Monday morning YIN yoga classes so you can begin your week the way you mean to go on with clarity and mindfulness.

Nature and wildlife social group for anyone living with dementia. From nature conservation to arts and crafts. Always featuring tea and biscuits.

Join local author & heritage tree specialist Julian Hight as he tells the story of Selwood Forest through some of its majestic ancient trees. £12

Learn to graft your own fruit trees with Oliver Dowding!
Owner of orchards and maker of award winning juices and ciders, Oliver is a whizz at grafting. And he's coming to Vallis Farm to share his knowledge with us!

Monday morning YIN yoga classes so you can begin your week the way you mean to go on with clarity and mindfulness.

Nature and wildlife social group for anyone living with dementia. From nature conservation to arts and crafts. Always featuring tea and biscuits.

Our Friends of Vallis membership allows you to enjoy Vallis Farm in a new way. Every Thursday you are welcome to visit the farm, meander through our kitchen and market gardens and talk to members of the Estate team you might stumble across along the way.

This is a space for women to feel included and supported.  A space for women in the community to connect, share, and celebrate their experiences, through sharing, craft and other activities all held in a circle of belonging.  

Did you know our microbiome is a living community?

Eating Sauerkraut and Kimchi and other foods teeming with good bacteria (probiotics) will feed it and that is great for our health.

Come along to a hands-on, friendly workshop and learn the secret of making successful and delicious Sauerkraut with Alex from Somerset Kimchi & Kraut.

It's been two years since we planted over 400 metres of native hedging and began our forest garden project. The hedge is doing tremendously well, and will soon be providing lots of nectar and habitat for a range of animals but it needs a good weed and mulch to help keep it healthy and growing strong. Because there's so much of it, we need your help!

Monday morning YIN yoga classes so you can begin your week the way you mean to go on with clarity and mindfulness.

Nature and wildlife social group for anyone living with dementia. From nature conservation to arts and crafts. Always featuring tea and biscuits.

Our Friends of Vallis membership allows you to enjoy Vallis Farm in a new way. Every Thursday you are welcome to visit the farm, meander through our kitchen and market gardens and talk to members of the Estate team you might stumble across along the way.

Flex your fingers and get ready for a creative couple of hours with good vibes, great company and good wine. Whether you're a craft enthusiast or just after some creative fun with friends or solo, this one's for you...

Monday morning YIN yoga classes so you can begin your week the way you mean to go on with clarity and mindfulness.

Our Friends of Vallis membership allows you to enjoy Vallis Farm in a new way. Every Thursday you are welcome to visit the farm, meander through our kitchen and market gardens and talk to members of the Estate team you might stumble across along the way.

Rhythm Of The Night is a night soundscape performance taking place outside, around a fire, after dark. 

This is a chance to experience nature sounds as an immersive sonic experience in a unique way that you will never forget.

Learn the alchemy of compost in our whistlestop tour of how to compost and create soil from your kitchen waste!

An introduction to the ancient art of brewing with medicinal plants. Join us as we weave the stories of the plants with the alchemical process of fermentation, sample herbal tipples, and learn to make your own sacred brews.

Monday morning YIN yoga classes so you can begin your week the way you mean to go on with clarity and mindfulness.

Our Friends of Vallis membership allows you to enjoy Vallis Farm in a new way. Every Thursday you are welcome to visit the farm, meander through our kitchen and market gardens and talk to members of the Estate team you might stumble across along the way.

Flex your fingers and get ready for a creative couple of hours with good vibes, great company and good wine. Whether you're a craft enthusiast or just after some creative fun with friends or solo, this one's for you...

Monday morning YIN yoga classes so you can begin your week the way you mean to go on with clarity and mindfulness.

This is a space for women to feel included and supported.  A space for women in the community to connect, share, and celebrate their experiences, through sharing, craft and other activities all held in a circle of belonging.  

Learn how to bind plant fibres into brooms using a traditional binding technique seen in many cultures around the world.

Play (and Stay?) offers parents the chance to work from our Farm House whilst your child / children (aged 8-12 years) are entertained on the Farm.

Play (and Stay?) offers parents the chance to work from our Farm House whilst your child / children (aged 8-12 years) are entertained on the Farm.

Easter Monday

This is a foraging walk for both adults and children (accompanied kids go free) including a meal at the farm cooked with foraged ingredients we’ll gather at our walk.

Join us as we learn from Eddie Bailey about soil microbiology and it’s importance with gardening and nature £10

Join us for a tour of our farm, looking at what nature can offer us at this time of year. Learn how to identify common edible plants, what what to do with them and what aspects of health they are good for. Then gather round the farmhouse table and sample nature's spring bounty, buffet style!

Expect to go home full of ideas and good food.

What is Forest Gardening and who is it for?

This ancient form of gardening is familiar in the tropics but a relatively new thing in colder climates, but the principle works just as well! It can also work in any space, you do not need to be forest sized!

This is a space for women to feel included and supported.  A space for women in the community to connect, share, and celebrate their experiences, through sharing, craft and other activities all held in a circle of belonging.  

Celebrate Harvest Festival with this fun-packed, family day at Vallis Farm.

In this short, half day course we will:

• Look at the benefits of no dig versus digging and look at the results in our market garden

• Learn how to build a no dig veg bed. 

• We will also look at:

• Methods of propagation.

• Multi sowing and successional planting to save space and time

• Companion planting

• Which veg to grow to suit your needs.

• How to deal with pests and diseases without resorting to chemicals. 

Frome based private Chef Georgie from The Wild Pear and chef at Babington House will be using the best seasonal ingredients from our local area to provide you with a thoughtfully curated feast in the beautiful dining room of Vallis Farmhouse. 

Have you ever wanted to make your own medicines from plants that grow around you? Join us to learn the basics of tincture making using traditional extraction methods.We will harvest, prepare and take home a remedy for personal use.

Well Worn is turning 1! This May will mark a whole year of Well Worn, a book by Skye Pennant, being out in the world and she’s hosting a mending party at Vallis Farm to celebrate!

Join Skye for a full day visible mending workshop as you look at different chapters from the book to give our well worn clothes a new lease of life.

This is a space for women to feel included and supported.  A space for women in the community to connect, share, and celebrate their experiences, through sharing, craft and other activities all held in a circle of belonging.  

Come and join us to learn about the Somerset Eel Recovery Project (SERP) with the enthusiastic Vanessa Becker-Hughes £10

Learn the skills to be able to craft a simple skin care oil, lip balm and gentle healing ointment. We will explore the different properties of flowers and leaves growing on the farm whilst we harvest and combine them with plant oils and beeswax to make a variety of products.

Come and join us with celebrating the biodiversity we have here on the farm and around us. Ticket sales will open in March 2025

Chris Riley is an experienced scythesman and scythe trainer. His background is in nature reserve management and running groups of volunteers.

A modern continental scythe is surprisingly effective for mowing small meadows, verges, weeds, and even lawns.

Join us as we learn why every garden matters and how small gardens are helping to prevent biodiversity loss with Nicola Hope £10

This is a space for women to feel included and supported.  A space for women in the community to connect, share, and celebrate their experiences, through sharing, craft and other activities all held in a circle of belonging.  

Learn how to create a haven for wildlife in your own space no matter what the restrictions and without compromising on beauty.

Join us for a tour of our farm, looking at what nature can offer us at this time of year. Learn how to identify common edible plants, what what to do with them and what aspects of health they are good for. Then gather round the farmhouse table and sample nature's autumn bounty, buffet style!

Expect to go home full of ideas and good food.