Potential nursery expansion update
Regular visitors may be aware that a proposal was brought to the farm by Bristol City Council to expand the nursery provision on site. This would require a new building.
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Great Big Walk reaches the farm
Watch a video of the Great Big Walk team at the City Farm - includes some great aerial shots!
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Intergenerational craft session
Over 55? Join us for a free cuppa and our last intergenerational craft session in the outdoor kitchen on Wednesday 7th June from 10am to 12 noon.
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Nursery expansion opportunity
Windmill Hill City Farm is considering an opportunity to increase its places for pre-school nursery children. If it goes ahead it will give an additional 32 places for 3-5 year-olds in an area that is desperately in need of more provision – and secure the financial future for the farm as a free community facility.
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Through the Willow Arch: Spring
Susan Barker, our Community Gardens Manager, presents the Spring edition of her blog "Through the Willow Arch" talking about the plants in our gardens, the food we grow for our café and the tasks we’re working on.
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Designer needed
We are looking for a designer to help us realise our plans for a new interaction centre at Windmill Hill City Farm.
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Through the Willow Arch
Welcome to our new garden blog "Through the Willow Arch". Susan Barker, our Community Gardens Manager, will be using the blog each season to talk about the plants in our gardens, the food we grow for our café and the tasks we’re working on.
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Temporary café by the duck pond
Our temporary café has now relocated to the building by the duck pond
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Café rebuild is underway
Building work is finally well and truly underway to create our fabulous new café.
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Interview with Music for Wellbeing practitioners Judit and Kim
Music for Wellbeing is an experiential workshop for people to be creative, interact with others and enjoy making music together. We caught up with workshop leaders Judit and Kim to find out more about the workshop here at the farm on 11th February.
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Learning Together
Learning Together is an intergenerational project to bring older and younger people together, sharing skills & activities, supported by volunteers aged 50+.
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Café wins “Best Family Friendly” award
Our amazing café has been awarded "Best Family Friendly" in the Bristol Good Food Awards for the second year running!
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New bigger cafe coming soon!
All our loyal City Farm café customers will be thrilled to hear that our plans for expansion will finally become a reality!
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Sundial legacy fundraising campaign
It's been 40 years since volunteers first cleared the ground for Windmill Hill City Farm to begin. We are celebrating by creating a legacy that you can be part of - a sundial that will be a permanent fixture at the front of the City Farm.
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Bags of Help for the City Farm
Tesco has teamed up with Groundwork on its Bags of Help initiative in hundreds of regions across England and Wales. The scheme will see three community groups and projects in each of these regions awarded grants of £12,000, £10,000 and £8,000 – all raised from the 5p bag charge.
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School visits
Planning your visits for the coming school year? Bring learning outside the classroom with a trip to the City Farm.
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Active over 50s needed for new project
We are looking for volunteers to engage in our exciting new intergenerational project, ‘Learning Together’, which will bring older people and young people together to share skills and activities.
Read moreGardening work placements
Sponsored by Richmond Fellowship and partnered with Bristol Mental Health Employment Services, we are offering gardening work placements suitable for people who have experienced mental health challenges and want to get back into a work routine.
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