Thank you to the lovely group we met at NiddPlus friendship group on Wednesday. We loved all the ideas that you shared in our poetry session. Here’s your wonderful poem.
MY SPECIAL PLACE, by Susan, John and Barbara, with help from Michelle and Peter 7 January 2026 My Special Place is in my mind It’s somewhere I can’t leave behind. Susan’s Special Place It’s by a river: rocky edges, Babbling water, reeds and sedges, Distant hills and running stream; Somewhere that I love to dream. […]
Thank you so much for everyone’s kindness and support after our recent robbery and fire. We are hugely touched by all your messages and overwhelming generosity. It means such a lot to know that the woods are as special to you as they are to us.
A huge thank you for all the poems you have written and sent in for this year’s Fishpond Wood Poetree Trail.
It’s been a pleasure to read them all. Lovely to see them dancing in the wind and passers by stopping to read and enjoy them. Thank you.
Poetry Trail, coming soon from 3rd October
With your help we are creating a poetry trail through Fishpond Wood. Please email your poem or send us 2 copies (A4 size or smaller please) of either your favourite poem, or even better, one that you have written yourself. Children’s poems and illustrations are very welcome. Some poems will be hung on the ‘poetrees’ […]
NIDD ART TRAIL 2025
Fishpond woods public paths will be open as usual to visitors throughout the art trail. Our hexagonal study barn (near the ice house) will be open from 2-4 pm on Saturday 16th August and on Saturday/Sunday 23rd/24th August for the sale of greetings cards, handmade wooden objects, rustic furniture and other works by local contributors. […]
A huge shout out and thanks to all the military veterans from VCWP for their wonderful woodland work this weekend!
https://www.vcworkingparty.com/post/discovering-tranquility-at-whitewoods-a-journey-of-woodland-wellbeing-and-self-discovery Our lovely volunteers worked in the heat to restore the waterfalls in the stream and clear rhododendron below the pond. It looks fabulous. Thank you so much for your company, team effort and hard work.
A massive thank you to Open Country for their generous donation of a wheelchair to further improve access for all our visitors to Whitewoods.
Excited to learn that Whitewoods Wellbeing is now a government case study for offering a natural health service to the community.
Please click on the link to find out more: https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/woodland-restoration-at-whitewoods-offers-a-natural-health-service-to-the-community
Sending a huge thank you and a Happy Christmas to all our volunteers and visitors this year.
Amazing to see the creativity of all generations exploring the woods. We’ve never had anyone doing their work out above the fire pit, making their own weights out of a fallen branch, stones and string before!