Billow Farm Education organise regular school visits with tractor rides, animals and other activities. The video is a compilation of several school visits in 2011 and also Open Farm Sunday.
More videos showing farming at Billow Farm.
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Simon Pain has built a number of Bug Hotels at Billow Farm which provide a natural environment for a variety of wildlife. The Bug Hotels received praise from Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) when Simon Pain won the 2011 Silver Pintail Award. The video shows the bug hotels and Hazel Pain explains how they are constructed and is assisted by school children, on one of the regular school visits to Billow Farm, to add more materials to a Bug Hotel. Simon Pain explains how a smaller one can be constructed by children.
A resident of the hotel is found – it is a mouse, who is shown to all the children before being returned to his home.
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Billow Farm is regularly visited by local schools in order to show children life on a modern diversified farm. The visit includes a tractor ride around the farm and a nature trail with various activities. Expert commentary by Simon or Hazel Pain of Billow Farm explains how each field is being used.
- crops – organic wheat, beans, hay, straw etc
- horses – Billow Farm Livery is a well equipped livery yard
- natural growth – areas (typically field margins) being left to grow naturally to allow wildlife to live in a natural environment and feed all year round
The Billow Farm web site provides more details about organising a school visits or contact Simon Pain by phone 01453 81024 or email at simon@billowadmin.co.uk.
Open Farm Sunday at Billow Farm was a great success despite the weather. Lots of visitor enjoyed a variety of attractions which included:
- Horses including a foal, a shetland pony and dressage and jumping demonstrations
- Hounds from the Berkeley Hunt
- Sheep
- Education room with children’s activities
- Tractor ride giving a tour of the farm
- Quad bikes, stunt riding and passenger rides
- Tractors and farming machinery
Open Farm Sunday is recorded in 4 videos below:
- Open Farm Sunday which includes all the attractions
- Tractor Ride with a commentary by Simon Pain
- Quad bikes including stunt riding and passenger rides
- Highlight Open Farm Sunday in 1 minute – if you are in a rush!
May 262011
Simon Pain uses an apple to demonstrate how little land there is on the earth that can be farmed to feed a population forecast to grow to 9 billion in the next 30 years.
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