Bluebell Walk at Margaret Wood

The Countryside Regeneration Trust welcomes you to an open day at Margaret Wood

Hosted by our wonderful volunteers, the woods will be open for you to take walks, with information and support provided at the entrance. Stay after for tea, coffee and cake and a chat with the group.

We are also looking for new volunteers to join us, so if you are interested, please do come and talk to us about it on the day. Volunteering with us is a great way to meet like-minded people and help us to regenerate the countryside.

Due to limited space, we ask you to please come by foot.

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Bluebell Walk at Margaret Wood

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Develop your creative writing skills at this relaxed and inspiring half day writing workshop, led by Ingrid Hayes. We'll start with a nature walk to get the ideas flowing and then practice different techniques, all in the idyllic surroundings of Bere Marsh Farm.
Creative workshop: Collage in nature

Dorset artist Deb Chisman is back for another art based creative workshop in the beautiful surroundings of Bere Marsh Farm. Create your own collage, using nature as inspiration and with a focus on our much loved barn owls.
Creative workshop: Stencil printed daisy tote bag

Join us for a morning of floral creativity with pre-mixed fabric paints and bespoke daisy & meadow flower stencils designed by Melanie Ward. Learn how to print onto fabric using stencils as you design your own tote bag to take home.
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Join us for an autumnal fungi foray at Bere Marsh Farm. Led by expert mycologist Andy Knott, we'll explore a variety of habitats as we search for the many species of fungi on the farm. From the tiniest emergent mushrooms so easily overlooked to flamboyant conspicuous species like Fly Agaric, Andy will help identify what we find and have plenty of fascinating facts to share along the way.
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Discover an array of moths and butterflies at Bere Marsh Farm. Led by moth expert Jack Oughton, he'll open the moth traps set out around the farm the night before for everyone to see and discuss. We'll then go on an hour's guided nature walk around the farm, focusing on butterflies, as well as the other wildlife spotted along the way.
Marvellous moths and beautiful butterflies

Discover an array of moths and butterflies at Bere Marsh Farm. Led by moth expert Jack Oughton, he'll open the moth traps set out around the farm the night before for everyone to see and discuss. We'll then go on an hour's guided nature walk around the farm, focusing on butterflies, as well as the other wildlife spotted along the way.
Discovering bats in autumn

Join our enchanting bat walk around Bere Marsh Farm, led by bat expert Mariko Whyte from the Dorset Bat Group. We'll provide heterodyne detectors for you to use to help identify species, plus Mariko will share many fascinating bat facts along the way.
Discovering bats

Join our enchanting bat walk around Bere Marsh Farm, led by bat expert Mariko Whyte from the Dorset Bat Group. We'll provide heterodyne detectors for you to use to help identify species, plus Mariko will share many fascinating bat facts along the way.

School trips on the farm
Volunteer with the CRT

Would you like to help wildlife and do your bit to create a landscape bursting with life? To enjoy quiet time connecting with nature to benefit your wellbeing, or to get stuck into exciting conservation projects with a friendly team? To learn new skills or develop existing ones? Whatever motivates you to consider volunteering, we’d love to have you in our team.
What We Do

The CRT promotes nature-friendly farming to help reverse biodiversity decline and combat climate change. We believe nature is integral to good farming and we protect, promote and regenerate our land and all life on it. We put our philosophy into practice on over 2,000 acres of working farms, small-holdings and woodland across England.
Slow-worms – the gardener’s best friend

The UK has 6 native reptile species including the curious slow-worm (Anguis fragilis). Although serpent-like in appearance, slow-worms are in fact limbless lizards and an amazing example of de-evolution.
Wildlife & Farms

To achieve our vision of a living, working countryside we have purchased 18 sites across the UK, each with their own unique ecosystem and biodiversity.
Conservation Volunteer

This is your chance to get 'down and dirty' to help CRT improve the habitats and environment on our farms, with a wide range of conservation projects and initiatives.
Bere Marsh Farm

Mixed farmland, Dorset
Robin Page

Co-Founder
David Mills MBE

Trustee
Regenerative Farming & CRT

Since our inception we have been working tirelessly to achieve our vision of a living, working countryside, and that is not changing, but in a world that’s in its sixth mass extinction we must evolve to fight this threat.