Updates

  • Fordhall awarded V Project grant.

    Fordhall has been awarded a grant from the V project in order to enable us to encourage and recruit more younger volunteers onto the farm. So a massive thank you must go to the V project. I am very exited…

  • Hay Making in 2008 – beat the rain…

    After wandering if the Summer weather was ever going to come, we have finally had chance to cut and make hay. Ben rents some land at Whitchurch from Shropshire Wildlife Trust (melverley Meadows). They are protected, traditional organic hay meadows…

  • Summer Fun in the Fordhall Woodland

    After a successful year of Forest School in Fordhall Farm’s woodland, we have decided to organise some Forest Fun Activities for the Summer Holidays. These will run from Monday 28th July – Friday 1st August from 10am-12.30pm. They will be…

  • Successful Summer Fair

    This weekend was the annual Summer Fair, and what a success it was! We had such a variety of stalls and activities for all the family. There were traditional Victorian games presented by the scouts, welly wanging for all the…

  • Second Week of Arthurs Plough Play

    Today we begin the second week of Arthurs Plough and it looks like the weather may be a little kinder to us. Last week, two performances were held in Ben’s barn and two were held in the Farmhouse garden. All…

  • We carried on regardless

    Despite last nights rain, the second performance of ‘Arthur’s Plough’ at Fordhall Farm was a great success. Volunteers (especially Chris, Charles and Helena) spent the day clearing the shed from animal muck to allow the cast and audience a clean…

  • Arthur’s Plough – First night Success!

    Last night was the first night of Arthur’s Plough (our play with music) at Fordhall Farm – and what a success it was! Lots of people turned up with their chairs and enjoyed a night of laughter as they were…

  • One week to go – Buy your tickets today!

    The Fordhall Farm Play ‘Arthur’s Plough’ begins in only 1 weeks time, so there is not long to get your tickets… Last week, Shrewsbury actors Rosie Coxhead and Matt Saull met Shropshire’s famous farming duo Charlotte and Ben Hollins when…

  • Find our Ancient Trees

    A recent volunteer to Fordhall Farm was Paul Beevers. Whilst here, he and ‘Courier’ Dave went searching for Ancient Trees. They found three that would qualify. The treesmeasured 4.8 mtrs, 6.05 mtrs and 4.7 metres respectively. The Ancient Tree Hunt…

  • Chicken Out

    At Fordhall Farm we believe that intensive battery hen farming is wrong and cruel. Chcikens are naturally free-range and should be able to peck at the ground, feed on insects and roam in the sunshine. As a result we are…