Woodoaks is back on BBC1’s Countryfile this weekend. Tune in this Sunday 9th March at 5.15pm. The farm will feature once again as they follow our ranger Steve Dutch coppicing the edge of Ladywalk Woods alongside Chiltern Rangers CIC and our volunteer team.

Last week we kicked off the creation of our Woodland Shelter Belt. It was all hands on deck as 60 community volunteers planted 500 trees with stakes, guards and woodchip in place. Those trees are good to grow!

Over the weekend a brilliant group of Architecture students from EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, travelled to Woodoaks to carry out site investigations for their design projects taking part in a lime rendering workshop.

Exploring collaborative ways to build strong food partnerships. Buckingham Food Partnership joined us on Woodoaks Farm to learn about what we are doing around food growing, education and nature conservation.

Christchurch Primary School Chorleywood joined us on the farm to create 29 bird boxes. Busy children, volunteers and teachers put together 174 pieces of reclaimed wood, lovingly cut & prepped by education volunteer Eco Ted.

This week we finished our 6 week pilot programme with the fantastic Mission EmployAble interns. Young adults with learning disabilities working with this brilliant charity to build skills towards securing meaningful employment. It was all hands on deck to respond to the toll the recent winds took on the farm.

Following an exciting 3 days of filming at the farm, Woodoaks is going to featured on BBC 1’s Countryfile Show!

On Friday evening Sally Findlay and Rose Lewis took a moment to join the team at Three Rivers Museum and meet those who have been integral to a superb exhibition based on the recently discovered diaries of Victorian farmer John White.

Many of you may have noticed Riverford Organic’s latest film that is being showcased across their social media accounts. Did you notice though that the film – featuring Guy Sing-Watson, Riverford’s founder – was shot at Woodoaks Farm.