Two Muddy Boots on the Farm

We will be working towards starting a smallholding at our sister site in Balcombe, where we will grow edible crops over the summer season in outdoor vegetable beds and in a polytunnel. We will also be preparing an area for two small cows, pigs, and chickens.

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The children will be helping with all aspects of the fledgling small farm – preparing the vegetable area, sowing seeds and caring and bringing on the plants as they grow, and then harvesting them and eating them.

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Regular attendees will have their own vegetable patch where they can, with our guidance, choose what to grow.

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The children will be involved in all aspects of planning, managing, growing and harvesting of edible crops and the cropping sites.

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With the animals they will be involved in caring for chickens (subject to avian flu requirements) and raising chicks in an incubator; and also preparing an area for the imminent arrival of two small cows and a pig or two.

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Dates for June and July are 6th, 13th, 20th and 27 June, and 4th, 11th and 18th July. 7 dates in total.

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Cost: £10 per session, discounted to £9 per session if you book a whole block of sessions.

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There are morning and afternoon sessions available on all these days.

 

Afternoons are a continuation of the morning session but can also be attended separately. We also offer lunch tickets (£5) for these dates, where your child can stay with their own packed lunch if they are attending both morning and afternoon sessions; or they can stay for lunch after the morning or before the afternoon sessions if they are attending just one.

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Suitable for any home educated children over the age of 5. If your child is under the age of 8 then an adult must stay with them, but parents of over 8's are welcome to drop off.  The sessions are at our sister site at RH17 6QQ which is a 3 minute drive from our usual woodland site. Full address given on booking.

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There are toilets with handwashing on site, and we will provide a drink and small snack such as biscuits.

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The sessions will be fully outdoors. There will be animals present, including a dog.

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