Community Events
There is always something going on at the farm! On this page you'll find information about the latest events and up and coming activities on the horizon.
We are open Saturdays & Sundays
The farm is open to the general public every Saturday and Sunday. Come and meet Penny pig, Snowball the cow and all the other animals. You can feed the chickens, explore the garden, bring a picnic, spend some time in our woodland area, or even join in with arts and crafts activities if available.
Opening times are 10:00am-4:00pm (BST) 10:00am-3:00pm.
Admission prices are £2.00 for adults and £1.00 for children. Under 2's free. We hope to see you soon!
Opening times are 10:00am-4:00pm (BST) 10:00am-3:00pm.
Admission prices are £2.00 for adults and £1.00 for children. Under 2's free. We hope to see you soon!
Keep up-to-date on Facebook and Twitter
For all the most recent news, photos, births, arrivals and general chit-chat from the farm, then make sure you follow us on Facebook and Twitter. We would love to hear what you think about the farm and you can check out all our gorgeous animals and their latest mug shots.
Sainbury's Lordshill choose us as their Charity of the Year!
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We are so excited to announce that the large Lordshill Sainbury's superstore has selected the farm to be their Charity of the Year!
This is the beginning of an extremely exciting partnership with the store, especially as they have already lined up a corporate volunteer day to refurbish the outside of the community room with a new lick of paint. Thank you Sainbury's! |
Foresters
We would like to say a massive thank you to Foresters who have helped us to create a brilliant new pond area for our waterfowl. They bought us new pond plants, landscaping rocks and two fabulous new duck and geese houses, but they didn't stop there: they also helped us put it all together and paint it! We can't wait to let our ducks and geese try out their new home and can't thank you enough for all your hard work and generous donations.
The Barker-Mill Foundation.
The £20,000 donation from the Barker-Mill Foundation will provide us with a new kitchen which will allow us to teach cookery skills, healthy eating and food production, as well as the opportunity to open a small café on site. There will also be increased disabled access throughout the farm, with renovation and enlargement of the small animal, craft and wood work rooms allowing for more people to use the facilities.
We would like to say a massive thank you for such a kind donation, we are truly delighted. To read more about this please follow the link to their website: http://www.barkermillfoundation.com/
We would like to say a massive thank you for such a kind donation, we are truly delighted. To read more about this please follow the link to their website: http://www.barkermillfoundation.com/
Down to Earth Farm was on" Mr Bloom: Here and There" !
We were very lucky to have Mr Bloom come to visit our farm. While he was here, he had a go at milking our goat Lily, collecting eggs from our chickens and making a scarecrow for our vegetable garden.
So if you missed it please check it out here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/cbeebies/episode/b04t60zr/mr-bloom-here-and-there-series-2-16-down-to-earth-farm
We were very lucky to have Mr Bloom come to visit our farm. While he was here, he had a go at milking our goat Lily, collecting eggs from our chickens and making a scarecrow for our vegetable garden.
So if you missed it please check it out here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/cbeebies/episode/b04t60zr/mr-bloom-here-and-there-series-2-16-down-to-earth-farm
Snowball our lovely cow!
‘Snowball’ has been loaned to the farm by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. She is one of the rarest breeds of cattle in the UK being a "Northern Dairy Shorthorn" with less than 150 breeding females. She has settled in really well and is enjoying meeting all the farm visitors.
We would like to say a big THANK YOU to Midas for their generosity. Following a day of hard work in the rain the main building and part of the barn has been given a much needed lick of paint. We also have a new kitchen work top and new taps in our community room! So thank you Midas for all your hard work and support.
www.midasgroup.co.uk
Wates Construction LTD.
Big thank you to Wates Construction LTD for making the farm's dreams come true. We were honoured that Wates chose to support us with their community work day. A team of over 30 staff and contractors created new paths, dug a new pond for our wetland bird area and re-located the muck heap as well as creating a new greenhouse base in our garden. Although they may seem like unglamorous jobs, they have a huge and positive impact on the farm.
Thank You to everyone who came to our Open Day and to Basepoint for fundmatching us!
April 18th was a truly magical day! Live music, craft stalls, face painting and all our gorgeous animals, you couldn’t help but have a good time. It was so lovely to see so much support for our little farm. The total raised was a whopping £3750, our best Open day to date! and with Basepoint fundmatching us, we made an amazing £7500! All the money raised goes straight back into the farm, helping to support our projects we have run for clients and public, that come to visit us.
Thank you so much Basepoint, your continued support means so much to us!
We would also like to say a very special THANK YOU to our volunteers who gave up their time to help . The day just couldn't have happened without the dedication of our volunteers as well all the farm staff! Thank you, we hope to see you all again soon. Please check out our save the dates below, to see when our next event is.
April 18th was a truly magical day! Live music, craft stalls, face painting and all our gorgeous animals, you couldn’t help but have a good time. It was so lovely to see so much support for our little farm. The total raised was a whopping £3750, our best Open day to date! and with Basepoint fundmatching us, we made an amazing £7500! All the money raised goes straight back into the farm, helping to support our projects we have run for clients and public, that come to visit us.
Thank you so much Basepoint, your continued support means so much to us!
We would also like to say a very special THANK YOU to our volunteers who gave up their time to help . The day just couldn't have happened without the dedication of our volunteers as well all the farm staff! Thank you, we hope to see you all again soon. Please check out our save the dates below, to see when our next event is.
Big thank you to The Paper Train for playing at our open days
The Paper Trains are a blues, country and folky-style trio from Southampton. Inspired by the traditions of American roots music, they perform their own distinctive arrangements of popular and little known foot-stomping ditties.
Our wonderful volunteers
Big thank you to all the volunteers that help out, no matter what the weather is. Come rain or shine, we can always count on our amazing volunteers; the farm just wouldn't work without you!
Room Hire
We have a range of facilities for hire. Please contact us on 02380 522706 for further information.
We have a range of facilities for hire. Please contact us on 02380 522706 for further information.
