Updates

  • Don’t forget our Summer Play!

    Thats right, this summer the story of Fordhall Farm will be told in a fantastically funny play with music. Due to he held outdoors at Fordhall Farm, and Home Farm, Shrewsbury at the end of June and beginning of July,…

  • Farmer Ben’s new butcher

    Ben (Hollins) has launched himself into new territory over the last few weeks. After 18 months of gathering second-hand items from wherever he could lay his hands on them, he now has a complete butchery kit fully assembled on the…

  • GOODBYE BARRY

    Fordhall Farm has bid a fond farewell to Barry the bull, who sadly left us this morning when he went to the market to be sold. Barry has been here since before the campaign so was very special. Watch this…

  • Field Studies Council Invertebrates Course

    Fordhall Farm ran its first invertebrates course last saturday (April 5th) for over 17 budding volunteers. They scanned and disected owl pellets under microscopes and investigated habitats and grassland relationships. I have it on good authority that the day was…

  • Baby chicks at Fordhall Farm

    Yes Easter came and past us by. But we were left with a cluster of very young chicks. Alice came from Market Drayton came to visit and we hope others will too. Watching them, hopefully avoid the fox, and grow…

  • FARMERS’ MARKET and LAMBING SUNDAY!

    What a success Sunday at Fordhall Farm was! Although it was cold the rain held off and it was a great day, over 1,500 people came! The children loved the Easter Egg hunt, the lambs, chicks – even some sheep…

  • FARMERS’ MARKET and LAMBING SUNDAY!

    Are you coming to our Farmers’ Market and Lambing this Sunday at Fordhall Farm? I hope that the weather holds out as it is destined to be such an exciting day! Lambs are being born all the time and we…

  • Did you see the news today?!

    Once again Fordhall Farm is famous! The ITV news crew have been with us all day filming the lambs for an update on ITV Central, so far we have had two live broadcasts! It has been really great and is…

  • Spring Lambs arrive at Fordhall Farm!

    The new lambing shed was just finished after the working weekend, only a few minor finishing touches left. Thankfully we got there just in time, with the ewes having their first lambs on the same day we brought them in!…

  • Arthur’s Plough – Fordhalls story with music and laughter…

    Shropshire is to be put firmly back on the theatrical map this summer with a brand new version of the county’s legendary play about Fordhall Farm. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/7268374.stmVirutal Shropshire website info “Arthur’s Plough – 2008” will be performed in the garden…