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May Days
After the downpours at the weekend, we were glad for the light breeze and the return of the sunshine this week. We have started to build...

Lou Sanders
May 17, 20222 min read


Flutterbies
This year the garden has been rather full of bees, bumbles, hoverflies, wasps, moths and butterflies fluttering by. You can join in with...

Lou Sanders
Jul 24, 20201 min read


Summer Sun
It's the end of another week. It's the end of another term. It's the end of another year. That all came round a bit quick this time. We...

Lou Sanders
Jul 19, 20202 min read


Busy doing nothing
I've mainly been busy doing nothing. I did spend time at school tidying, sorting and shredding old papers. It's not the same without the...

sawpitwoods
Apr 7, 20201 min read


Friday flowers
It's been a changeable week. Small scale ups and downs of productivity and inaction. As a family we are slowly adjusting to the altered...

sawpitwoods
Apr 3, 20203 min read


Starting a Forest Garden
As there is no Forest School sessions going on currently, there is time to spend starting a Forest garden. It has been inspired by family...

sawpitwoods
Apr 1, 20202 min read


School day
I spent a day in school today. All very peaceful and clam. Quite unlike a usual Thursday. We started with an hour of laptop work, spaced...

sawpitwoods
Mar 26, 20201 min read


Week 1
So school is out... maybe for summer, but let’s hope not. That’s not something I’d expect a teacher to say, but there it is. Like the...

sawpitwoods
Mar 25, 20202 min read


A glimmer of light on the horizon
Imbolc has come and gone, as has January. I spent a day lighting fires and watching them burn out again with a lovely bunch of women in...

sawpitwoods
Feb 4, 20202 min read


Crisp and cold
A pleasant and fruitful weekend was had with the younger brother in Bristol. We continued the wittering which we started on our wet walk...

sawpitwoods
Jan 20, 20202 min read


Coppice Club: Crafting Community in the Woods
An other satisfying day spent with the woods
Jan 112 min read


What's on in the Woods? December 2025
We hope you’re enjoying the turn to deep winter and the cosy long nights. Here's what's happening at Sawpit Woods in the coming weeks.
Dec 20, 20254 min read


Tree tending Day
We had a wonderful day tending our sapling trees in our Children's Forest adjacent to Sawpit Woods this February. Together we mulched...
Feb 13, 20242 min read
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