Corporate Teambuilding
Bring your group together with us.
Step out of the office and into the woods.
Nestled in an ancient Wealden woodland, our venue in Hellingly offers a rare kind of team experience — immersive sessions that reconnect teams with the skills, rhythms, and ingenuity of the past while strengthening collaboration and reset in the present.
Your team will create, build, and share. From shaping clay in Wild Pottery to managing a charcoal burn, from crafting bread over open flames to exploring the living science of fermentation and cheesemaking, every activity is grounded in authentic historical practices once used by woodland communities across Sussex.
Designed for corporate groups, the formats offer something for every personality and pace. They’re shared challenges, quiet achievements, and moments of genuine connection — where colleagues communicate differently, solve problems together, and rediscover the value of slowing down and working with their hands.
Whether you’re looking to reward your team, spark creativity, or strengthen bonds, our woodland experiences offer something memorable, meaningful, and refreshingly different.
What you can expect:
• Fully facilitated, hands-on sessions rooted in historical woodland crafts
• A peaceful, natural setting away from everyday distractions
• Activities designed to encourage teamwork, communication, and creativity
• Flexible programming tailored to your team’s goals
• Lunches, dinners and refreshments
• Accommodation with trusted local venues
The Service
Each event is structured and hosted by Francis and Pam Gimblett, drawing on 26 years' experience at Taste of the Vine. They are sometimes co-hosted with Wealden artisans using skills they are keen to pass on.
We have a kitchen providing refreshments and lunches comprising dishes using farm-grown and locally sourced produce.
See below for an idea of the formats we can offer, and get in contact with Francis below to prepare a proposal for your team’s event.
"The team at Lawson Queay joined Francis and Pam for a Company Away Day, swapping our PCs for the Wild Weald.
We thoroughly enjoyed a morning of making clay pots, followed by the most delicious of lunch using locally sourced and home grown produce. After Pam's superb lunch, we tackled mozzarella and flatbread making.
Each and every one of us came away with a new skill. We look forward to returning and trying some of the other activities offered at Wild Weald."
Jackie Hazelden, Lawson Queay
We work with a small selection of local venues at a personal level, ensuring a bespoke experience beyond that of hotels.
What you can expect:
• Exclusive hire options
• Tailored meals
• Function rooms
• Extensive, private grounds
• The opportunity of staging selected Wild Weald activities on site
See Accommodation for our list so far.
Get in touch with Francis to discuss suitability for your event..
Accommodation
Events to suit your objectives
Build your perfect woodland half day or day — choose different activites, each delivered in the style that best suits your team.
Whether your organisation is looking to sharpen strategy, strengthen communication, deepen social connection or offer your people a restorative reset, our 85 acres of ancient Sussex woodland provide the space and inspiration you need to do it well.
Every event type below can be run in one of three modes:
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Strategic — focused on problem‑solving, leadership, collaboration and decision‑making
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Communicative — focused on connection, listening, teamwork and shared creativity
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Restorative — focused on wellbeing, nature immersion and mental reset
The Event Types
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Want to Mix and Match?
The WealdCraft Challenge - half day or day
The WealdCraft Challenge is our signature team experience: a fast‑paced, strategy‑led woodland adventure where teams select 3-6 micro-activities from a menu of ancient crafts and wild food skills.
You can select a range of these options for your experience, or mix and match with The WealdBeing Experience options.
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wild pottery - from floor to fired
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willow sculpture - foraged to formed
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ancient cheesemaking
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charcoal making
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Celtic breadmaking
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green wood skills
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woodland tastings - alcoholic - wild ciders, ales, wild wine
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woodland tastings - non-alcoholic - shrubs, cordials, bitters
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wild cocktails - alcoholic and non-alcoholic
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wild fermentation - cider making, kimchi, vinegar making, shrub making
Designed to get teams communicating, problem‑solving and working together, the Challenge blends creativity with collaboration as groups race to complete tasks, earn points and master skills drawn from the deep heritage of the Weald.
It’s immersive, energising and unforgettable — a shared pursuit that brings people together in the heart of the Sussex woodland.
The WealdBeing Experience - half day or day
The WealdBeing Experience comprises a range a restorative woodland pursuits designed to help teams slow down, reconnect and return to work with clarity and calm.
You can select a range of these options for your experience, or mix and match with The WealdCraft Challenge activites.
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mindful walking
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gentle foraging
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wild food preparation
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wild fermentation
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storytelling
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woodland choir
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woodland bathing
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meditation
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qigong
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sound baths.
Curate your own programme from these practices, creating a full‑day or half day journey that supports wellbeing, presence and genuine human connection.
The WealdBeing Experience offers a rare pause from the pace of modern work — a chance for teams to breathe, reset and rediscover a sense of balance together beneath the trees.