River Bourne Community Farm

MAKE HOMES FOR WILDLIFE
AT THE FARM

Spring Event for all the family
Saturday 18 February 2012
2.00 – 5.00 pm
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We have a limited quantity of our own farm-reared pork available.
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Click here to learn how to become a 'Friend of the Farm'

Official Opening of the Straw-Bale Classroom

Ron Champion (Chairman of Laverstock & Ford Parish Council) and Salisbury City Council Mayor, Cllr John Abbott, jointly cut the ribbon to officially open the recently completed straw-bale classroom, assisted by (l-r) Sir Christopher Benson (patron of the farm), Emma Leyfield of Natural England (sponsors of the project) and David Boyden, classroom builder.

The classroom is built with straw bales, held together with hazel staking which came from a coppice in Winterslow. The straw bales have been rendered outside with a lime and horsehair render and the roof tiled with cedar wood shingles. Insulation material produced from recycled plastic bottles lines the roof space making the building warm and very environmentally friendly.

Already in use for BTEC courses which the farm runs, the classroom helps provide one of the most important reasons for the farm’s existence, as an educational base for land-based studies and visits by schools from a wide area.

Over 75 visits from school and community groups will utilise the classroom this year alone. Many visiting groups walk to the farm because of it's close proximity to Salisbury.

In his address, Sir Christopher Benson applauded the farm as a valuable community asset. He also praised the many volunteers without whom the farm could not function.

A Thousand Sheep
Free Spinning Workshops!

Interested in spinning or learning about spinning?

Come to our free workshops.
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Hampton Park Trail

See the new trails guide for our Hampton Park Trail

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