Animal Magic at Melbourne Hall

12/05/2023

🎉 We have a foal 🎉

After an explosive and tricky birth we have a strong c**t!

We are working hard to get the bond developing between them both, as it has taken a lot out of cleo ❤️

‼️ Prepare for lots of foal pics ‼️

04/05/2023

👑 To celebrate the king’s coronation 👑

On Saturday 6th May 1pm - 5pm

‼️ Entry to the gardens is FREE ‼️

‼️‼️‼️‼️ YES FREE ‼️‼️‼️‼️

03/05/2023

Beautiful day to have a foal, don’t you think cleo? 🙏🤞🏼
Day 337

26/04/2023

❤️ When previous work experience students stop by, it’d be rude not to catch up whilst snuggling the baby goats!! ❤️

21/04/2023

‼️ Are you a horse owner ? ‼️

❓Have you heard of Atypical Myopathy❓

Sycamore seedlings, if consumed by your ponies can cause this potentially fatal disease. The toxin has a rapid negative effect, slowing or even stopping energy production in the horse’s muscle fibres.

We don’t have sycamore trees with the gardens, yet still have these little guys popping up in all of our paddocks! Because of this you’ll notice we don’t yet have all our horses/ponies within the gardens yet. As soon as we are happy we’ve got rid of all seedlings they will be back greeting visitors 🙌

21/04/2023

Katie had her baby and it’s another MASSIVE boy 💙

19/04/2023

🌸 It’s tiring growing a baby 🌸

❤️ Not long now cleo ❤️

19/04/2023

🌸 We open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 🌸 1-5pm 🌸

🌸 See our newborns, feed our animals and enjoy the serene gardens 🌸

16/04/2023

🌸 We are open today, 1-5pm! 🌸

Meet our newborn lambs
Born this morning
💙 we have 1 boy and 1 girl ❤️

With 3 more ewes due you might even get to see some actually being born!

14/04/2023

Clever Amabel has given birth to 2 boys this afternoon!

One unfortunately isn’t doing to well so has come home to be kept warm and fed with round the clock care ❤️

31/03/2023

Throwback to when we may of had snow on the ground but at least it was crisp and DRY!! 🌧️

28/03/2023

❓ Did you meet our Derbyshire Gritstone sheep last year ❓

💕 Well they are due their lambs within the next few weeks 🐑

Perfect timing for the gardens opening on the 1st April ‼️

24/03/2023

❤️❤️ 100% foal baby ❤️❤️

15/03/2023

Getting big now!!

Foal baby due May 🤞🏼❤️

08/12/2022

It’s a bit chilly for Chilli ❄️

07/09/2022

Snacks for Brian grown in the gardens 🐷

28/08/2022

🌸 Happy sleepy sunny Sunday 🌸

🎉 We are open today and everyday next week including bank holiday Monday, 1-5pm!

You can feed our pigs 🐷 goats 🐐 and sheep 🐑 for just £1 per bag of animal food 🙌

09/08/2022

☀️ With the weather creeping back up to the 30’s this week, we have decided not to do the handling in the interactive area ☀️

🌳 Thankfully we are surrounded by trees 🌲

Which means you can enjoy their shade when visiting us and still see our animals in their paddocks, you can feed our goats 🐐 sheep 🐑 or pigs 🐷 for just £1 per bag!

07/08/2022

Oh Eddie 😂🤦🏼‍♀️❤️

01/08/2022

🎉 From tomorrow (2nd August) we are open everyday, except the next two Mondays! 1-5pm 🙌

07/07/2022

🎉 SUNDAY 10th JULY 🎉

On this day some of our animals will be attending Ashby Show, therefore the Interactive area will be CLOSED.

You will still be able to -
🐐 Feed the goats
🐷 Feed the pigs
🐑 Feed the sheep

04/07/2022

Terry the tup and cleo 💕

29/06/2022

🎈 Happy birthday Mariella 🎈

Thank you for celebrating your birthday with us and the animals - we loved having you and your friends!

28/06/2022

Hi there little cutie 👋

Everyone meet Gingko. He’s going to be the new husband to our Golden Guernsey girls!

He’s growing into a big, strong boy 💙

We can’t wait for him to join us and the fact that we will have his offspring in the gardens next spring is super exciting 😝

28/06/2022

Islas feeling a lot more aerodynamic after her haircut! Who knew there was a little show pony under all that fluff!! 💕☀️

26/06/2022

☀️ When you are happy to be out your stable but also remember your recovering from a broken leg, had surgery 2 months ago and still have a metal plate and bolts in your knee 🥴

🌸 Islas finally getting some turnout, which she is super happy about! Thankfully, for saying she’s only just two years old, she has been extremely level headed about it all, which my stress levels are thankful for 🙌

23/06/2022

☀️ SUMMER HOLIDAYS ☀️

Not only are we open everyday 1-5pm
(except Mondays unless Bank Holiday)

🌸 We are also getting booked up for our One to One Interactive Play dates outside of garden opening times 🌸

🐷 Whether it’s petting pigs
🐐 Grooming our goats
🐰 Cuddling rabbits and guinea pigs
🐑 Feeding our friendly sheep
🐴 Meeting our miniature horses

💕 You can do it all in an hour of fun within the gorgeous setting of Melbourne Hall gardens 💕

22/06/2022

The animals love it when the arboretum is having a tidy up!

18/06/2022

💕 Basil and Talulah 💕

These pair have become the best of friends.

Have you met them yet?

🌸 We are open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 1-5pm 🌸

16/06/2022

🎉 MORE NEWBIES 🎉

For those that have met Eddie our gritstone sheep, you’ll understand why we would want more ❤️

💕 Meet our four new ewes 💕

Excited for little Derbyshire gritstone lambs next year!

11/06/2022

🎉 NEW ADDITIONS 🎉

Because I now truely believe, you cannot have too many Golden Guernsey Goats!

We are super excited to add these two ladies to our breeding herd 🙌

❤️ Meet Chilli and Sage ❤️

09/06/2022

❗️❓ Did you know ❓❗️

🌸 We do one to one interactive play dates with all of our animals outside of garden opening times 🌸

With Father’s Day around the corner, we have one slot available on the 19th June at 11:30-12:30!

💙 Get booked in quick 💙

07/06/2022

🌸We are open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays🌸

🌸 1-5pm 🌸

Come and meet Guelder in our interactive area! He loves snuggles and being groomed 💙

02/06/2022

01/06/2022

There’s just something about pigs 🐷 ❤️

31/05/2022

For those that haven’t already met our new man 💙

We are open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays 1-5pm 🙌

28/05/2022

🌸 A little snippet into the Animal Magic family 🌸

26/05/2022

Have you seen Mollys blog on Melbourne?

She came to visit us back in March. I wonder which goat it was that nibbled her jacket 🤔

My moneys on Cosi 🥴🤦🏼‍♀️

Have a read! Links below ⬇️

https://lovelylocalindie.com/2022/03/28/melbourne-derbyshire/