Nature offers a different pattern for celebrating Valentine’s Day: one rooted in connection, curiosity, and shared experience. For kids who thrive outdoors, the most meaningful gifts are the ones that invite them back into nature again and again. And the greatest reflection of love is time spent with them in it. These nature-inspired Valentine gift ideas are designed to encourage outdoor play, whole family engagement, and real childhood wonder - long after February 14th has p

In our house, the day after Thanksgiving means the annual trek out into the woods to cut the family Christmas tree. See how the Hearth & Wander family makes an outdoor tradition of finding, cutting, and taking home our perfectly imperfect pine, a beautiful start to the holiday season and an opportunity to create wholesome, old-fashioned, intentional joy around Christmas time. Read our story and then start your own family tradition...just don't forget the saw!