Get Involved
Bring a group to The Community Farm for a hands‑on, restorative day on the land, and experience an away day that reconnects people with nature and each other.
You can also combine Experience Days with venue hire in our beautiful roundhouse or yurt.
If you’re a small not-for-profit organisation aligned with our aims, we may be able to offer discounted visits to The Farm. Get in touch with to find out more.
Your day will include:
- A warm welcome and introduction to The Farm
- Guided, hands‑on tasks tailored to your group’s ability and interests
- Opportunities to learn about organic farming, wildlife and sustainability
- Breaks to relax in nature and soak in the views across the countryside and Chew Valley Lake
- A shared experience that feels different, memorable and genuinely rewarding
You can also add on:
- A range of professional catering options, all using produce from The Farm
- Subsidised organic veg boxes to take away
Farming
Spend time growing food with us. You will find out where your food comes from, learn about organic growing and help grow food for the local community. As the season progresses, so do the tasks, but expect to be involved with seed sowing, preparing beds, planting out, weeding or harvesting.
Wildlife Conservation
Help us to create a biodiverse and nature-rich landscape. You could be helping us maintain our nectar-rich flower borders, bramble bashing, hedgerow care, planting for pollinators, building nest boxes or insect hotels, carrying out wildlife surveys or planting native trees. You’ll learn how to identify native plants, insects and birds, why wildlife is important for farming and how to support biodiversity in a farmed landscape.
Nature Connection & Natural Crafts
We will provide your group with the opportunity to connect with the land and each other, learn new skills, and improve personal and group resilience. Your day could include a guided walk, mindfulness activities, learning natural crafts such as willow weaving or making natural prints.
Further details
Example itinerary (full-day ‘Volunteering’ or Experience days)
10:00am: Arrive, welcome, tea and coffee, followed by an introduction to The Farm’s purpose, history and values and a tour of The Farm highlighting our growing methods.
10.45am: Morning of activities
12:30pm: Lunch in the Yurt or Roundhouse
1:30pm: Continuation of the day’s activities
2:45pm: Closing circle and goodbyes
3:00pm: Depart
Costs and booking
For a minimum group size of 7 people, our full-day Experience Days are charged at £50 per person, excluding lunch (which can be provided at an additional cost - please enquire), or half-days are charged at £35 per person.
For more information, please get in touch:
We’ll be in touch with you to discuss your requirements and answer any questions you might have.
We aim to make every school visit to The Community Farm a fun and fruitful learning experience.
Through school visits, we help children to better understand where their food comes from, to discover how it is grown, and to appreciate the importance of healthy eating.
Our education partner, Earthwise, coordinates and leads school visits to the farm and welcomes primary, secondary and pre-school groups.
A visit to The Community Farm not only encourages a greater awareness about food and healthy eating but it can also provide a captivating and memorable way to learn a wide range of curriculum subjects in context.
Activities
We offer a whole programme of outdoor learning experiences at the farm for children of all ages. Whether you are interested in sustainability, how food is grown, healthy eating, habitats or even climate change, The Community Farm is the perfect place to explore all of these topics through hands-on learning.
Our field-to-fork visits are particularly popular and give children the opportunity to explore where their food comes from, how it is grown and even get their hands dirty harvesting their own vegetables to prepare a seasonal snack! By exploring the variety of wildlife habitats on The Farm we can also find out how some creatures help us to grow our food organically.
We work with teachers to tailor your day trip to complement what you are exploring in school.
For more information about Earthwise Farm Visits please click here.
Staff
Our education partner, Earthwise, coordinates and leads our school visits, along with the support of volunteers. Claire Rosling from Earthwise has been leading visits to the farm for over 9 years. She is CEVAS trained, Forest School Leader qualified, a certified Climate Change educator, First Aid trained, DBS checked and Food Safety trained.
Facilities
Most of the day will be spent out in the fields. However, in the event of bad weather, we have an outdoor shelter and yurt. Toilets and hand-washing facilities are available on site.
Our day trips generally run from 10am to 3pm. However we are flexible with this and can arrange times to suit your requirements.
Our Outlets
The same wonderful, organic produce that goes into our veg boxes is available for sale at The Farm's Veg Shed.
The Community Farm is a not-for-profit organisation, registered with the Financial Conduct Authority as a Community Benefit Society.
Our registration number on the Mutuals Public Register is 31018 R. Our companies Number at Companies House is IP031018