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  • Summer fun for youngsters at holiday club

    12th August 2016

    Everyone’s having a great time at the Farm holiday club this summer! We’ve made scarecrows, cobwebs, mosaics, bug hotels and, of course, taken good care of the animals and flowers. Lewis’ first holiday club Lewis Perry has cerebal palsy and …

  • Conservation grazing at Stoke Park Estate

    18th July 2016

    If you’re local to Stapleton you may have noticed fencing works around the field along which Heath House Lane runs. This work is being carried out by Bristol City Council (BCC) who’ve been busily making the field ready for cattle. …

  • Volunteering at the Farm

    7th July 2016

    Like many charities, the Farm is always looking for volunteers to help us develop and grow, helping us not only to become a thriving social enterprise, but also to provide wider opportunities and experiences for the people we support. Over …

  • Sale on bedding plants and hanging baskets

    22nd June 2016

    Summer is now officially upon us so we’re having a sort out in the plant nursery. We’re reducing stock in order to make way for our ever-growing range of perennial plants. All six packs of annual bedding plants are now …

  • Little jars of delight

    9th June 2016

    The Market Garden Team, Anna Swift and Lisa Allen, have been busy making lots of jams and chutneys over the last few months, which some of you may have already sampled via our onsite Farm shop or stall at St …

  • New home for perfect piglets

    3rd June 2016

    We’ve recently seen the arrival of four eight-week-old Oxford Sandy and Black gilt (female) piglets. Our own Middle White sows, Flossy and Dotty, haven’t yet blessed us with piglets, but we were lucky enough to be contacted by Bill Lambert, …

  • Family fun at Open Farm Sunday

    24th May 2016

    We’re really getting busy down on the Farm as we gear up for our Open Farm Sunday on 5 June. The usual events such as ‘make an animal out of fruit and vegetable’, apple bobbing, the petting area, and our …

  • Orphaned lambs are the latest arrivals

    16th May 2016

    It’s a hive of excitement and activity here at Elm Tree Farm; we’ve adopted nine baby lambs from a local sheep farmer. Feeding them is a very popular activity as they need to be bottle-fed, so there’s never any shortage of …