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Previously known as Rosie and Nell's Veg, this year I'm doing it alone, so welcome to Nell's Patch! Check out my instagram account .

I'm exclusively growing my salad mix this season, making sure its the freshest and most diverse around.

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Oakbrook Community Farm
Stroud
GL67QN

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Beginning days

‘Rosie and Nell’s Veg’ is a business that we, (Rosie Aitken and Nell Benney), have been working on for about a year. We met in Stroud last Spring, and over a pint at the Woolpack, realised we were both thinking of applying to be the next Starter Farmers at Oakbrook Community Farm. We decided to work on a plan together and soon realised that we were far stronger as a team than simply going for it alone.

Oakbrook Starter Farm is an initiative set up by Stroud Community Agriculture (SCA) in 2016 to support new entrant farmers. They lease a small area of their land (just under an acre) to the starter farmer(s), on which they are responsible for creating and carrying out their business, whilst SCA provides mentoring, advice and equipment.

There are a few other examples of the starter farm around the country, including The Kindling Trust in Manchester https://kindling.org.uk/ and Tamar Grow Local https://www.tamargrowlocal.org/. You can find information about the history of the initiative and the rest of the farms involved on the Land Worker’s Alliance website:https://landworkersalliance.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Farm-Start.pdf

Rosie and I came to this project with backgrounds in studying horticulture and working on organic farms. I spent a year in Ireland at Kinsale College studying Sustainable Horticulture, after which I was an assistant grower at Primrose Organic Market Garden before working alongside the previous starter farmer, Kit Wicksteed, for 2019. Rosie has a BSC in Horticulture from Scottish Rural University and has just finished a two and half year apprenticeship at Abbey Home Farm in Cirencester.

We were attracted to the starter farm as we both felt ready to learn about the practicalities of running a horticultural business within the relative security of the starter farm model. After our lease is up, we hope to have gained the confidence and experience necessary to establish our business on a fully independent site.

So, on to this growing season!

Come spring, we will be selling a wide range of fresh and local vegetables, our salad mix (containing over 15 different types of tasty herbs and plants!) and leafy greens at our farm stall on site next to Stroud Micro Dairy and online at StroudCo.org. We are also hoping to get a market stall at either Stroud market and / or Nailsworth Saturday market so watch this space for updates on that front.

We try and use unusual heritage varieties, which are particularly suited to our climate and are often neglected by larger scale growers. We think the more unique and delicious the better… keep your eyes peeled for the tastiest tomatoes and salad in town!

We are located at Oakbrook Community Farm, less than a mile from Stroud town centre and just below Hawkwood College.

Swing by to grab some of the most local veg around or for a chat to hear more about our project :)

Get involved!

If you would like to volunteer with us, message this page or give us an email on

[email protected]

Like us here, and check out our instagram page @rosieandnells_veg for updates about our work, volunteer shout out days and general musings about all things plant-y....

Thanks! (if you made it this far)

Rosie and Nell