This site is about more than just a few acres of land, but all the activities that ripple out from it...

...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 not-so-radical flirtation with radical optimism. It’s an example of creating something resilient at a small scale to show what is within the realm of the possible. Also, it’s home.

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