Thursday, 19 February 2009

Open Farm Sundays 2009

When & where -


4th March - Balliefurth Farm, Grantown-on-Spey, Highlands
5th March - Aik Bank Farm, Calthwaite, Penrith, Cumbria
11th March - Hardwick Park Farm, Doe Lea, Chesterfield, Nottinghamshire
12th March - Manor Farm, Kelfield, Nr York, Yorkshire
17th March - Overbury Farms, Overbury, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
18th March - Rectory Farm, Great Easton, Market Harborough, Leic'shire
24th March - West Craigie Farm, South Queensferry, Edinburgh
25th March - Blagdon Farm, Seaton Burn, Newcastle, Northumberland
30th March - Kenniford Farm, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, Devon
31st March - Collings Hanger Farm, Prestwood, Great Missenden, Bucks
2nd April - Manydown Company, Wootton St Lawrence, Basingstoke, Hants
6th April - Shotford Hall Farm, Harleston, Norfolk
7th April - College Farm, Grange Road, Duxford, Cambridgeshire
16th April - Reed Court Farm, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent
17th April - Boyton Farms, Warminster, Wiltshire
21st April - Hill Farm, Sound, Nantwich, Cheshire
22nd April - Osbaldeston Hall Farm, Osbaldeston, Blackburn, Lancashire
28th April - Caerlan Farm, Penrhiwfer, Tonypandy, South Wales
29th April - Cannon Farm, Llanerfyl, Welshpool, Powys, Wales


Programme -


1.45pm Arrive
2.00pm Open Farm Sunday farm Walk covering top tips and guidance -
- Feedback and lessons learnt from 2008
- Generating interest and publicity
- Avoiding jargon, handling tricky questions and awkward visitors
- Activities to make your event memorable
- Making it safe, insurance, bio-security, toilets and hand washing
- Charging, first aid, disabled visitors, wet weather plan
4.20pm Tea and cake
4.30pm Finish


If you would like to attend a workshop, register your event, order your free pack or know more about Open Farm Sunday please visit www.farmsunday.org <http://leaf.everysite.co.uk/glue/rpc/click.aspx?2RRVTHNXTS.7OX3AKWS7TPNY,http://www.farmsunday.org> or telephone LEAF on 02476 413911

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Where to find us and what we do

Farncombe Estate is situated just outside the Cotswold village of Broadway. We are approximately 50 minutes from Oxford, Birmingham and Bristol and easily located from the M5, M40 and M42.

There is a direct rail service from London Paddington to Moreton in Marsh which is our nearest rail station. To help rail travellers we offer a return taxi collection service from the station.

For a location map and further directions please visit our website.