Welcome! Moors Wood is a small private woodland owned and managed by Sarah and Ian Blenkinsop as a nature reserve and as a sustainably managed source of various wood products.

Sarah is a freelance Environmental Educator, Lecturer and Forest School Leader. Based at her own site at Moors Wood, Sarah provides fun natural/recycled craft workshops; play or storytelling sessions; eco themed parties; workshops on food preservation, setting up an organic garden, setting up a composting area or keeping chickens; or training courses in various woodcraft and play skills. These services are available for adults and/or children. Sarah is also very happy to come to you and deliver any of the above, or to give talks to groups.

Follow the links to find out more about what is on offer. Please click on the photos if you need to make them larger. Also visit Sarah's other site, The Compost Bin, for more general info and advice on sustainable living.

Coming up soon.





The Green Gathering Festival August 4th - 7th 2016


I am at this event from Thurs to Monday, offering a Composting talk and demo on Thurs, a chicken keeping talk on Fri and a composting talk on Sat. I'll also be around in the Permaculture village offering natural crafts and will have the Serama chickens Algy and his wife with me. COme and say hello and discuss growing, composting and chicken keeping methods.


Hellens The Garden Festival 11 - 12 June 2016

I am at this event both days, In my tent all weekend offering a Preserving talk on Sat and a Composting demo on Sun. My stall offering natural crafts (workshops, as well as items for sale), plant sales of Heritage seeds grown by me in organic growing medium in my polytunnel at Moors Wood and with a lot of added advice if needed, the Serama chickens Algy and his wife and my help on growing, composting and chicken keeping methods.

Workshops on offer


Saturday  3 pm Cider Mill Preserving nature’s bounty. No more room in your freezer? Still have loads of produce waiting in the kitchen? Come and find out about different  ways to preserve your harvest which don’t need a freezer. Wine, cider, juice, jam , chutney and dehydration.

Sunday  Composting. 11 am Tent  Compostwoman will share her experience, enthusiasm and knowledge about  composting . She will discuss how to do it, what to put in the compost bin, tell when it is ready and what to use the compost for.



Also I will be running some Fun in the Wood sessions in the wood as we did last year  (to be confirmed)

For more info see The Garden Festival website 




Big Apple Blossomtime May 1/2 2016

I am at this event both days, In my stall offering natural crafts (workshops, as well as items for sale), plant sales of Heritage seeds grown by me in organic growing medium in my polytunnel at Moors Wood and with a lot of added advice if needed, the Serama chickens Algy and his wife will be there and I will be offering my help on growing, composting, frugal food and chicken keeping methods.

Hereford River Carnival Sat 30th April 2016

I am at this event all day, in my stall in the H Energy village offering natural crafts (workshops, as well as items for sale), plant sales of Heritage seeds grown by me in organic growing medium in my polytunnel at Moors Wood and with a lot of added advice if needed, the Serama chickens Algy and his wife will be there and I will be offering my help on growing, composting, frugal food and chicken keeping methods.


Compost workshop at Leomonster Allotments in association with New Leaf/H Energy





Also now taking bookings for :-

Forest School skills refresher sessions (Den building, Fire lighting, Games to play, crafts, tracking)

Fun in the Woods sessions (morning, afternoon, twilight or all day )

Chicken keeping courses - come and cuddle a chicken and learn how they like to be kept.


Composting courses. I show you how to maximize the compost you can make and what you can use it for.

Preserving Nature's bounty - a workshop on different methods of preserving.

Needlefelting basics and make a felt badge/bookmark to take away (2 hours)

Papermaking and papercrafting workshop (2 x 3 hours, spread over 2 sessions)

Play session dates in the Summer holidays, to follow