newlands bishop farm Archives

18 Jun 2019

Npower staff power through jobs at the farm

Today we were joined by some fabulous teams from Npower who helped us get a lot of jobs done all over the farm in the very best wet British summertime weather! The teams helped us get lots of logs spilt ready for winter, weeded the vegetable beds and tackled a huge fencing project! The fencing at the back of the barn involved installing two gate posts, hanging gates, digging and concreting in all fence posts. This area will then provide us with a safe hardcore area to work with the sheep as well as fencing off the back of the…

07 Jun 2019

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Thank you to our volunteers

We are very lucky at the farm to receive wonderful support from lots of local and national companies who want to donate their time helping us develop projects further. Without their help and support projects such as the sensory garden would take twice as long for us to get underway plus the extra finances which would need to be invested to purchase materials. In honour of #nationalvolunteersweek we would like to take this opportunity again to thank everyone that has helped the farm in any way by donating their time or raising funds, we couldn’t do it without you!

03 Jun 2019

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Eversfield School deliver a huge present

Today was a very special day at the farm as we took delivery of a very special present from Eversfield School. Students from the school have been fundraising for the last year to raise over £15,000 towards the new tractor. The tractor will be a huge upgrade from our existing tractor which is now looking forward to a happy retirement! We cannot thank all the staff and students at Eversfield for their hard work and generosity, we will be having a grand opening for the tractor at our open day in September.

31 May 2019

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Summer Colour

The farm is really springing into life and there are wonderful colours all over the gardens! The hanging baskets created by the horticulture team look wonderful and are still available to purchase outside the front of Berrys cafe. All the hanging baskets at the farm have been created with lots of care by the project workers in the horticulture team. Every couple of months the farm runs a craft club where project workers ca attend to help make things for us to sell on our sales days. These 100% recycled bird nest boxes have been really popular on our sales…

01 Apr 2019

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Birmingham airport staff come spend the day at the farm

On Friday 29th March we were joined by a team from Birmingham airport to help us do various jobs around the farm including to help us start developing the new sensory garden. Before the team arrived The base for the new shed has now been dug out and the new path way which will weave around the garden has been mapped out. The pathway will ensure that the garden is accessible to those in wheelchairs so that they can also enjoy the garden. The sensory garden is starting to take shape The team also stained the two new offices, as…

21 Feb 2019

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Enjoying the warmer weather

The dry warmer weather has been fantastic at the farm and all of the animals and plants have been enjoying the recent sunshine. We have all taken the opportunity of the dry weather to do some repairs. The beach garden has now got a new walk way and a new gate is going into the horse field. The farm has had an exciting new addition over winter which we cant wait to share with you once its completed! We are looking forward to 2019 and all of the new projects we can get stuck into - including a new sensory…

21 Nov 2018

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Getting ready for sales day 7th December 11-3, everyone is welcome!

November is a time for finishing off projects and getting ready for colder weather approaching us in winter. Some of the vegetable beds have been covered and insulated, this is to stop any new seeds from settling into the soil and to keep the soil a little warmer so that any seeds already in the bed wont be killed in colder temperatures. The horticulture team are in full swing with making wreaths ready for our sales day on 7th December 11-3. Be sure to pop down and check the farm out, there will be lots on offer including Christmas trees,…

11 Oct 2018

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Cadent came and conquered

Over the past couple of weeks we have been joined by some fantastic employees from Cadent who have totally transformed the far end of the farm! Cadent who look after gas pipes all of the UK bought all their skills, man power and machines to achieve something truly amazing! Some of you may have seen the big lump of soil we had positioned at the end of the farm with the long-term plan of turning into a sensory garden feeling very much in the future. The Cadent team came in and set to work by beginning to strim the whole…

26 Sep 2018

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Lloyds lend a hand

Last week we had a huge team (over 100 people!) come from Lloyds to come and tackle some projects at the farm with us. By the end of the day it looked like a fairy godmother had come and waved a magic wand around the farm! The groups split into several teams tackling different projects around the farm. Three of the teams headed to the winter field where the horses and sheep will be throughout the winter. The fields fence line was tidied up as the team pruned back a lot of branches allowing us to check the fencing a…

10 Aug 2018

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New Recruits

Once again we have had another busy and rather hot few weeks at the farm! The warm weather has certainly been testing and we have now become very skilled at finding shady areas to carry on working in! The wood work team have been incredibly busy building a new office which is absolutely fantastic! The autumn bedding plants are starting to spring into action and we have some really fantastic plants and baskets available this year! All are on sale at the front of Berrys Cafe so if your passing be sure to pop in and take a look! Our…