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A 10 acre farm with market garden, wild swimming pool and event space in Frome.

A place to create and grow with a focus on biodiversity, creativity and wellbeing, supporting both people and planet.

14/10/2026

WELLNESS

Autumn is a time for taking care. To nurture your wellbeing both inside and out.

Throughout October and November we have a lot of opportunities for you to make this easy on yourself. With regular yoga classes four days each week and upcoming retreats including pilates and wild swimming you really are spoilt for choice.

Vallis Farm is set in the most beautiful ten acres of regenerative farm land and you can easily walk or cycle here from Frome.

And of course there’s our Friends of Vallis scheme. Giving you access to the sauna and natural pool. This isn’t a treat. This is your health and wellbeing. And it matters!

Check out our events pages to see what’s on and get yourself booked in. YOU MATTER!

See you on the farm folks xx

12/10/2026

COMPETITION TIME

Help us name this Dahlia! Last year the estates team collected and saved seed from our dahlias so we could create our own varieties. Dahlia’s are typically grown from tubers, making them a ‘clone’ of their parent plant. By saving seed you are mixing the DNA of two plants and creating a brand new variety. We now have FIVE new dahlias to celebrate. This is our favourite.

And it needs a name! The winning name will be picked by our Head Gardener Sarah and the person who comes up with the winning name will get a free space on a choice of one of these land based workshops next year: ‘Soil, Why it matters and how to look after it’, ‘No Dig Veg Growing’ or ‘Cultivating Colour. How to Grow a Dye Garden’

To enter please do the following:

1. Make sure you’re a follower
2. Comment with your name suggestion
3. Tag a friend who might be interested too
4. Repost (or share if you’re on FB) this post!

We’ll announce our winner next Monday and share the other new Dahlias we’ve grown this year too.

We can’t wait to hear your suggestions!

08/10/2026

VALLIS FARM EDUCATION CENTRE CIC

It’s been just over a month since our fantabulous fundraiser with Lucky 7s to celebrate the end of the summer and what a collaboration it was!

The entire event was run by volunteers and we had Lady V make a special guest appearance.

And look at these amazing photos! Taken by the talented Brish this is exactly what the Education Centre is working towards. Young people who are passionate about what they do and confident enough to turn it into a living. Not just a job.

Brishen is still in education but is already a well know photographer in the live music world and we were pleased to be able to pay him for the privilege of using these photographs.

Check out his instagram. And check out Lucky 7’s | 7” Vinyl Night too. You’ll find their regular nights at their now home and axing new Frome venue Video Spot Frome

Give them all a follow and support your local initiatives. It’s a crazy mixed up world out there so let’s look after one another!

If you want to find out more about Vallis Farm Education Centre cic then go to our linktree on instagram or the Vallis Farm Website.

📸 Brish

06/10/2026

Land based workshops have been a sell out success in 2026. But we never rest on our laurels here at Vallis Farm!

We’ve curated an exciting and eclectic range of workshops and events for 2027 featuring old favourites and new offerings.

We’re especially excited about our soil health workshop. Never before has this been more needed! And our introduction to permaculture weekend, where you can learn about the principles of this unique design approach and how to apply them.

There really is something for you, your mum, your brother and your best mate so check out the landing page on link-tree. Or for you FB users here’s the link: https://www.vallisfarm.co.uk/land-based-learning

Some of these courses are already selling out so get in quick!

📸
Ed Schofield | Photographer
Dave Watts
and the Vallis Farm team

05/10/2026

SEPTEMBER

It already feels like ages ago! With the Harvest Festival last weekend and so much more ahead of us, the first month of the academic year has flown by.

The colours at the farm throughout the month have been completely stunning and the flowers are crammed with tiny critters, telling us that the work we’ve been doing is having the positive impact we hoped.

We are getting more fruit from our young trees every year and watching the berries ripen in the hedgerows is always a treat.

September is a month of harvest and planning for the winter months. It’s about allocating jobs and projects and there’s still much to do in the gardens. In particular reflecting on the heat of the summer and planning how to mitigate this for future years.

We welcomed new gardeners to a sell out garden design course and it’s heartwarming to see so many people wanting to grow, and grow better.

We look forward to the rest of the autumn. Our events turn to feasting, foraging, crafting and taking care of our health and wellbeing with yoga, wild swimming and saunas.

Our Friends of Vallis scheme is now open again so take advantage while you can and join our cosy little community here on the farm.

Join us both indoors and outdoors this October.

01/10/2026

NATURE IS FOR EVERYONE

We truly believe that everyone should not just have access to nature but feel they are as entitled to it as the next person. Nature doesn’t care about your bank balance, or where you went to school. And nor do we.

We are however a small farm with staff to pay and they are the most important part of the business. We would have nothing to offer you without them. But we also know that membership might be too much of a stretch for some of you or £12 for a swim and sauna could be than you can afford.

So we got our thinking caps on and here’s the deal. We have twenty FREE memberships to give away throughout October to key workers or those on low income. In addition if you fit into the low income bracket you’ll get 20% off wild swimming and sauna sessions.

These are on a first come, first served basis and we will need you to provide evidence of your situation. This will be handled with confidence and care. Everything you need to know is on the CIC page on our website. In linktree for insta users and here if you’re on FB: www.vallisfarm.co.uk/cic

Everybody outdoors please.

See you on the farm folks xx

29/09/2026

Time to celebrate! Despite the heat and drought of this year’s summer there are lots of positives to count.

We’ve seen huge numbers of moths on our surveys and butterflies have increased since last year too. Clouded Yellows are a new species on the farm (a big sign of climate change, these guys are migratory from Africa, so whilst lovely to look at, have also sparked concern).

We’ve found indicators of dormice and otters for the first time. And wasp spiders have been seen in abundance. Even if spiders aren’t your thing, these guys are really cool looking AND an excellent indicator of meadow health and insect availability.

We’re yet to tally up the numbers but we’re super chuffed to know that our actions (and in some cases inactions) are having the right results.

This work couldn’t happen without the brilliant Robyn Nest & Nettle Ecology and her dedicated team of volunteers. Honestly, the support given to the farm, whether financially, which helps pay for ecologists and staff to help support habitat creation. Or the volunteers who give up their time to come and count for us. It’s all helping to bolster biodiversity and give us the data to prove it.

Big thanks to all you guys and to all the wildlife for choosing to make Vallis Farm their home. We love it here and so do they. 🕷️ 🐞 🦋

24/09/2026

No it’s not too early!

It’ll be here before you know it and places are booking up fast!

We’ve been thinking about how we can make Christmas sustainable, local and something uniquely valuable to businesses in our area. We’ve got a cracking venue, access to amazing food and the people to cook it. As well as being home the most wonderful artisans who are able to put on an array of workshops to suit all tastes.

Have a cosy Christmas with your colleagues without feeling guilty about the cost and the waste. We’ve even thought about how smaller businesses can get in on the offerings too.

We can put you together with other small businesses so you can afford the full shebang and have that feel of a busy long Christmas table too.

We’ve reserved dates throughout December AND January (cause we know, December doesn’t work for everyone). So if these sounds more appealing that putting your backside on the photocopier (again) this Christmas then give us a shout.

Email: [email protected] for more information, costs and dates.

Happy Christmas everyone! 🎄

Address

Vallis Farm, Egford
Frome
BA113JQ

Website

http://www.vallisfarm.co.uk/

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