Welcome to Farm2grow - where Healthy Growing Takes Place.

Events & Courses

New events

New course and events will be posted below.

Past events

Past events & courses at Farm2Grow will be posted below.

Care Farm Commissioning Event Day !

Tuesday 26 July 2011

Looking for alternative opportunities to improve your clients/patients health and wellbeing?
If yes please book onto our

Care Farm Commissioning

EVENT DAY

Tuesday 26 July 2011

Farm2grow is a care farm based on the outskirts of Consall (6 miles from Leek and Stoke)

We are offering GPs, Social Workers, Commissioners and Organisations, who support people with ill health, an opportunity to visit the farm, meet the Director and see first hand what happens in a care farm setting

We are running two sessions

10.00am till 12.00 noon

And 1.00pm to 3.00 pm

Places are limited and booking is essential.

To secure a place and receive a copy of your formal invite and the agenda please contact

Helen on 01782 551833 or 07766836006 or e mail admin@farm2grow.co.uk

Yurt Building Course

August 6th, 7th, 8th 2010, price £210 per person, includes camping/ parking/ lunches and materials.

Make and keep your own Yurt wheel. Learn all the skills required to finish it. Full detailed instructions and on going support to complete your own low impact structure.

We are also offering a three day course at £90 per person on 12th, 13th and 14th of July and a two day weekend course on 24th and 25th of July for £60 per person.

Click here for more information.

Fit Families on the farm

A short clip of fit families on the farm

Steps Courses

We have secured funding to deliver some STEPS courses, which are being integrated into a market gardening course and will involve land based activities.
These courses are FREE to people who fall into the following categories:

16+ not in employment or training

Incapacity Benefit (IB) Claimants

Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) Claimants

Lone Parents

Older potential workers (50+)

People with learning / or physical disabilities

Economically inactive people including unemployed people not on benefits, carers, single waged families on low incomes, ex-offenders.

Ex Service Personnel

Black and Ethnic Minority Groups and individuals

The courses are run 1 day a week for 8 weeks
On completion each participant will have the opportunity to volunteer within the farm2grow project or be sign posted to further opportunities with associate agencies, and/or other organisations for further development in their chosen field.

What is STEPS?

To view more indepth information about STEPS Click here:

If you are an agency wanting to refer a client onto the STEPS course download our referal form available here:

Previous run courses include :

Confidence Building courses

Land Management

Pond Creation for wildlife

Growing produce