Bradkeel Social Farm

03/09/2026

Just a few days left to our Traditional Scone & Butter Making workshop and due to a cancellation we have 🎉 1 available space 🎉 Tel; 07889042991 to book..

01/09/2026

Delighted to be hosting this event on the Farm.

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆
𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐒

📅Saturday, 12th September
⏰10:30am – 12:30pm
📍Bradkeel Farm, 28 Bradkeel Road, Plumbridge BT79 8BJ

Dry Stone Walls are a remarkable part of our landscape. Built without mortar, they have stood the test of time, telling stories of human ingenuity, cultural heritage and our connection with the land.

Come along and discover the traditional craft of drystone walling through a practical demonstration using locally sourced stone.

You’ll have the opportunity to:
🪨 Learn about the history and importance of Dry Stone Walling
🔨 See traditional stonemason techniques
🌿 Discover the ecological value of these unique structures
👨‍🌾 Gain an insight into a craft passed down through generations

Light refreshments available.
This is a 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 event and 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥.
Register now to secure your place ➡ https://DryStoneWalling.eventbrite.co.uk

| Bradkeel Social Farm

01/09/2026

Join Heather Mcdermott Willow Craft and weave your own Traditional Potato Basket.
✨Date; ️Saturday 26th September 2026
✨️Time; 10am - 4.30 pm
✨️This workshop will provide all the tools and materials necessary.
✨️You'll learn various weaving techniques and discover the rich history behind basket making in Ireland

Baskets have been used in exhibits all over Ireland including those at the Ulster American Folk Park to illustrate and ground us in the realities of daily Rural Farm life and the reliance in the potato crop during the Great Famine.
They are a beautiful addition to any home and can be very functional and decorative.
✨️Cost £15 includes Refreshments, scones and Lunch
✨️Tel: 07889042991 to book or email [email protected]
✨️limited spaces totalling 8

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28/08/2026

A few activities this week; making raspberry jam and harvesting lavender into gift bundles.

24/08/2026

A morning of Scones, Butter and heritage in the Sperrins

Join us on the 5th September, 10am- 12.30pm for a relaxed morning exploring the traditions and stories behind scone and butter making in the Sperrins.

There's nothing quite like a warm, freshly baked scone topped with creamy butter and homemade jam, enjoyed with a cup of tea.

Scones have long been a much loved comfort food in rural homes- a symbol of hospitality, good food and conversation. Alongside this the fascinating tradition of bog butter, perserved in peat bogs and dating back over 3,500 years, gives us a glimpse into Irelands past.

During this workshop, we'll slow down, step back in time, and revive these beautiful heritage crafts

🌱 We will make batches of Scones
🌱Churn your own butter
🌱Enjoy Scones with butter, jam and tea
🌱Hear stories and learn about these wonderful rural traditions

To help bring these traditions to life, we're also looking to borrow old artefacts for the morning- perhaps an old butter churn, a baking bowl, or something that belonged to your grandmother or family.

If you have something you'd be willing to lend, or a story or tale connected to these traditions please pm me. We'd love to hear from you.

Come along, slow down and share a morning of good food, stories and heritage.


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19/08/2026

Taking the advantage of a wet hour today to harvest some of our tomatoes and roast them in the oven. Lewis was on washing and chopping, Barry on preparing garlic and Conor the herb man collecting washing and preparing basil, rosemary and thyme. . guys away home to make chilli with the results. Dinner sorted.

13/08/2026

A few activities this week with produce from the kitchen garden; we used courgettes and made brownies, depoding peas and chopping rhubarb for the freezer, pressing hygragea flowers and propagating rosemary.
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29/07/2026

The craftsmanship and skill of dry stone walling has been practised in Ireland for a long number of years and thankfully is still seen as very much part of our heritage and landscape here on the farm in the townland of Bradkeel in the . . Over the course of a number of weeks our social farmers have been gaining practical skills in constructing a retaining wall with stone gathered from the land. This has highlighted the significance of this traditional craft and preserving it into the future for generations to come. Its been very much hands on and no easy task lifting some of the stones, but with the help and guidance of our local stonemason Frances we are very pleased with the result. Supported by the

Rural Area Partnership Incorporated

23/07/2026

Harvesting our first courgettes, raspberries, gooseberries and maybe theirs hope for some red tomatoes 🍅 yet. Summertime activities 🌱

05/07/2026

Thanks to kelley from for facilitating our Fermentation workshop on Saturday. It was lovely to hear, taste, experiment by getting hands on and share stories on how this concept of food preservation has been part of our heritage here in Ireland but also further afield from other countries. We learnt so much in this process. A lovely group of both men and women giving it a go and connections made. Always an extra when you have visitors from other cultures and countries in the room very much appreciated thankyou.
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