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Overton Lane, Arlingham, Gloucestershire, GL2 7JJ
Offices: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Please contact us for pricing
£10,000,000
Farms for City Children is a charity founded by Michael and Clare Morpurgo in 1976, that gives children and young people the chance to become an integral part of one of our three working farms: Nethercott in Devon, Lower Treginnis in Pembrokeshire and Wick Court, Gloucestershire, for a whole week.
During their week-long stay, the children and their teachers live and work at the farms, explore the countryside and find out where food comes from. They also discover self-confidence as they conquer fears, grow in self-belief as they overcome challenges as part of hard working teams, develop new friendships, create stories and poems filled with the vibrant sounds and language of the rural environment and learn to see a bigger, brighter future than they might realise exists beyond their crowded city horizons.
Today, Farms for City Children welcomes over 3,000 children each year for a week-long stay on our farms.
Our team at Wick Court will guide the children through all farming activities and will give you all the information and equipment you need to keep your children safe and well throughout the visit.
Maximum occupancy – 36 children, 5 adults
Indicative farming activities include:
• Feeding and watering poultry and ducks
• Grooming and mucking out horses and ponies
• Pressing apples and making juice
• Commercial dairy farm visit
• Kitchen garden – sowing, potting, harvesting, tasting fruits and vegetables
• Bee keeping and birdwatching
• Cooking - preparing nutritious meals from the produce harvested on the farms
• Woodland – unstructured and self-led play and storytelling
• Countryside walks in the beautiful land surrounding the farm.
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4th Oct 2022
Fantastic trip as always - has broad appeal and fantastic for teambuilding
11th Jun 2018
Amazing. The staff, site and activities are second to none. So much so that we have now cancelled our Nethercott farm bookings (of 20 years) and are going here.
10th Feb 2018
Provides an excellent opportunity for City Children to experience Farm life and promote positive team work.
