This site celebrates the work we do on our land, and seeks to share our vision of possibility: of small scale efforts that ripple outward...

...into our community of Bishop’s Castle, to Shropshire County, the Marches bioregion, the UK, and beyond.

At a time when it is so easy to feel paralysed by the scale of global instability and climate crisis, this site illustrates what I think of as ‘concentric rings of influence’ - a way of taking action and doing what we can at home with deep intention, then gradually the impact gathers to drive even more meaningful change.

Little Woodbatch is an idea: A commitment to radical optimism. It’s an example of creating something resilient at a small scale to show what is within the realm of the possible.

It comes from my belief that we have a responsibility to take care of one another and our planet.

The simple principle is this: Start to cultivate your patch, and you’ll find that the ripples outward grow and grow...

-Daphne