The Wild of the Words
re-tell, re-skill, re-nature
WILD WOMAN HEN PARTIES
Summon up the sisterhood...
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The soul longs for its wildness, even if it's just a tiny taste.
Women Who Run With the Wolves - Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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Led by storyteller and ethnobotanist Pridie Tiernan and writer and dancer Jodie Bond, our Wild Woman Hen Parties feature a perfect mix of empowering wilderness skill instruction, mindful nature-connection and raw, untamed play for those wanting a wilder type of experience for their special weekend!
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​This is a chance for women to come together in celebration of their hen and explore their fullest, wildest selves in a safe and fun space; relaxing, listening, feeling, laughing and embracing the powerful, untamed force that is our wild woman unleashed!
From hens to hedgewitches, this experience is about plants, potions, ceremony, singing, stories and sisterhood!
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Experiences take place at Cwmffrwd Farm in the Brecon Beacons and can be from three hours to whole weekends! (Accommodation is available at the farm.) Please note that we can also travel to other venues.
​Prices begin at £55pp for a three hour session. (Minimum ten guests.)
All parties begin with a fire, a circle and Fireside Tales of the Feminine. Guests then build their workshop by choosing two more elements from the menu below. Additional elements can be added for £18pp.
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Fireside Tales
of the Feminine
Light the fire and let the ancient tales we share transport you to worlds where women have always been wild, wise, and wondrous!
add...Sensory herbalism
Get all hedgewitchy with home herbalism - from nourishing tonics, heart-healing herbs, passion potions and stimulating aphrodisiacs.
Craft your own potion or balm to take home.​
add...Wild Burlesque
Revel in a liberatingly playful outdoor dance session when every shimmy is a celebration of your wild, natural self!
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No prior dance experience needed—we will guide you through the steps.
add...SAUNA
Squirrel yourselves away in our luxury wood-fired sauna. Rest together wrapped in steam, silence, laughter and story,
followed by an optional cold drench shower—shocking, refreshing, and utterly exhilarating!
add...Wilderness skills
Try your hand at some wilderness skills, from ancestral methods of making fire to weaving strong cordage from tree bark, experimenting with ink made of oak galls, or whittling away at a butter knife! In brief, get better acquainted with what nature has to offer us when it comes to surviving and thriving in the outdoors!
add...WITCHY drinks
Our hedgerows are abundant with wild botanicals that make fabulous cocktails. Learn how to identify these herbs, and how to use them to create teas, liqueurs, syrups and tipples, that you can then craft into your own signature wild woman drink!
the venue - outdoors, whatever the weather!
...because we have a big beautiful parachute over the central fire, a lovely tall tipi, and a cosy bell tent with a wood-burning stove to tuck up in if it gets a bit wet. Plus, there's nothing better than a steaming hot sauna on a wet weather day, anyway!
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There is also the option of hiring the Hayloft for the day - talk to Pridie for more info :)
The tipi
the fire
The meadows
The parachute
The sauna
accommodation options
...because we have a big beautiful parachute over the central fire, a lovely tall tipi, and a cosy bell tent with a wood-burning stove to tuck up in if it gets a bit wet.
Plus, there's nothing better than a steaming hot sauna on a wet weather day, anyway!
Tent and van pitches available from £10pp/pn.
4m and 5m bell tents with double futon beds and additional air mattresses sleeping four
from £70p/n
two bedrooms - one double and one with four singles.
Additional air mattresses and bedding can be provided.
From £350p/weekend
Your hosts...
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Jodie Bond is a burlesque performer, writer, and nature-lover with a passion for helping women reconnect with their sensuality and confidence. Her work blends the art of movement, the magic of storytelling, and the wisdom of the natural world to create transformative experiences that are both deeply empowering and joyfully liberating.
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As a burlesque artist, she has spent years exploring the art of sensual expression and embodied confidence, learning first-hand how dance can be a gateway to empowerment. She knows what it means to step onto a stage—both literal and metaphorical—and fully own your presence, to take up space with boldness and joy. She brings this understanding into workshops, helping women reconnect with their sensual selves in ways that feel playful, powerful, and deeply liberating.
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As a writer, Jodie has long been drawn to the power of stories and expression. She weaves character and narrative into her workshops, using it as a tool for reflection, transformation, and self-discovery.
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Her deep connection to nature is at the heart of her practice. With experience in nature communication, she believes the land holds an innate power to heal, awaken, and inspire.
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These dance sessions are the culmination of Jodie’s passions—a space where movement, ritual, and nature come together to support women in stepping into their fullest, wildest selves. With warmth and a deep respect for each woman’s journey, she creates an environment where every woman can feel safe to explore, express, and reclaim her own unique sensuality.
Pridie Tiernan is a storyteller and ethnobotanist committed to reconnecting us with the plants we once used to nourish, nurture and heal. She weaves a rich mix of oral storytelling into the teaching of wilderness skills; rekindling our relationship with the natural world and empowering us to feel at one with the wild.
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As a storyteller, she has spent many years performing stories that create a sense of familiarity and connection with nature, especially in those that gift us the opportunity to explore the concept of the "wild woman" - that powerful, untamed force connected to the natural world that can be both nurturing and fierce, instinctual, passionate and creative. Her work encourages a reconnection with that wildness - rediscovering our feral inventiveness and power - through the sharing of ancient stories and the teaching of practical survival skills.
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As an ethnobotanist, Pridie has long been fascinated by the power of plants. Her sensory herbalism, seasonal woodcraft and rewilding workshops, draw our native flora onto centre stage, embracing them as a potent way of gaining insight into ourselves and our place in the world, taking control of our bodies, and tapping into the magic of the natural world.
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This retreat takes place at her home in the heart of the Black Mountains—a safe and beautiful space where the sharing of stories and ancestral skills brings people together in community and encourages a change in the way we interact with nature. Here, women can return to that state of ‘awakeness’ we once enjoyed when we thrived in the wild - all senses firing, the herbs and flowers our allies, and the powerful, untamed force that is our wild woman fully embraced and unleashed!
Hen parties can take place at Cwmffrwd Farm or Pridie and Jodie can also come to a venue of your choice.
Whole day and weekend experiences at Cwmffrwd Farm can be arranged, with food and accommodation included.​​