Lower Drayton Farm

17/09/2026

🥫💚 COMING TO HARVEST HOEDOWN? BRING A LITTLE SOMETHING TO SHARE…

This weekend, while you’re joining us to head out into the fields and fill your bags with fresh, farm-grown veggies, we’d love to invite you to bring a little something for someone else too.

We’ll be collecting donations of non-perishable food for local food banks, so if you’re able to help, simply bring an item or two along when you visit.

🥫 Tinned foods
🥣 Dried foods including pasta, rice & cereals
🥛 UHT milk
🍲 Other long-life, unopened food cupboard essentials

There’s no obligation – but every donation, however small, can help support local people and families who need it. 💚

Thank you for helping us share the harvest a little further this September. 🚜

17/09/2026

‘Perfect Pumpkins’ is the theme for next week’s Home Educators’ session! 🎃

We’ll visit the pumpkin fields to see how our crop is growing and follow the fascinating journey from planting a tiny seed to harvesting a fully grown pumpkin. The afternoon will be filled with pumpkin-themed crafts and activities.

Who’s joining us?

📆 Mon 21st September
⏰ 11am - 1pm
📍 Lower Drayton Farm, Lower Drayton Lane, Penkridge, Staffs
💷 £10pp - book online now!

17/09/2026

Llama licks!

Looks like our lovely llamas enjoyed their new mineral lick! 😋

Joining us for a PLAY@ family day out on the farm this weekend? Make sure you head to the outdoor animal paddocks to meet these guys! 🦙

16/09/2026

🌽🚜 LAST CHANCE TO GET HARVESTING! 🥔🥕

It’s the FINAL WEEKEND of Harvest Hoedown – and there are just FOUR days left to pull on your wellies, hop aboard the tractor & trailer and head out into the fields! 🙌

📅 Friday 18 – Monday 21 September

Come and experience the ultimate field-to-fork family adventure, harvesting fresh, seasonal veggies grown right here on our Staffordshire farm. 🌱

🚜 Ride out to the fields
🥕 Pick your own farm-fresh veg
🛍️ Fill your bag for life
🍽️ Take it home, cook it and enjoy!

And remember, Harvest Hoedown is included with your PLAY@ ticket, so you can make a full day of it with all the usual indoor & outdoor adventure, animals and farm fun too!

👢 Wellies recommended – it’s proper farm fun!
🛍️ Bring a bag for life for your veggies
⏰ When they’re gone, they’re gone!

🎟️ PLAY@ tickets:
🌱 Friday 18 & Monday 21 – just £10pp
🌽 Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 – just £12pp

Don’t miss your last chance to experience Harvest Hoedown 2026…

👉 BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW and come get harvesting! 🌽🥔🚜

16/09/2026

Listen out for Farmer Richard on Stoke Breakfast this morning 🌅

From our Pumpkin 🎃 patch, talking Pumpkins and whopper Pumpkins 🎃

BBC Stoke & Staffordshire

15/09/2026

Valais Blacknose ram Larry is using his best flirting techniques on gooseberry - however we think she’s going take a bit more convincing🤣

Keep watching our feed for updates on our flock - first lambs should be arriving early in the New Year in time for our February half term Lambs & Ewe event! 🐑🐑🐑

14/09/2026

Well that’s a first!

During pumpkin patch inspection earlier Farmer Richard found these two pumpkins naturally growing on top of each other 🎃🎃

Who’s joining us this autumn to pick their pumpkins straight from our MASSIVE patch?

Tickets on sale now from just £6pp (please note does not include entry to PLAY@) - follow link in bio for details!

🎃

14/09/2026

*NEW ARRIVAL*

This morning Hereford cow Claire gave birth to this beautiful heifer (female) calf 🌅

Name suggestions needed please! 😃

13/09/2026

Check out our latest Pumpkins at the Farm innovation for 2026

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

New for Pumpkins 🎃 2026 - you can pick your pumpkins from our hedges!!

It’s taken us 10 years to perfect this and the new Next Generation, 4 year old farm manager, has taught us how to do it!!!

It takes the back breaking work out of pumpkin picking, by not having to bend down to harvest your favourite, Lower Drayton Farm, pumpkin 🎃 this year!

(We wish we had planned this, but in this crazy year of weather, our pumpkins have survived by trailing up our hedges)!

We love telling visitors about our wild hedges which provide so many benefits for wildlife on farm.

But this is defo a first 😂

13/09/2026

New for Pumpkins 🎃 2026 - you can pick your pumpkins from our hedges!!

It’s taken us 10 years to perfect this and the new Next Generation, 4 year old farm manager, has taught us how to do it!!!

It takes the back breaking work out of pumpkin picking, by not having to bend down to harvest your favourite, Lower Drayton Farm, pumpkin 🎃 this year!

(We wish we had planned this, but in this crazy year of weather, our pumpkins have survived by trailing up our hedges)!

We love telling visitors about our wild hedges which provide so many benefits for wildlife on farm.

But this is defo a first 😂