Wild and Wiser
The Wild & Wiser Marketplace
Our Marketplace is a curated gathering of thoughtful, purposeful women who craft, cook, grow, heal, lead and create with intention.
Browse, taste, explore, experience and connect at your own pace throughout the weekend.
From slow-made goods to wild creativity, every stall brings its own magic.
Wellbeing Therapist
Lisa Salvi
Lisa loves connecting with people and creating a nurturing space for self care. She has been on a path of wellbeing and self development for many years and knows how powerful touch can be.
Focussing on her own self healing means that she can show up as a clearer channel for her clients, holding space and being present for them. Understanding that slowing down and feeling more is the way to thrive, she offers deeply relaxing, restorative and balancing treatments for mind, body and soul.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"To me, Wild & Wiser means being more consciously aware of myself and others, speaking honestly and authentically, rather than running on autopilot and abandoning my true self. Healing from my past and becoming more present in the moment, tuning in to how I feel inside, bringing my attention back to myself if I start to get distracted - it's a life-long process and focus!
When we each take responsibility for ourselves and our own healing everyone can evolve and our World can change for the better"
Barefoot Life
Sophie Williams
Sophie is owner of ethical and sustainable brands Tweedy Clothing and Barefoot Life and she will be bringing her in house designed clothing and jewellery from India.
Her passions are nature, astrology and creation and is excited to be part of Wild and Wiser as it is at the end of what is always crazy season so being emersed in the beautiful Wareham forest with aligned souls sounds like heaven!
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
“For me, being wild and wiser is about staying connected to yourself, nature and what truly matters.
The wild is creativity, freedom and following your curiosity. The wiser is learning to trust yourself, slow down and live more intentionally."
Waning Crystals
Georgia Blainey
Waning Crescent Crystals is a heart-led brand offering hand-curated crystals, magickal tools, jewellery and witchy accessories to bring balance, joy and peace into everyday life. Created during the pandemic, the project was born from a desire to share the transformative power of crystals and make holistic, intentional practices more accessible to all.
Rooted in mindfulness and intuition, Waning Crescent Crystals invites people to slow down, feel grounded, and reconnect with themselves through meaningful, soul-nourishing rituals.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
“Being Wild & Wiser to me means honouring both instinct and experience — trusting my intuition while growing through everything life teaches me. It’s about staying connected to nature, energy, and my inner knowing, while evolving into a more grounded, aware, and empowered version of myself. It’s the balance of magick and maturity, of feeling deeply and living consciously.”
Lena Henna Art
Lenka Nenčevová
Lena (Lenka) is a henna & glitter artist working at festivals and events.
She creates temporary body art for people of all ages, offering a relaxed and creative experience in social settings. Her work often brings together families and different generations, focusing on moments of joy, connection, and self- expression, and giving people the chance to slow down and enjoy creativity in a relaxed, celebratory environment.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
“ For me, being Wild & Wiser means trusting my creative intuition while growing through experience. It’s about staying playful and open, while also becoming more intentional and grounded in how I work. As my practice evolves, I’m excited to expand into more community- focused spaces, where creativity can support connection, wellbeing, and shared experience.”
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Katy Jepson
Crowns by Katy
Crowns by Katy was created from a desire to create art with flowers and to make durable, wearable and affordable accessories that allow people to express themselves be that at a festival, a gig, in their job or daily life.
The aim is to create totally unique, fun and fabulous headwear to suit any vibe - think fairytale, gothic, mermaid, disco fever and everything in between! Every crown is one of a kind which adds to the magic and she loves creating bespoke designs to match people’s exact outfits. Specialising in eye‑catching light‑up flower crowns.
What she loves most is how the crowns make people feel. They bring so much joy, and she gets a real thrill when something she's created finds the person it’s meant for and heads off on its own adventure!
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"I am incredibly lucky to have a network of amazing women and girls around me. We’re all supporting each other as we grow into our own ‘wild and wiser’ version of ourselves, navigating this mad journey of life together.
To me, being wild is having the courage to know what does and doesn’t serve you, and being able to say how you feel with kindness — but without apology.
As my friends and I shimmy into our 40s, we’re really enjoying the wisdom this new phase brings. I’m grateful for the years ahead, which I know will bring even more confidence… and a steadily decreasing number of f**ks to give. Bring it on!"
Spend Green CIC
Liz Christou
After a successful corporate career solving big business problems, Liz adapted her skills to make a difference where it really mattered to her — protecting our natural environment. Lots of research and applying techniques to her own life later, she wrote a book sharing practical ideas for aligning spending our money with our values.
She then created Spend Green – an online marketplace (launching Summer 2026) designed to make it just as easy and a lot of fun to buy everything you need locally and sustainably. Helping every pound we spend build a more creative, resilient, greener and fairer local economy.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
“ Being wild to me means less second guessing myself or holding myself back because of what someone might think. And realising that people generally want to support each other which means there is a safety net all around you when you take a leap of faith.
Wiser for me is about truly listening to people who see the world differently — not just hearing their point so you can argue against it. Progress comes from understanding where someone is coming from, even if you never end up agreeing with them."
Indys Ceramics
Indy Treadway
Indy is potter based in rural Dorset, where she works in her little garden shed. She enjoys living close to nature and finding inspiration in the colours and textures of the countryside.
She creates everyday ceramics such as mugs, plates and bowls. She finds working with her hands and creating something from scratch rewarding.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"For me, being wild and wiser is about slowing down enough to reconnect with yourself, nature and your creativity.
Working with clay is a mindful practice that reminds me to embrace the process, not just the outcome. I can't wait to share my ceramics and spend a weekend surrounded by nature and inspiring women at Wild & Wiser."
Sauna Sister
Lou Berkhauer
Lou, aka @Saunasister, is a Dorset based Sauna Master who offers guided sauna experiences that encourage the mind, body and spirit to deeply relax. Having found sauna and contrast (hot + cold) therapy in 2024, Lou immediately trained in Lithuanian Pirtis and began offering rituals at Slomo Wellbeing Sauna in Christchurch. Now offering private, communal and women-only sauna sessions across Dorset, Lou is passionate about women's health and the benefits of thermal bathing culture.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"Being Wild and Wiser means tuning into your inner voice, listening to the calling of your soul and stepping bravely forward on your path. For me, it's leaning into meeting my own needs before everyone else's, consciously choosing my tribe, and curating hot spaces for women to gather and remember who they really are. Wild is connecting to and feeling your power. Wiser is knowing when and how to harness it".
BAO Skincare
Emma Marshall
Emma is the owner of BAO Skincare, a Dorset-based organic skincare brand dedicated to creating simple, effective products that are kind to both skin and the planet. Passionate about natural wellbeing, sustainability and helping people feel confident in their own skin, Emma took over BAO in 2025 to continue the brand's mission of making high-quality, ethical skincare accessible to everyone.
Handmade in Dorset using organic, vegan ingredients, BAO Skincare is built on the belief that self-care doesn't need to be complicated – just thoughtful, nourishing and rooted in nature.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"For me, being Wild & Wiser is about slowing down enough to reconnect with what really matters. It's finding joy in simple things, spending time in nature, caring for yourself and surrounding yourself with people who lift you up. It feels like the perfect reminder that wisdom doesn't always come from doing more – sometimes it comes from giving yourself permission to be."
Dorset Women CIC
Sandra Sheahan
Dorset Women CIC is a community interest company working to end discrimination related to sex and gender across Dorset. Driving social change which is grounded in evidence, collaboration and untold stories, we hold decision-makers accountable to ten standards of life while shifting attitudes toward sex, gender, and identity. Recognising that equality requires everyone's involvement, we unite with existing efforts to amplify impact. Guided by inclusion, respect, determination, equity, aspiration, and leadership we believe Dorset will be stronger when everyone can thrive.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"We know women are wild and wise, and we're dedicated to making space for women to share their wisdom and celebrate what makes them wild. At Dorset Women CIC, Wild & Wiser is about dismantling the structural barriers that stand in the way — so that women across Dorset can live wild and wise, every day.”
Nugget & Co
Abi
Based in Portsmouth, Abi founded Nugget & Co to empower women to invest in themselves. In providing hypoallergenic, tarnish free, waterproof solid gold jewellery that holds its value, women can feel their best and invest wisely. Nugget & Co also support women behind the scenes to work truly flexibly around family. In a world of fast and throwaway fashion, they choose ethical and sustainable life.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"For me, Wild and Wiser means recognising your talent, strength, skills and moving into them, valuing yourself and who you are unapologetically. It means showing up and choosing your tribe of people with like-minded ideas and values. What's that saying - go where you're valued."
Angelic Sound Healing and Life Coaching
Nicki Greenham
Often when things get busy we run out of time to do the things we once enjoyed – creativity, freedom to travel and explore.
We are all vibrational beings. Discover how the specific frequencies of the tuning forks can empower you to a place of stillness where you can reconnect to your heart. Nicki will be offering one-to-one sessions to support you to welcome more freedom and joy back into everyday life so you can feel like yourself again.
Nicki is an accredited tuning fork sound therapist, psychic intuitive healer and life coach. Inspired by nature, she is also an artist and poet, passionate about supporting people to create a life that feels nurturing and allows them to shine.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"A wonderful weekend of community and nurture with like-minded women, giving us time to shed the expectations of others and create a life that feels like ours. Rebalancing and getting inspired in nature together– YAY!."
Wounded Healing
Claire Sherwood
Wounded Healing was born from Claire's own journey of healing, self-discovery and finding her way back to self.
Through Reiki, Crystal Energy Healing, holistic therapies and talking sessions, she creates a safe, calm and non-judgemental space for others to slow down, reconnect with themselves and simply be.
Her passion is rooted in relaxation, touch, connection and empowerment. Not to fix, rescue or save anyone, but to hold space, plant seeds and gently support people as they reconnect with their own inner knowing, their choices and their capacity to shape their lives.
Sometimes healing isn't about becoming someone new.
Sometimes it's about coming home to who you truly are.
Holding space for when you are ready.
Throughout the weekend, Claire will be offering Reiki sessions, soothing facial massage, and relaxing hand and foot rituals — creating an opportunity to pause, breathe and reconnect with yourself.
To book a session, please visit the Wounded Healing stand during the festival or to pre book email claire@woundedhealing.co.uk, or contact Claire via WhatsApp on 07900 244644.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"To me, Wild & Wiser is about giving women permission to pause. To step away, even briefly, from the roles, expectations and noise of everyday life and reconnect with the woman underneath it all.
It feels like a celebration of the journey we are all on. The messy, beautiful, sometimes painful and always evolving journey of discovering who we are and who we are becoming. I love the idea of women coming together, sharing stories, learning, exploring and reminding one another that we don't have to have all the answers.
For me, being wild isn't about being reckless or untamed — although it's always good to have that streak! — it's about reconnecting with the parts of ourselves we may have silenced, forgotten or been told were too much. And being wiser isn't about having everything figured out — it's about listening more deeply to ourselves, trusting our own inner knowing, evolving and understanding that we always have a choice.
Wild & Wiser feels like a space where women can come exactly as they are, and leave feeling a little more connected to who they truly are."
Natalie Cooper Coaching
Natalie Cooper
Natalie is an ADHD-informed coach for creatives, working with adults who are tired of plate-spinning, people-pleasing, and running on empty. After 25 years as a voiceover artist and an ADHD diagnosis at 49, she supports people to understand their brains and build a life that works on their terms.
Her coaching helps you get below the surface noise, build genuine confidence, and take small steps that actually stick. She works from a home studio in rural Dorset, with Gilbert the labradoodle (Head of Wellbeing) supervising.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"For me, being wild is about being free, and no longer trying to squeeze myself into a world that was never built for me. The wiser me is ready to drop the people-pleasing, perfectionist, try-harder sh*t and allow myself to thrive as the person I truly am.
Wild & Wiser feels like a weekend for all of us who've stopped apologising for needing a different approach, and started building one instead.
I can't wait to meet some of you, do stop by for a chat."
Amy Ellen Massage
Amy Ellen
Amy is a Bournemouth-based massage therapist who helps achy bodies and busy brains reset, recharge, and feel human again.
Amy knows from personal experience what it feels like when your brain and body stop being on the same page, and what it takes to find your way back. That's what drives everything she does. From body massage to deep tissue, facial massage to reflexology, and everything in between, Amy draws from a wide range of techniques to create custom treatments built around the person, and where they're at that day. Because the brain and body are one connected system, and real results come from treating both.
For Amy, it's never been about fixing, but facilitating. Helping you find that space to just be you. If you're Superman, her treatment room is your sun. You come in carrying everything. You leave lighter, brighter, and more like yourself.
She started Amy Ellen Massage to give others the same space she needed, and she's just getting started.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"Wild, for me, is about letting my true self be free. I'm adventurous, spontaneous, absorbing life, experiencing everything, feeling it all. There's a fiery, passionate energy about it. When those opportunities come, I just say "yes" - I'm not worrying about what's next, I'm just being.
Wiser is what comes after, and personally, something I don't think I'll ever master. It's the lessons those experiences teach me, the ones that keep me grounded and humble. It's when I'm most in tune with what my brain and body are actually feeling. I'm reflective, with a greater awareness of life's twists, turns, ups, downs, and it's with wisdom that I make my peace and realise that's OK.
Wild is how I live. Wiser is how I learn."
Buckridge Dairy Ice Cream
Kate Buckler
After a 20-year career as a Registered Veterinary Nurse, Kate’s focus began shifting towards farming when she met her partner, Ed, ten years ago. Since then, Kate has immersed herself in farm life and continues to learn something new every day.
Together with Ed and his family, Kate helps milk a herd of 120 cows, including Holstein Friesians and Pedigree Jerseys, and is proud to play an active role in the family farm.
Wanting to make the most of the high-quality milk produced by their own herd, Kate founded Buckridge Dairy Ice Cream in 2025, creating artisan ice cream using milk straight from their cows.
Building the business from the ground up has been an exciting challenge, and at the end of 2025, Buckridge Original Ice Cream was recognised with a Taste of the West Gold Award.
Kate is passionate about producing great-tasting ice cream, supporting British farming and sharing the story of the farm through every scoop.
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"Wild & Wiser, to me is about being open to new experiences and having the confidence to try things you never imagined you would be doing. My journey from Veterinary Nursing to farming and making ice cream has taught me that some of the best things happen when you step outside of your comfort zone. It is also about taking time to connect with other women, sharing experiences and remembering that we are never too old to learn, grow or try something new."
The Feng Shui Essence
Gayle Swaffield
Gayle is the founder of The Feng Shui Essence and a Feng Shui consultant specialising in the relationship between the energy of a home and the life unfolding within it.
Before moving into Feng Shui, Gayle spent many years working as a Chartered Management Accountant, bringing a grounded, analytical perspective to a discipline that is often viewed as purely intuitive or spiritual.
Using traditional Feng Shui principles, including Flying Stars Feng Shui, she looks beyond interiors and aesthetics to understand how a home is influencing wellbeing, relationships, clarity, confidence and abundance.
Her work is centred on creating homes that are energetically supportive of the person living within them. Her approach is refined, practical and intuitive, revealing where the energy of a home is creating resistance.
For Gayle, Feng Shui is not simply about arranging a space but it is about creating an environment that actively supports the life you want to live.
Book a complimentary 20min Feng Shui Call with Gayle here
What Wild & Wiser means to me?
"Wild & Wiser is about becoming more connected to yourself, trusting your instincts and having the confidence to create a life that genuinely feels right for you.
As women, we go through so many different chapters, and I our homes should evolve with us rather than keep us tied to old versions of ourselves.
Becoming wiser is about understanding what supports you and what no longer does and knowing when to let go, whether that's a friendship group, a job that is no longer aligned or even that inherited piece of furniture you're holding onto out of duty and guilt . And the “wild” part is having the courage to make changes, follow what feels right and create more space for the life you actually want. Even if other's can't see it.
That is a huge part of why I love Feng Shui, our homes are an active part of that process rather than simply the place where life happens."