Down Farm guided tour
Thursday 12 June 2025
09:30 to 12:00
Martin Green is the owner of Down Farm, Sixpenny Handley SP5 5RY. He will show us around and it will take about 3 hours with a visit to his museum at the end.
There are toilet facilities.
Meet at 9.30 am.
Parking is in the Farm Yard -what three words is - smiled.blurs.grape.
The Farm has been in conservation schemes since 1988. 4 ponds, re-wilded area, 2ha wood, hedgerow and shrub plantings created during that time Former excavation sites have developed their own specific species rich habitats which are monitored) Over 3 consecutive years 36 species of butterfly recorded, 147 species of bird, 22 species of dragonfly. Moths still being compiled, 7 species of orchids. There should be loads of pyramidals by time of visit - all through natural recolonization! If anyone is particularly interested there is a book written by Martin about Down Farm called A Landscape Revealed - 10,000 years on a chalk land farm.
If anyone hasn’t spoken to Mel Hardingham who wants to go please contact her as there are limited spaces.
Leader: Melanie Hardingham melanie.hardingham@ntlworld.
| Contact |
Melanie Hardingham melanie.hardingham@ntlworld.com |
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| Location |
Down Farm Sixpenny Handley |