Soil lovers, this one is for you!

Soil lovers, this one is for you!

WWOOF UK is pleased to be working with Mycoharmonics to offer one WWOOF UK member a free place on their upcoming 5-day Natural Farming Course at the Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester. The course takes place from 16th – 20th October 2026 and the place...
What’s new at WWOOF UK?

What’s new at WWOOF UK?

We are actively seeking hosts We’ve noticed a surge in WWOOFer membership numbers in the first quarter of the year and so we’ve been actively seeking new hosts. We are making sure that our membership numbers contain a desirable ratio of WWOOFers to hosts....
Mr Fluttergrub’s garden

Mr Fluttergrub’s garden

The purple shoots of spring As I write on the penultimate day of meteorological winter (27th February) the first shoots or ‘spears’ of purple sprouting broccoli have just been picked and eaten. There should now be further harvests, possibly extending into early May,...
The Steading: where art comes naturally

The Steading: where art comes naturally

We are Helen Kemp, ceramic artist, and Paul Grime, public artist. In 2003 we made a successful offer to buy a 1.3 acre building plot in the Scottish Borders, in a location that is one of the driest in Scotland. Here was a place we could develop the studios we needed...
Hockerton Housing Project unearthed

Hockerton Housing Project unearthed

An article for WWOOF UK by Simon Tilley Hockerton Housing Project’s germination was in 1993 when Nottinghamshire land owner and builder Nick Martin became interested in creating a very low energy self-build project on some of his family’s agricultural land. Following...