diff --git a/crates/forest/src/cli.rs b/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
index 5a58f88..e5cf02e 100644
--- a/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/forest/src/cli.rs
@@ -78,13 +78,20 @@ pub async fn execute() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     }
 
     let project_file = tokio::fs::read_to_string(&project_file_path).await?;
-    let project_doc: KdlDocument = project_file.parse()?;
-
-    let project: ForestFile = project_doc.try_into()?;
+    let doc: KdlDocument = project_file.parse()?;
+    let project: ForestFile = doc.try_into()?;
 
     match project {
         ForestFile::Workspace(workspace) => {
-            tracing::trace!("running as workspace")
+            tracing::trace!("running as workspace");
+
+            // 1. For each member load the project
+            let output = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&workspace)?;
+            println!("{}", output.to_colored_json_auto().unwrap_or(output));
+
+            // TODO: 1a (optional). Resolve dependencies
+            // 2. Reconcile plans
+            // 3. Provide context and aggregated commands for projects
         }
         ForestFile::Project(project) => {
             tracing::trace!("found a project name: {}", project.name);
diff --git a/crates/forest/src/model.rs b/crates/forest/src/model.rs
index 9d1dcf9..dc287ee 100644
--- a/crates/forest/src/model.rs
+++ b/crates/forest/src/model.rs
@@ -374,13 +374,57 @@ impl TryFrom<KdlDocument> for Project {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
-pub struct Workspace {}
+pub struct WorkspaceMember {
+    pub name: String,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&kdl::KdlNode> for WorkspaceMember {
+    type Error = anyhow::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &kdl::KdlNode) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            name: value
+                .entries()
+                .first()
+                .ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                    "is supposed to have a path `member ./some-path`"
+                ))?
+                .value()
+                .as_string()
+                .ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("value is required to be a string"))?
+                .to_string(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct Workspace {
+    members: Vec<WorkspaceMember>,
+}
 
 impl TryFrom<KdlDocument> for Workspace {
     type Error = anyhow::Error;
 
     fn try_from(value: KdlDocument) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        Ok(Self {})
+        let workspace = value
+            .get("workspace")
+            .expect("to have a workspace at this point")
+            .children()
+            .ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("workspace to be a section"))?;
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            members: workspace
+                .get("members")
+                .ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!(
+                    "a members section is required for a workspace"
+                ))?
+                .children()
+                .ok_or(anyhow::anyhow!("a members is required to have children"))?
+                .nodes()
+                .iter()
+                .map(|m| m.try_into())
+                .collect::<anyhow::Result<Vec<_>>>()?,
+        })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/workspace/components/flux/forest.kdl b/examples/workspace/components/flux/forest.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/workspace/plan/a/forest.kdl b/examples/workspace/plan/a/forest.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/workspace/plan/b/forest.kdl b/examples/workspace/plan/b/forest.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/workspace/projects/a/forest.kdl b/examples/workspace/projects/a/forest.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/examples/workspace/projects/b/forest.kdl b/examples/workspace/projects/b/forest.kdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29