Woodoaks Farm

Woodoaks Farm Connecting Community with food, farming & nature. Protecting our heritage & regenerating our landscape. Helping to restore people & planet wellbeing.
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It's going to be a dry and warm weekend and we've got lots in store for you so stand by your beds. We are going to keep ...
19/06/2026

It's going to be a dry and warm weekend and we've got lots in store for you so stand by your beds. We are going to keep it brief here but you can find full details on our events page at woodoaksfarm.com/events/

Friday:
5pm onwards - Spanish Street Food with El Bocadillo UK & Creative Juices Brewing Company

7-9.00pm Trail Run With She Trails Podcast & Co from Rickmansworth Station to Woodoaks Farm Black Barn for a film night of runspiration! Tickets and details here: www.tickettailor.com/events/shetrailspodcast/2217018

Saturday:
8.30-9.30 Group Strength & Power Fitness with LV F**T
9.30-11.30 Woodoaks Bakehouse and Fermentary Pop-Up
Bakery. Outside the Black Barn. Organic Fresh Bakes & Bread - see what's on offer this week below!
9.30-11.30 - Volunteering on Golden Rose Flower Farm
9.30-9.50 Stretch and Strength Training with Zumba with Flo £3
10.00-10.45 Zumba with Flo Black Barn - drop in £5
5pm onwards - Spanish Street Food with El Bocadillo UK and Creative Juices Brewing Company

Sunday
7-8am - Summer Solistice Yoga with Marina. No booking necessary. Suitable for all levels. £10 all profits to UNICEF Children in Gaza Appeal.
12-5pm - Open Studio in the Artist's Courtyard with Barney&Brew. FREE drop in art session for children, accompanied by parents, during weekend opening hours.
7-9pm - Summer Solstice Sound Bath with Nurturing Tranquillity
Book here: www.nurturingtranquillity.co.uk/
JUST 3 SPACES LEFT.

Special events to look foward to:-

Tuesday 23rd June 6-8pm Woodoaks Wildflower evening Walk. Book here: woodoaksfarm.com/event/evening-wildflower-walk/
£5

July Sat/Sun 4/5th July -Pole Lathe Turning Workshop. Make your own wooden bowl from wood recently sourced from Bottom Wood on Woodoaks Farm. woodoaksfarm.com/event/make-your-own-bowl-wood-turning-and-carving-workshop-with-ali-asadi/
JUST 4 PLACES LEFT. £130 per head for full day's workshop, inc lunch, tools, training and your own handcrafted bowl to take home!

This photo was taken 4 years ago as we cleared The Black Barn cart shed. In the hands of the volunteers are the potato s...
18/06/2026

This photo was taken 4 years ago as we cleared The Black Barn cart shed.

In the hands of the volunteers are the potato sacks that we found in a pile, left over from the days of farmer John Findlay’s local potato round.

🥔Do you remember the potato round? Did it stop on your street? 🥔

Next month we will be starting our build work on the farm as part of THE BLACK BARN PROJECT.

This four year project will create a brand new Community and Education Hub by Spring 2027.

Alongside this will be a programme of engagement that will bring the farm’s heritage and stories alive and provide a diverse range of opportunities for more people to get onto the farm to grow a deep connection to nature, food and farming.

For latest details of progress, events, and how to get involved sign up to our newsletter at woodoaksfarm.com

Made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Everything felt so right about last night's Gut and Harmony Nutrition Workshop with Lucy Williamson 25 people, taking ti...
16/06/2026

Everything felt so right about last night's Gut and Harmony Nutrition Workshop with Lucy Williamson

25 people, taking time out to learn, commune and consider how our gut health and soil health is intrinsically linked.

An evening of science backed information and the fast growing understanding and tech revealing clear links between human and soil health and how producing food without chemicals and pesticides makes the food we eat more nutrient dense and healthier for our land, animals, nature, bodies and planet.

Jude and Sam who joined us from Wild Farm Radlett were super inspiring - sharing with us how they farm, the techniques applied alongside the experimentation as they learn, and the hard work they do that means they can harvest seasonal food at 8am and have it in local restaurants and cafes by 11 in the morning.

It felt like ‘pennies were dropping’ all around the table. That people left thinking differently about what they eat and and how they buy their food.

Lucy will be launching her brand new book at Woodoaks Farm on Friday 31st July - entitled SOIL TO GUT.

Join Lucy for an evening of shared food, communing and connection and a deeper dive into the real-life farming stories with nutrition science to reveal how food grown in harmony with nature can nourish our gut, restore our health, and strengthen local food systems, while valuing the people and land behind what we eat.

You can pre order the book here: lwnutrition.co.uk/
Tickets for the book launch will be announced shortly.

From SEEDS 🌱 to PLANTS to PUMPKINS 🎃. Helping children to grow! Back in April we started something special with Year 3 a...
15/06/2026

From SEEDS 🌱 to PLANTS to PUMPKINS 🎃. Helping children to grow!

Back in April we started something special with Year 3 at Maple Cross School. We wanted to help children to understand that we can all grow food and not just buy it from shops!

So we visited them at their school and helped the class to plant their very own pumpkin seeds. The beginning of a journey that will take them through spring, summer and autumn.

You can imagine the excitement when they realised… these could be their pumpkins at Halloween.

We planted 6 different varieties - some for flavour, some for size, some with a bit of history behind them.

The children put into action what they learnt, providing them with water, light, warmth, measuring, and watching them as they grew before they returned to the Woodoaks Farm to plant them in the new Community Orchard.

It was great to hear how the children joined up their learning from previous visits - remembering pollination from the time we met the bees in the barn, and compost club, where we explored how food waste breaks down to create nutrients for new life.

Armed with a task list, the children got straight to work: weeding, measuring, planting, watering… and even building Scarebear our alternative scarecrow!

We planted sunflower seeds too, ready to bring pollinators to our growing patch, before recycling our waste back at compost club.

The children raced through every job with such enthusiasm. And after the rain finally arrived, these little plants had a very good first drink.

Thanks for coming Maple Cross - we can’t wait to welcome you back to care for these young plants and see how they grow.

And a quiet little milestone for us too - thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, this was the very first time we’ve had proper tools to work on projects like this together.

Our Community Orchard is made possible thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund and the support of National Lottery players. It has already become a wonderful place of learning for the children.

SUMMER SOLSTICE is just around the corner and we have two beautiful events book-ending the longest day of the year. Morn...
14/06/2026

SUMMER SOLSTICE is just around the corner and we have two beautiful events book-ending the longest day of the year. Morning Solstice Yoga & Evening Sound Bath Meditation.

Settle into nature and find your space on this special day that has inspired spiritual reflection for thousands of years, marking the longest day and shortest night of the year. A moment when light reaches its peak before the gradual return of darkness.

Across many traditions, it is seen as a time of abundance, gratitude, growth, and connection to the natural world. For you it may simply be a time to take a breath and rest.

🧘🧘‍♀️ Sunday Morning 21st June 7-8am
SOLSTICE FIELD YOGA with Marina. Suitable for all levels. Bring layers to add and peel off. Bring water and a mat (spares are available). All profits to UNICEF Gaza appeal for children. Donations £10.00.

🌞💫 Sunday Evening 21st June 7-9pm
SOLSTICE SOUND BATH MEDITATION with Lucy Nurturing Tranquillity in The Black Barn. £20.

Bathe in the vibrations of healing instruments, whilst lying in the 16th Century beautiful Black Barn. Tibetan Bowls, Drums, Chimes and more with be played around you. Let the instruments take you on a journey, to relaxation and restoration.

Half of all profits are kindly being donated to Woodoaks Farm to support our work to revive wildlife and restore landscape & nature's habitats.

Limited places available. For full details and booking click here: www.nurturingtranquillity.co.uk/store/p/https/wwwnurturingtranquillitycouk/store/p/sound-bath-mediation-z4t7m

13/06/2026

Jackdaws and cows have a two way beneficial relationship!

Here’s Ariel showing us all how we need to chill and take time out at the weekend with friends!

Jackdaws and cows share a surprisingly beneficial relationship, rather like a natural spa treatment. They often land on cattle to groom them, creating a win-win situation for both species.

The birds enjoy an easy meal by pecking away irritating parasites such as flies, lice and ticks, helping to keep the cows more comfortable. As they groom, they also collect tufts of loose hair, which provide the perfect soft lining for their nests during the breeding season.

For the cows, it’s a free grooming session and relief from bothersome pests. For the jackdaws, it’s food and valuable nesting material. It’s a wonderful example of how different species work together in nature, each benefiting from the other.

Ariel is 9 years old. She was the last dairy calf born at Woodoaks farm. She was born two weeks early and bottle fed. She was kept with the horses until she was older when she was given a cow companion.

Thank you to local Maple Cross Birder Paul Lewis for this wonderful footage!

Looking for something calm and relaxing, whilst being outside with nature? Come and join Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Car...
11/06/2026

Looking for something calm and relaxing, whilst being outside with nature? Come and join Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care Walk and Talk on Woodoaks Farm.

Their first walk takes place on Thursday 18th June meeting at 9.45am to start at 10am.

They will start by taking time for some wellness and introductions, followed by walk and talk time, which includes a meditation break, then back to The Tea Shack for refreshments.

These Walk and Talks are free of charge and suitable for those that are able to walk 15 minutes unaided.

If you’d like to join this lovely team please let them know by email [email protected]

Or call to book your spot on 01923 606030.

Our Walk and Talks are also part of our Living Well Programme, so we welcome anyone that has been diagnosed or living with a life long illness.

If you are drawn to handmade crafts using traditional techniques, or the satisfaction of working with your hands - this ...
11/06/2026

If you are drawn to handmade crafts using traditional techniques, or the satisfaction of working with your hands - this one's for you!

We are excited to annnounce that Woodoaks Farm are offering two very special, one day courses in wood turning and carving with the brilliant Ali Asadi taking place on Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th July at Woodoaks Farm.

Ali will use timber from Bottom Wood, helping participants to transform a single harvested trunk into bowls that showcase the traditional heritage skill of pole-lathe turning with green wood.

During the one day course, you will learn how to design and shape a bowl, how to create a bowl blank and how to turn it into a finished product, while turning greenwood on a pole lathe and using traditional hand tools.

The bowl you make will be suitable for hot food.

Course begins with splitting the log and axing out a blank for your bowl. Then you will start turning, using the foot-powered pole lathe with hand-forged hook tools. At the end of the day, you will use a hook knife to carve and smooth out the final step.

💚 Cost: £130 - includes lunch, all training, tools, wood & end product.
📅 Dates: Saturday 4th July or Sunday 5th July.
⏰ 10-5pm - lunch included.
📍 Location: The Black Barn, Cart Sheds. Denham Way, Maple Cross. Herts WD3 9XQ.
👉👉👉Tickets here: woodoaksfarm.com/event/make-your-own-bowl-wood-turning-and-carving-workshop-with-ali-asadi/

Lunch plus teas and coffees throughout the day will be provided.

The Tea Shack café and onsite craft brewery Creative Juices Brewing Company and toilets are also available on site.

Tickets are limited to 6 people per workshop so book early to avoid disappointment.

About Ali

Ali Asadi carved his first spoon in 2015 and fell in love with both the process and the techniques of green woodworking. Following lots of self practice, attending community carving events and learning opportunities, Ali was lucky enough to spend some time with pole lathe bowl turners Sharif Adams and Adrian Llyod, both well respected amongst the craft community.

Ever since Ali has been turning and carving non stop. Hundreds of bowls, end grain cups as well as more specialist items including locking lidded boxes, nested bowls as well as Alis beautiful plates.

Over the last 5 years, Ali has been forging his own turning tools, teaching courses in all things greenwood as well as undertaking demonstrations to communicate the craft to the public at events nationwide and at his own workshop in Stevenage.

Alexandra is a primary school, located in Harrow, for pupils with more complex, moderate learning disabilities.Their tea...
09/06/2026

Alexandra is a primary school, located in Harrow, for pupils with more complex, moderate learning disabilities.

Their teacher had requested a focus on sensory experiences for the 10 children that they brought to Woodoaks Farm. So that's what Claire and the volunteers put together!

We created a day full of sensory discovery. Nest building with wool, straw, feathers and dry sticks to snap and explore. Smooth eggs to hold, soft birds to cuddle, rosemary, lemon balm and sage to smell and investigate.

We felt hard wheat kernels in our hands and listened to the sound of them shaking together before trying our hand at grinding flour - hard work, but worth it for the soft flour that slowly appeared. We mixed it into sticky dough, with plenty of stirring (a big hit for lots of attention spans!)

There was dancing in the barn, giant rainbow bubbles… and finally, a venture out into the very heavy rain to feel raindrops on our faces and splash in the puddles that had formed 🌧️

Their teacher will use photographs from the visit as gentle hooks for learning back in the classroom - revisiting familiar experiences to support communication, confidence, understanding of the world and so much more. We love that these moments on the farm can continue long after the visit ends.

We’re so glad we can support learning in this way - and, most importantly, that the children had the freedom, fun and sensory experiences to explore the farm in a way that felt just right for them 💚

A huge thank you to the wonderful staff team at Alexandra School - this was their third visit to the farm, and it’s always such a joy to welcome you here.

And to our Volunteers we are so grateful for your support on every visit. With a full schedule of school visits this year your help is invaluable.

Staffing and resources for learning made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

08/06/2026

To mark Soil Association’s 80th anniversary year they are featuring 80 voices across farms that are working hard to revive wildlife and look at how we produce food in a nature friendly way.

Farm ranger Steve Dutch is the first of 3 people in our own Woodoaks Community to feature in the campaign.

Well said Steve! 🌱💚🐑👊

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