Natural learning: Dana Littlepage Smith attends Spiceland Summer Settlement

‘We hummed with the concerns, the fears and joy of learning on our fragile planet.’

by Dana Littlepage Smith 11th September 2026

Spiceland Summer Settlement in August has become a fixed mark in my calendar. Taking place at Spiceland Meeting House near Uffculme, Devon, it offers ‘a nurturing and deepening inter-generational few days for Quakers and the Quaker curious’ in the south west of England. Some camp for several nights, others come for a day.