2nd Community Farmer Day 2026

Join us for a fun-filled day tending the crops and feasting on the farm ! Celebrate local fruit and vegetable farming !
About this Event

🌻 Community Farmer Day 🌻

Join us for a fun-filled day celebrating local fruit and veg! Everyone is welcome all ages and abilities/experience are welcome. These community Farmer days are about people connecting with the land, nature and experiencing something special. A chance to be part of a community building resilience, sharing skill, coming together to grow nutritious food and sit down for lunch and enjoying the bounty of the land.

We have the farm marquee, picnic benches and facilities that will allow us to host this event and we are grateful for the funding from Wiltshire Area Board and the support of Climate Friendly Bradford that has enabled these events to happen.

Activities will be;

• Starting the day in the market garden, we will get to see how the crops from our first session in May have come along. This activity was popular, so we will look to spend slightly longer here. Activities will include, sowing the winter salad into modules, planting out more French bean, sowing planting out winter kale and potentially harvesting onions if ready.
• Community feast
• A guided walk through our productive nature friendly farm ‘The best fertiliser is a farmer’s footprint’.
• In a shorter afternoon session we can decide whether we would like to do some de-leafing around the fruit in the vines or some summer-pruning in the orchards

The event is open to all and we are designing the day to be family friendly. Through our team of qualified co-ordinators and volunteers we will offer individuals the opportunity to set their own pace whilst enjoying this earthy experience. Both qualified Well-being and child care specialists will be present and part of the farm team on the day as well as skilled growers and chefs cooking us delicious treats. We are aiming to have a tailored activity to suit most ages and abilities. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, my email is [email protected]

The day will likely follow our routine pattern of;

• 9.15am arrive
• 9.30am cuppa and catch-up, in this case it will be ‘Welcome and Introduction’

• 10.15am morning activity

• 1.00pm lunch ( this delicious and nutritious organic meal based on vegetables grown from the farm by our skilled chefs will be the highlight of the day)
• 2.00pm Brief walk through the orchards and talk of what’s going on.

• 2.30pm Afternoon activity3.30pm tea and coming together for end of day and reflection