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Description
This is an organic farm run by around 30 of us (plus children). We live in different households that have been adapted from a Georgian manor house and other outbuildings. We garden and farm a large area of land and run occasional events such as singing workshops, yoga etc.
We are not a commercial enterprise. We work together to produce a significant amount of our own food including meat, milk, eggs, fruit and vegetables.
Land includes pasture (for dairy cows, sheep, goats, chickens and sometimes pigs and geese), arable fields (producing feed for our animals as well as ourselves), a walled vegetable garden, greenhouse and polytunnels, orchard, a small area of woodland and a lake and garden. We welcome help with all jobs around the place- with the animals, gardening or on the grounds and buildings.
We generally host up to 3 volunteers for two weeks at a time. We do this about once a month from late spring through to the autumn.
We usually ask for 5 hours help per day with 2 full days off each week.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
Animal Care
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We have been hosting volunteers for almost 40 years now. People seem to like it here... learning a little about community living and helping out with tasks about the farm. We prefer that our volunteers are reasonably proficient in speaking English.
Registered charity
This host is a registered charity in the UK and is looking for help with their charity project.
Help
We mainly require help on the farm and garden and with the farm animals. If you have building skills we may have maintenance or building projects that you could assist on.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Accommodation is in a shared or private room and includes a kitchen and shower room. Plus a larger kitchen and sitting room.
We provide food for you to self-cater most meals. We have a communal meal every Saturday evening. Please note that we try to use or own produce as much as possible which includes a lot of dairy and eggs as well as meat.
What else ...
We are in a rural area, seven miles from the nearest town. If you don't have your own transport we can usually sort out lifts into town on days off. Local attractions include nearby small city of Hereford famous for the Mappa Mundi, the book town of Hay on Wye and walking on the Malvern Hills.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 25 hours per week
Feedback (6)
The members of the community are so nice to you, that you don't really see that you are working with them, it's a deep, honest and enriching moment of sharing...
The place is just amazing and peaceful, as for the rooms, they are really good too!
I also learned a lot about… read more
She… read more
Angela came to us for 2 weeks initially and turned out to be someone we never wanted to let go of. She has been a wonderful positive presence on the farm whenever she is here - a powerhouse in the garden and fields,… read more
It was wonderful to work with so many different members, milking the goats and cows, tending vegetables, pruning trees… read more
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The members of the community are so nice to you, that you don't really see that you are working with them, it's a deep, honest and enriching moment of sharing...
The place is just amazing and peaceful, as for the rooms, they are really good too!
I also learned a lot about… read more
She… read more
Angela came to us for 2 weeks initially and turned out to be someone we never wanted to let go of. She has been a wonderful positive presence on the farm whenever she is here - a powerhouse in the garden and fields,… read more
It was wonderful to work with so many different members, milking the goats and cows, tending vegetables, pruning trees… read more
I arrived in mid March, lockdown happened and so I stayed for 4 wonderful months!
The work varied from preparing growing beds, propagation and planting out, cheese and jam… read more
