business—it's a great mentor and teacher, waiting to help transform how we think, lead, and create.
Your wild workspaces 'workaway' retreat options
Ensuite Cosy Cabin
Four Available
​Cosy Glamping Cabin with Ensuite Cabin Facilities onsite. Real beds, Log Burner and seating area. Includes all retreat event activities and meals with two nights accommodation.
Stay solo in the cabin, or share as as a total of 2-3 people (booking the cabin as a group with people you know)
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Prices range from £575 -£1275 (solo, twin or triple)
Shared Facilities
Cosy Cabin Three Available
​Cosy Glamping Cabin with Communal Toilet/Shower Facilities onsite.
Real beds, Log Burner and seating area. Includes all retreat event activities and meals with two nights accommodation.
Stay solo in the cabin, or share as as a total of 2-3 people (booking the cabin as a group with people you know)
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Prices range from £495 -£1180 (solo, twin & triple)
Nature Nomad Day-Tripper Two Day Pass
DAY TIME PASS to all retreat activities, with access onsite between 09:30-18:30pm each day.
Lunch Included. Excludes accommodation. Suitable for people living within the region who would like to return home on an evening. Or for people seeking alternative overnight accommodation offsite or looking to attend but having missed out on the on-site accommodation options available .
Price £279 Per Person
Bring your own camper-van
This event is also available with a camper-van pass. Staying off-grid in the glamping site, in your own van (No electric hook up) and with access to the glamping toilets and showers.
You'll gain access to the full event including meals with the opportunity to nest down in your camper at the end of the day. These are limited to three camper-van tickets for this event. To allow for our capacity to remain a personalised and well-connected event.
Head over to the ticket page to secure your place at WILD WORKSPACES WORK-AWAY 9TH-11TH JULY 2025 Tickets are per camper based on 1 person.
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FAQ'S
WILL I HAVE TO WORK THE WHOLE TIME I AM THERE?
You'll get to choose when you want to work and not.
We have some structured timings like meals & workshops but you can choose how you use your time, between rest and work. In the past some of our attendees have come with loads od ideas, and then simply benefit from some time to rest. While others have come with no plans at all, and surprised themselves with all they acheieved.
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YOU SAY 'LOW TECH' WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Little Seed Field, is in a beautiful and remote location.
There is no WiFi but many of our event attendees have tethered their phones to laptops for internet access (subject to your data tariff and signal)
There is access to power sockets in your cabins and the communal workspaces.
Our event is aimed at working differently - encouraging notebooks, flip charts and word documents (if you have too) - a chance to be reflective, strategize or simply ponder. You'll be amazed how much you can get done, doing little!
We recommend bringing a data stick to back up your work to while you are here - if using your tech.
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WHAT TYPES OF ACTVITIES AM I EXPECTED TO WORK ON?
This is really up to you. We have no expectations, and neither does Nature!
Examples in the past include strategy, planning, content creation and writing, reading and reseacrh or review and editing. People have also used the time for report writing and case studies too.
Our optional workshops will help inspire focus and your welcome pack will help you prepare. In the past Wild Workspacer's have come with detailed plans and to do lists, while others bought nothing but a notebook and pen.
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I HAVE DIETARY REQUIREMENTS, ACCESSIBILITY OR FAITH NEEDS - IS THIS EVENT SUITABLE FOR ME?
We will gather your dietary and health needs on sign up and cater to these requirements.
The venue is not accessible by public transport easily.
There is one cabin with wheel chair accessibility.
Most paths have hardstanding routes, meaning you can access some of the beautiful Nature spaces onsite.
The site is however set on a hill so people with limited mobility may need to be aware of this.
We are happy to clarify and explore options to help make this a great space to be.
Space can be arranged for faith practices.
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WILL I HAVE TO SHARE A CABIN WITH SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW?
Our shared options are for people who know each other already to book together. We won't ask you to share with someone you don't know.
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DO I HAVE TO TAKE PART IN THE WORKSHOPS?
Our workshops are aimed to be of valuable to people attending the event but there is no pressure to attend, if you are happy 'doing your own thing'.
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I'D LIKE TO ATTEND THE DAY TIME ONLY, AND STAY NEARBY OR AT HOME - WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?
If you choose one our of 'Nature Nomad Two day Passes' you'll be able to take part in everything apart from stay in the cabin or onsite over-night. Access to the event will be valid Wed and Thurs (9-10th July) between the hours of 9am and 6.30pm, you can also join the 'Return from the wild' walk on Friday morning (10:00am-12:00pm) .
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I WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE, IS THIS EVENT SUITABLE FOR ME?
Absolutely! If this is agreed by your employer, that you can attend.
The event is suitable for a wide range of people, for example:
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Owner-managed businesses and small business leaders and founders.
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Employees of organisations who value the time for some strategic or focused working & thinking.
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Artists and creatives who want some natural inspiration for their work.
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Team members and project leads who want to work together on a specific element of your role or strategy.
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Workers needing a change of perspective or some grounding time to refocus and enhance well-being.
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People struggling with work/life balance and pace - looking to re-align your working approach.
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Start Up's looking for inspiration, connection and strategy time away from the hustle and distraction of life.
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Home -Working or Remote working parents, carers or partners who would value some protected space for a few days to work on tasks.
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Workers preparing for phased or return to work after illness, maternity or other career break reasons; looking to prepare or re-design your working approach.
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Workers who love the wild and connecting with others and are excited for an opportunity that values focus on work and self!
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