Updates

  • The Magic of Fordhall Farm, by Sophie

     Charlotte watering the newly planted green roof in front of the newly installed PV cells thanks to Salop Energy.  It’s all go here at Fordhall where the new walls are being painted, calves are being born and volunteers…

  • Dawn Chorus Walks at Fordhall Farm on Bank Holiday Weekend

    This May bank holiday weekend we are holding a Dawn Chorus Walks at Fordhall to help celebrate International Dawn Chorus Day and of course the Royal Wedding! It will begin at 4.30am on Sunday May 1st at Fordhall. Led by local twitcher…

  • Only 4 weeks until Fordhall Farm re-opens…

    Fordhall Farm’s new green roof canopy As time moves on and Easter approaches, the final touches on our renovation project begin. This week Sedum Supplys have been putting the gravel base onto our green roof. This substrate will hold a…

  • New workshops at Fordhall!

    I know that I haven’t written on the blog in a while but thought I would write again and keep up with the trend of good news and progress by announcing and drawing your attention to our new programme of events!…

  • Happy Hemp!

    The hemcrete is shoveled in between shutters. Once dry the external shutter will be removed to allow the hemcrete to breath. Today we built our Hemp wall, and boy were we excited! It has been a long time coming. It is…

  • Hedge planting in the picnic area

    A Big Cheer for all the families that came to Fordhall on Saturday to help us plant a hedge in the picnic area.Inspite of the recent sunshine the day was cold and grey but that did’nt stop 20 families from…

  • Timber construction everywhere!

    WOW, everything is coming on at speed at Fordhall. Last weekend lots of wonderful volunteers helped us to re-erect our yurts.Bex organised a good clean and some well needed tlc, before our yurts were erected in the fields, with a beautiful view…

  • ..And hemp insulation too!

    Looking towards our farm shop entrance, these british stone plinths will hold our oak canopy. The renovation of our old dairy building at Fordhall continues to progress. Earlier this week saw the foundations for our oak green roof canopy go…

  • The yurts are on the move..

    Our yurts have been in desperate need of repair for some time. As we approach the end of our building project our focus moves towards creating a car park space and improving the remaining infrastructure on the farm. As a…

  • Insulation at Fordhall – a first!

    This week has seen insulation enter our old drafty farm building. Already, even without windows, it feels warmer than our thin steel portacabin! Trying to be as environmentally friendly as possible, we are using a natural welsh sheeps wool in…