4.00pm - 9.00pm
Travellers Rest Farm, Durweston, Blandford, DT11 0QG.
FWAG SouthWest invite you to celebrate the success of Dougal and George Hosford of Travellers Rest Farm in winning the 2013 Barn Owl Farming and Wildlife Trophy. The judges were impressed with their commitment to environmental excellence including the arable reversion pasture, field margins, restored hazel coppice, installation of PV panels and water storage system.
The event will also include a range of other activities:
4.00pm Arrival and introduction.
4.30-6.30 pm Farm tour on trailers, with some walking.
6.30-8.00 pm A light supper will be provided and can be enjoyed while watching demonstrations by the Dorset Coppice Group including:
Herbal medicine with Peter Moors, walking stick making with Pete Snelson, basket weaving with Jim and Marg King and George Darwall’s rush chairs made from rushes from the farm.
8.00-9.00 pm Dorset Wildlife Trust talk on moths and moth trapping.
Please feel free to come for all or part of the event.
Cost: Members FREE. Non Members £5.00 (incl. VAT).
Booking is essential call 01823 355427 or email info@fwagsw.org.uk
