Farm News

A farm, run by the community for the community.

Thank you to farm friends......

HSBC come fully equipped

 Over 60 employees at HSBC Equipment Finance (UK) Ltd, Five Ways, Edgbaston left their offices for a team activity and away day at the Farm on 10th July and managed to find one of the few days in July when it didn’t rain all day !  Creature comforts were catered for in a marquee that was the base for the day and fully fitted out for a team talk and meals.  The arrangements were clearly a winner, as so much was achieved.  Not only were around 200 slabs laid to improve access at all gateways to the paddocks and enclosures, but also the outside of the Farm’s largest building was fully painted.  In some ‘spare time’, and to make it a hat trick, the team took on an overgrown plant border and made it ready for hedging plants.

The outcome of the day was lasting and valued improvements that have already attracted appreciative comment from visitors and users.

Many thanks to the HSBC team !

Farm Open Day, June 2008

The weather was just the ticket for the Open Day on Sunday June 8th 2008.

Starting with the crack team of volunteers who prepared the areas and materials and set things up on the day, Thank You.  To our bank, the Cooperative Bank, who sponsored the event, Thank you.  To all the Exhibitors and Stallholders, Thank You.

It was a great day with fun for all the family including a Children's entertainer , Punch & Judy Shows , Bouncy Castle, Accordion Players, Tombola, Exhibition of bee keeping, Martineau Gardens, Solar Power stand, Birmingham Shelter, Face Painting, Mask making, Temporary tattoos, Halesowen Art Group, Wyre Forest ambulance, Plant stalls & bric a brac, Home made cards, bazaar, demonstration garden, Refreshments including home made cakes - as well as our usual animal characters. 

Npower Cogen Ltd  - April 2008

Our thanks to the hard work of Kevin, Adam, Craig, Ryan, June, Bev, and Sylvia from Npower Cogen Ltd based in Shirley.  Their April team day left Woodgate Valley Urban Farm with a freshly painted Mess Room, redecorated toilet facilities. Through efficient and cheerful teamwork there was also time to do some gardening..

Spring 2008
New School Information Pack
Our long awaited schools information pack aimed at primary age children has arrived.  This piece of important work was done in   partnership and funded by Ashley's Ark; a charity set up in memory of Ashley Sammons a teenager from Norfolk who loved animals. The new pack will be available at a modest charge as part of booked school visits from 2008.

To find out more about Ashley's Ark please visit: www.ashleysark.org

To book a school or play scheme visit, please call 0121 426 1871.

Woodgate Valley Urban Farm Limited is a registered charity, no. 701639 and a limited company, no. 2385098

Agricultural Holding No.46/346/0518

Woodgate Valley Urban Farm is a member of The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens

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