Willow Haven Care Farm

Phone: 07832132495
Address: Valley Farm
Jay's Hill lane
Sotterley
NR347UH

Small family-run tenant farm who also runs our local farmers market. The main farm is a Hereford beef farm. I started a maize maze over the summer 10 years ago, then 4 years ago I came back to the farm to develop educational visits year round, using the same area we use for the maize maze. Working under Natural England's stewardship scheme and linking with the Country Trust, we have been building the number of visits. We also ran a weekly pre-school session which evolved from my 6 years as an outdoor play specialist at 3 local children's centres. In Sept 2019 we started work with our local Asperger's group to take on a client under care farming (having had several visits from their family group). We also accepted a student on placement from a local college with possibilities of more placements and to develop a community garden and sensory garden. We registered as a CIC in Jan 2020 hoping to look towards getting funding for equipment storage/polytunnel and start up seeds/plants for the gardens.