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…

Holidays give us often much-needed, precious time to switch off, relax, recharge our batteries and spend quality time with loved ones. Spending just a night or a few days in the yurt at Fordhall is a special place to do…

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…

We delivered a hamper full of Fordhall home made pork pies yesterday to the NHS team at the Redwoods Centre in Shrewsbury. These guys are working extremely hard caring for patients with acute mental health problems, dementia and rehabilitation…

If you have seen Ben’s videos online, you will have seen that we now have an organic milk vending machine onsite. We have created a partnership with Shropshire based Taylors organic dairy, and in doing so we were very surprised…

As a family we have successfully reached the end of our two week isolation period. When the initial stress and struggles of remaining within our own four walls had sunk in, I actually think we found many positives during the…

This is one of my favourite views at Fordhall. It is the view I have when lying down in the garden of the farmhouse looking up at the beautiful beech tree. I have spent many summers doing this as a…