Owletts Farm

Owletts Farm

Beautiful though it is already, Owletts Farm is changing.

We are at the beginning of a Nature Restoration journey. Working with lots of great people, including at Restore Nature.

More information coming soon on our activities, the species we hope to see re-introduced and flourishing, and opportunities to get involved. So far we have been focusing on wetland creation, helping the land recover from intensive agriculture, and developing our capabilities for regenerative farming (and farming the un-farmed).

We have our first foods available for sale – pork from our rare breed Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs, raised free-ranging, mostly organic and with no anti-biotics. Visit our shop to Order Now!

Our first intervention: – re-wriggling the steam, a feeder to a tributary of the River Medway, to create more opportunities for nature. We used LiDAR imagery to determine how the stream used to flow, flood and pool, before it was turned in to a dark narrow drainage ditch.
Our second intervention…. which got rained off over the wettest winter on record, but we plan to do lots more this autumn… watch this space, if you fancy getting involved…
It looks pretty conventional, but cutting hay is part of our regeneration strategy – taking nutrients out of the soil to starve the commercial grasses and make way for more interesting species… the output is fertiliser & chemical-free hay – if you want some, Tom & Andy are the men to speak to…

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Our Latest Blog Posts…

  • Our Market Garden
    This May, thanks to the help of family and volunteers Emma, Ben, and James, we successfully completed the building and planting of our market garden,… Read more: Our Market Garden
  • River Re-Wiggling
    Volunteers James and David joined us this month to complete the re-wiggling of the stream which runs through the farm. It now splits into two… Read more: River Re-Wiggling
  • Diesel Beavers
    Since there are no longer Beavers managing the waterways at Owletts Farm, we have had to resort to mechanical means! The ‘Diesel Beavers’ are on… Read more: Diesel Beavers
  • Hammerwood Park
    Much of Owletts Farm was previously the parkland for Hammerwood House (which confusing is officially called Hammerwood Park). Built in 1792 by Benjamin Latrobe, the… Read more: Hammerwood Park
  • LIDAR Surveys
    We’ve been working with the Hammerwood team on using LIDAR to explore the history of the area. Looking for things such as:– Roman ironworking– Mediaeval… Read more: LIDAR Surveys