Downside Farm- Blewbury

07/08/2024

Last lamb left; place your order now before we run out ……..

Lamb Box 🐑 - Free range natural grass feed

The perfect way for lamb lovers to stock the fridge and the freezer, without missing out on any of your favourite lamb cuts.
Available NOW; more available in September

Half lamb Box 🐑 - £130.00 (collection from OX11 9EX)
£140.00 (delivery in South Oxfordshire/West Berkshire area)

Full lamb box - £230.00 (collection from OX11 9EX)
£240.00 (delivery in South Oxfordshire/West Berkshire area)

Please order via email [email protected] or call 0330 043 2723
Please note picture for image purposes only and not the real product

06/08/2024

SUMMER HOLIDAY OFFER - Coffee & cake, followed by a complementary alpaca walking experience

Come and enjoy coffee (tea or soft drink) and cake, followed by an alpaca walking experience across our picturesque countryside.

Beginning with a short safety demonstration, learn fascinating facts about alpacas, including how to handle them. Once you've become acquainted with your alpaca friend, you can share a tranquil walk together, through our rolling fields and peaceful farmland. You'll even be able to feed them tasty treats and don't forget to grab a selfie with your new four-legged friend! This walking experience will last approximately 30m minutes in duration.

Total experience will last approximately 75 minutes.
https://bookwhen.com/downsidefarm =ev-sqwm-20240813103000

31/07/2024

Weve got some rare availability come up for our Storage Containers... so contact us now for any storage needs 🔒

[email protected]
0330 043 2723

31/07/2024

The sun was shining and made for a great day for Kids’ Club ☀️

Everyone got stuck in and had lots of fun helping look after the animals 🧑‍🌾👩‍🌾

Thank you to everyone for coming and I hope to see you all again soon! 🤩

30/07/2024

Going fast; place your order now before we run out ……..
Lamb Box 🐑 - Free range natural grass feed

The perfect way for lamb lovers to stock the fridge and the freezer, without missing out on any of your favourite lamb cuts.

Available on 31st July 24

Half lamb Box 🐑 - £130.00 (collection from OX11 9EX)
£140.00 (delivery in South Oxfordshire/West Berkshire area)

Full lamb box - £230.00 (collection from OX11 9EX)
£240.00 (delivery in South Oxfordshire/West Berkshire area)

Please order via email [email protected] or call 0330 043 2723

Please note picture for image purposes only and not the real product

29/07/2024

Lamb Box 🐑 - Free range natural grass feed

The perfect way for lamb lovers to stock the fridge and the freezer, without missing out on any of your favourite lamb cuts.

Available on 31st July 24

Half lamb Box 🐑 - £130.00 (collection from OX11 9EX)
£140.00 (delivery in South Oxfordshire/West Berkshire area)

Full lamb box - £230.00 (collection from OX11 9EX)
£240.00 (delivery in South Oxfordshire/West Berkshire area)

Please order via email [email protected] or call 0330 043 2723

Please note picture for image purposes only and not the real product

14/07/2024

🌟 One week to go until our next Afternoon Tea here at the farm 🌟

Come and join us at Downside Farm, on Sunday 21st July, for a fun-filled Afternoon Tea with alpacas and other animals ☀️

Create special memories feeding and interacting with our Alpacas, Donkeys, Goats, Pony, Chickens and more! Followed by a wonderful Afternoon tea and cakes 🍰 ☕️

Make sure to head to www.bookwhen.com/downsidefarm to book your space now! Don't miss out! 🦙🐐🐑🫏🐴🐓🦚

18/06/2024

🦙 Alpaca Afternoon Tea 🦙

Come and join us at Downside Farm, on Sunday 23rd June, for a fun-filled Afternoon Tea with alpacas and other animals ☀️

Create special memories feeding and interacting with our Alpacas, Donkeys, Goats, Pony, Chickens and more! Followed by a wonderful Afternoon tea and cakes 🍰 ☕️

Make sure to head to www.bookwhen.com/downsidefarm to book your space now! Don't miss out! 🦙🐐🐑🫏🐴🐓🦚

13/06/2024

⚠️ Last few spaces remaining ⚠️

Book now for a fun-filled Father’s Day 🦙🌾

❗️FATHER’S DAY PLOUGHMAN LUNCH ❗️

It’s now just under two weeks time until we will be hosting a Ploughman’s Lunch style afternoon tea, on Father’s Day, with all Dads in mind 🌟

Treat your Fathers to something special and come along to the farm to spend the afternoon feeding and interacting with our Alpacas, Donkeys, Goats, Pony, Chickens and more! Followed by a fabulous Ploughman’s Lunch themed Afternoon Tea 🥪🧀

Make sure to head to www.bookwhen.com/downsidefarm to book your space now! Don't miss out! 🦙🐐🐑🫏🐴🐓🦚

04/06/2024

❗️FATHER’S DAY PLOUGHMAN LUNCH ❗️

It’s now just under two weeks time until we will be hosting a Ploughman’s Lunch style afternoon tea, on Father’s Day, with all Dads in mind 🌟

Treat your Fathers to something special and come along to the farm to spend the afternoon feeding and interacting with our Alpacas, Donkeys, Goats, Pony, Chickens and more! Followed by a fabulous Ploughman’s Lunch themed Afternoon Tea 🥪🧀

Make sure to head to www.bookwhen.com/downsidefarm to book your space now! Don't miss out! 🦙🐐🐑🫏🐴🐓🦚

30/05/2024

What a BUSY day we had yesterday at the farm, holding the May Half-term Kid’s Club 🦙🚜

Everyone got stuck in and burnt off lots of energy, helping to complete all the farm tasks 👨‍🌾🧑‍🌾

Thank you to everyone who attended, for all of your hard work, and I hope to see you again soon 🌾💪

21/05/2024

Pop us an email if you are interested in volunteering with us at the farm - even just a few hours a week!

[email protected]

21/05/2024

What a pleasure it was to have Charlotte for work experience last week!🤩

Charlotte really got stuck in at the farm, showing dedication and responsibility; she didn't shy away from any task - walking the alpacas 🦙, foraging for browse for the donkeys (blackberry brambles, stinging nettles, hawthorn branches) 🌿 and she even got to witness the shearer at work (which is always a very eye opening experience for everyone 👀).

It was really lovely to have Charlotte as part of the team last week and we wish her all the best with the future!

19/05/2024

🙌 SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS 🙌
We are SO grateful to have some awesome volunteers who provide weekly help at the farm - from poo picking, exercising the animals to feeding and grooming them aswell; We are so grateful to all of them for all their support and dedication!

We are currently looking for some weekday volunteers, if anyone has a few hours a week they could spare to come and help with a mixture of farm tasks, please pop us a message. We promise the animals are great company to be around, you wont regret it ❤️

18/05/2024

Yesterday was the annual shearing day ✂️🦙

It's always a funny day for us, the boys are almost unrecognisable after their fresh trim, a complimentary mani and pedi and a teeth trim.

Can anyone tell which two are in the photos below?! 👀

18/05/2024

ALPACA POO FLASH SALE 💩🦙

These beans are produced by our Alpacas here at Downside Farm and will provide your gardens/allotments/plants with amazing nutrition!

Unlike most other types of manure, you can put these beans straight on (no need to let it rot!) and reap the rewards instantly.
Alpaca poo helps to improve the water holding capacity of any soil as well as improving soil texture and health.

With the help of our amazing volunteers, we have been able to collect our Alpaca Poo in huge quantities and now have an absolute ABUNDANCE of it for sale!
In order the clear the current stock and make room for more, we are doing a FLASH SALE!!!!!

Small bags £5
Large bags £10

Collection is Blewbury
Message us for further information.

17/05/2024

Can anyone guess what day it is today?! ✂️👀

08/05/2024

ALL NEW DATES FOR SUMMER NOW RELEASED 🗓
Head to www.bookwhen.com/downsidefarm to see all our dates, find out more information or to book for our Meet & Greet with the Alpacas and Co, Afternoon Teas and Kids Club Farm Hands between now and September. Get booking your spaces now while you can! 🤩

08/05/2024

Donkeys enjoying some new enrichment in the sunshine - blackberry brambles and hawthorn clippings 🌿 Dave particularly enjoyed this!

The Donkey Sanctuary

07/05/2024

Happy 4th Birthday to our very special Boris 🥳
A lovely birthday walk in the sunshine 🌞

05/05/2024

What a BUSY weekend we've had at the farm!

This glorious weather made kids club extra fun today - the lambs were bouncing around, the sun was shining, the donkeys were honking and we all got stuck in 👨‍🌾👩‍🌾

We hope everyone who visited us over the weekend, whatever the event was, enjoyed their visit. Here's to hoping the weather picks up more permanently and we get to see you all again soon! 🤩

05/05/2024

BANK HOLIDAY SALE - ALPACA BEANS FOR SALE 💩

Last few bags left …
Large bags - £15
Small bags - £7

Alpaca manure is considered a rich soil conditioner; its known to improve the soil quality and its ability to retain water. It is also good for plants, providing a fair amount of nitrogen and potassium and about average levels of phosphorus!

Collection from the farm. Available now!!

Message to arrange collection! Please share post.

03/05/2024

3 spaces now available!!!!
Head to www.bookwhen.com/downsidefarm to snap up these last few spots.
We've got lambs to cuddle and donkeys to fuss 😍 what's not to love!

👩‍🌾 NEW ADDED KIDS CLUB DATE! 👨‍🌾
Sunday 5th May 2024
5 - 12 year olds

We've decided to add an extra date for our Kids Club Farm Hand experience so that they can come and meet our adorable new lambs 🐑❤️

They'll get the chance to be up close and personal with our animals and help feed, muck out, groom and interact with all our animals on the farm; learning what it takes to be a successful farm hand 💪

Head to www.bookwhen.com/downsidefarm to book on now - limited spaces available so hurry!!!!

02/05/2024

🔒 SUDDEN AVAILABILITY 🔒

Pop us an email at [email protected] for more information!

Weve got some rare availability come up for our Storage Containers... so contact us now for any storage needs 🔒

[email protected]
0330 043 2723

30/04/2024

Daisy and Dave have settled in REALLY well and their characters are starting to come out now. We are all fully in love with them and their funny noises 🥰

If you want to come and meet them - book onto one of our upcoming events by heading to www.bookwhen.com/downsidefarm

26/04/2024

Lets talk about ex-battery hens 🐓

Picture 1 - is of one of our brand new ex-battery hens, that we rescued a week ago; after an initial homing period, the girls have now been released out into the paddock to free roam all day long. You can see the horrendous condition they come to us in - feathers plucked by other hens from sheer boredom and stress while they spent their life in a cage smaller than an A4 piece of paper, dull colourless combs and features, sore skin, unhealthy beaks and often too timid to leave the coop even when they are given freedom.

Picture 2 - is one of our OG ex-battery hens (that once upon a time, looks like Picture 1, if not worse) who after spending months here on the farm, in our care, free roaming with the Alpacas - now has beautiful full bright feathers from head to toe, a glimmering red comb and features and a hunger for adventure (well as a bit of an attitude, might I add)

The transformation really is incredible. We are so lucky to get to give these ladies such a brilliant second chance at experiencing life ❤️

British Hen Welfare Trust do an amazing job - if you have some room in your heart and your garden, please consider rehoming some hens! You won't regret it!

24/04/2024

A BUSY BUT EXCITING DAY HERE ON THE FARM 😁

We have some adorable new arrivals, big and small; please welcome....

1️⃣ Daisy and Dave the donkeys, who have come to live with us from The Donkey Sanctuary. They're settling in really well and adjusting to all the new sites and sounds!

2️⃣ our tiny new fluffball piggies! The guinea pigs need some new names, any suggestions?
They're two little girlie's and they're very sweet but are still a little timid right now.

22/04/2024

Our next set of twins have arrived! 🐑

Two adorable, all black cuties - they're very happy to be here and already super brave!

19/04/2024

ALPACA BEANS FOR SALE 💩

Large bags - £20
Small bags - £10

Alpaca manure is considered a rich soil conditioner; its known to improve the soil quality and its ability to retain water. It is also good for plants, providing a fair amount of nitrogen and potassium and about average levels of phosphorus!

Collection from the farm.

18/04/2024

Never a dull day on the farm... 🦔
During my rounds this morning, I discovered a poor hedgehog that had accidentally got herself caught in our humane foxtrap!

She was very happy to be rescued from the trap, she was calm and inquisitive to her surroundings - quite enjoying being carried across the paddock in my arms to find a box to pop her in.
I gave her a quick check over and then with some advice from Oxfordshire Wildlife Rescue we released her into a nice, quiet, shaded area so that she can tootle off back to her friends and family!