Education

The farm serves as a unique outdoor classroom and offers an invaluable teaching resource.
 
We offer guided tours, one-off National Curriculum-linked workshops as well as more holistic tailored projects (link to Key Stages 3 and 4).

The Farm can be used to teach all aspects of the curriculum, through learning about animal care, gardening and sustainable living in the city.
 
We welcome visits from all different learning stages, from nurseries, Children’s Centres, schools, (Primary and Secondary), Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) to any other educational body, formal or informal. 
 
For more information and to make a booking please contact Esther or call 020 7247 8762
 
Guided Visits
We tailor our activities to meet the needs of each individual group, so please be in touch to let us know of your particular learning requirements.

Guided visits are led by friendly farm staff. Visits can include:

• A one hour interactive tour of the Farm’s animals and vegetables (stroking, smelling and tasting positively encouraged!) at £70.
• PLUS a tailored curriculum linked workshop £90 for 90 minutes (1 hour tour + half an hour activity).
• To plan your visit please refer to advice on our 'health & safety' page.

Self-Guided Visits
Entry to the Farm is free (although donations are always welcome!) and is open to the public every day except Monday, 10am-4.30pm. Please do contact us to let us know when you are planning your visit.

Community Education 
Our agenda for Community Education is to work on improving social capital, civil society, capacity building and social inclusion. This is a pretty big remit but one that we are committed to providing. We strive to do so through introducing a wide diversity of service users to the Farm as a rehabilitative, therapeutic and educational space and to develop partnerships with local community groups, organisations and individuals.
 
Previous projects have included our Lord Mayor’s Show project. Working in partnership with community artists from Active-Art, over 50 local people, including members of local community groups APASENTH, New Hanbury Project and Headway East London designed and built a Farm-inspired float for the 2010 Lord Mayor’s Show parade. Click here to see the documentary of the project, 'The Goat and the Gherkin', by Olivier Assoua.