What does the future of Fordhall look like? Following on from our member survey at the start of 2023, our Board have been busy reviewing Fordhall’s long-term strategy. We are keen to ensure that the work we do now contributes…

I am one of many community leaders supporting and leading a campaign for new legislation that will give real legal powers to communities at a ground roots level through a new Community Power Act. Covid has shown what amazing things…

With weather that can only be described as ‘summer’ comes flowers in their full glory, and with the flowers come our little fluttery pollinator friends – butterflies. But they are not only good at pollinating, and of course being lovely…

At around four or five in the morning, when most of the human world is still fast asleep, the natural world sets off its own alarm clock. This alarm clock, however, is somewhat less abrasive than the one you or…

Dad (the late Arthur Hollins) is our soil king at Fordhall. He noticed at a young age, the damage that chemical fertiliser, and the subsequent lack of organic matter, was doing to our sandy soils at Fordhall. Shortly after the…

HUGE Congratulations to Ben for winning the British Farming Awards this week. It wasn’t the glitzy London dinner gala it could have been. Instead he was snuggled on the sofa with the family, watching the awards online. As they announced…

STOP PRESS! Farmer Ben makes the final in prestigious British Farming Awards Our wonderful farmer Ben Hollins has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award recognising his success and innovation in diversifying his business. Ben is one of four finalists in the British…

If Dad (Arthur Hollins) was alive today he would have reached 105 years old. He taught us so much about life, he taught Ben and I to be determined and to believe in our vision. Most importantly, Dad created the…

Staff in lockdown – what have they been up to? Well here is Mike, one of our wonderful youth workers. Mike would normally be working with young people referred to us from local schools. He’d be teaching them greenwood skills,…

If you have had to postpone your wedding this year due to the current crisis and are looking for a new location for 2021, please do get in touch. We have been told that many couples who are having to…