If Dad (Arthur Hollins) was alive today he would have reached 105 years old. He taught us so much about life, he taught Ben and I to be determined and to believe in our vision. Most importantly, Dad created the…
HAPPY 105th BIRTHDAY DAD!
Author: Charlotte Hollins
Staff in lockdown
Staff in lockdown – what have they been up to? Well here is Mike, one of our wonderful youth workers. Mike would normally be working with young people referred to us from local schools. He’d be teaching them greenwood skills,…
Fordhall growing into a local Wedding Venue
If you have had to postpone your wedding this year due to the current crisis and are looking for a new location for 2021, please do get in touch. We have been told that many couples who are having to…
Mental health awareness
🥧 We delivered a hamper full of Fordhall home made pork pies yesterday to the NHS team at the Redwoods Centre in Shrewsbury. These guys are working extremely hard caring for patients with acute mental health problems, dementia and rehabilitation…
Connecting and growing the family
If you have seen Ben’s videos online, you will have seen that we now have an organic milk vending machine onsite. We have created a partnership with Shropshire based Taylors organic dairy, and in doing so we were very surprised…
Making the most of the garden
As a family we have successfully reached the end of our two week isolation period. When the initial stress and struggles of remaining within our own four walls had sunk in, I actually think we found many positives during the…
Listening to the wind
This is one of my favourite views at Fordhall. It is the view I have when lying down in the garden of the farmhouse looking up at the beautiful beech tree. I have spent many summers doing this as a…
Have you seen Ben’s videos?
Well what a crazy few weeks! I am sure many of you are in just as much shock as we are. Every day has brought new changes and new challenges, it has been hard to keep up, but we have…
Sheep Tales and Spring Banquet – Join us!
We will be hosting an evening of entertainment and great food next Saturday 9th May in memory of organic pioneer, the late Arthur Hollins and in tribute to all the hard work of our counties shepherds. Looking after sheep, whether…
Pancakes and Poo 17th February
On Tuesday we had our ‘Pancakes and Poo Morning’ as part of our ‘Arthur Hollins Centenary’ celebrations. We had lots of very enthusiastic young scientists from toddlers to 11 years of age ready to play and learn about the magic…