Happy bank holiday Monday everyone! We are open today - our trails are free to access and welcome picnics and dogs on leads, so why not pop by for a wander? 🐮🐷🌼 Opening hours: Farm Shop, café & trails: 10am-4pm. Please note the café is serving a reduced menu of drinks & cakes.

Nap time 🐷💤

Our next Renew & Restore session is: All Things Bees and Honey! 🐝 The session will involve learning about bee keeping, honey & beeswax from Alison's Bee Class This sessions are free to access for anyone with a cancer diagnosis & are made possible with funding from Lingen Davies Cancer Support🌼

It's the last few days to enter our photo competition! Taken a photo you're particularly proud of on the farm? Enter it to be in with a chance of seeing it featured in our 2026 calendar! Ts&Cs and how to enter can be found at the link in our linktree (in bio). Closes: 31/08/25.

The Museum of Broken Dreams opens today in Parliament. An exhibition of community-led projects that could have transformed Britain. The Museum reveals the depth of wasted potential in our country & makes the case for more #CommunityPower. 👉 arcg.is/0K9SvG1

Playing hide and seek among the trees 🐮

Who will be joining us for our 'Mushroom Mosey' event? Join expert John for a foray into the weird and wonderful world of fungi, followed by a mushroom themed lunch prepared by the cafe team 🍄 Bookings: call 01630 638 696 or visit the What's On link in our link tree (in bio).

Have you secured a copy of our 2026 calendar yet? This 20th anniversary calendar will feature pictures of Fordhall over the years. Pre-order offer: buy 3, get 4th half price* *Available to phone orders (01630638696) until 30/09/25. Offer unavailable in the online farm shop.

We are delighted to announce that Paul Pennell is this year’s photo competition winner, with this wonderful photo of a male common darter. This photograph will feature in our 2026 calendar, which is now available to pre-order! Find out more at: fordhallfarm.com/news/2026-phot…

Learn all about fungi, right here on the farm, with our Mushroom Mosey event! Afterwards tuck into a tasty mushroom themed lunch freshly prepared by the Arthur's Farm Kitchen team 🍄😋 4th Oct, 10am-2:30pm Adults: £30pp Kids under 12: £15pp Bookings: call 01630 638 696

Oink oink 🐷

Today is the Autumn Equinox, also known as Mabon 🍂 A traditional celebration of harvest, people celebrate by giving thanks for nature's bounty and prepare for the winter months 🍁

Our next Renew and Restore session is: Cooking with Chef 👨‍🍳 3rd Oct, 10:30am-1:30pm These sessions are free to access, for anyone with a cancer diagnosis, thanks to generous funding from Lingen Davies Cancer Support 🌼 For more sessions, and how to book, visit the link in our linktree.

Looking after the River Tern for the benefit of the environment and biodiversity is important to us 🦆 Our first cow bathing pool has been constructed! Livestock will use this to drink from, and cool down in the summer, rather than damaging river banks. #worldriversday

**📷 Vacancies on our Care Farm supporting adults with learning disabilities or autism. 📷 If you or a person you would like to join our group on weekly on Mondays and/or Tuesdays on a long-term placement then please do get in touch. fordhallfarm.com/carefarming

We have officially been registered (with our 128-acres) as what we believe to be Shropshire’s largest Asset of Community Value (ACV)!But there’s one small yet important part of Fordhall that’s missing from this protection.. Cottage Field📷 Learn more: fordhallfarm.com/cottage-field

We've done it before, and we can do it again! Together, we can make sure Cottage Field is protected for future generations. Share your support and help protect this piece of Shropshire's history: fordhallfarm.com/cottage-field #fordhallfarm #shropshire #organicfarming

Nothing says autumn like lamb simmering in the oven on low heat, mingling with cumin, apricots, rose harissa, garlic, onions and ginger. @nigelslater’s deeply warming recipe is fragrant and comforting: bit.ly/4ht6Z0U

Happy Halloweeeeen from everyone at the farm! 📷 The Care Farm crew were feeling frightfully festive yesterday and rocked a groovy Halloween disco hosted by DJ Ollie.. Followed by some spooky birthday love for our Gemma! 📷 Stay spooky friends! 📷

What's the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase 'regenerative agriculture'? During the intro speech by Dr Tamsin Blaxter at today’s ‘Reckoning with Regeneration’ event hosted by the The Food Foundation, the answer is clear - it's soil! #Soil #RegenerativeAgriculture