Everything you need for a Real Christmas in Hertfordshire

Our new Christmas Fayre 2011 brochure is now available to download.
Includes lots of information about all our Christmas produce, Christmas Gifts and Christmas Events.

http://www.churchfarmardeley.co.uk/images/churchfarm/downloads/pdfs/christmasfayrebrochure2011%20to%20print.pdf

The Alternative Bonfire Night

 for full pdf details please click here

Church Farms' Alternative Bonfire Night

No fireworks please, as they will scare the animals

Saturday 5th November

Remember remember the 5th of November!

Celebrate bonfire night on green and pleasant land at Church Farm, Ardeley.

 There’ll be

camping, jamming around the campfire and

camaraderie.

 Feel free to bring your own BBQ, games and entertainment.

Make your own Guy

Have a go at making your own guy with our activity expert in the field.

 Get ready to throw it onto the bonfire when it gets dark!

All customers and people of good nature are welcome -

 suitable for all ages.

Limited spaces available so please book in advance.

Contribution:

Adults £10, Under 16s £8, Under 2s £2.

Free for musicians and farm members.

BOOK NOW! 

Pop into the Farm Store,

 call 01438 861 447 

or email

info@churchfarmardeley.co.uk

Remember, remember 

- No fireworks please, as farm animals are close by -

Thank you :)

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Half Term Halloween Events at Church Farm

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Halloween Treats

Come and enjoy a spooky day out at the Farm 

EVENT 1 (running everyday)

Haunted Pumpkin Hunt 

Saturday 22nd - Monday 31st October

Picture courtesy of www.flickr.com  

Find 10 pumpkins as you go on a haunted hunt around Home Wood.

Pick up your

free activity sheet in the farm store any time.

 Free of charge every day :)

EVENT 2

Eerie Egg Collecting

Friday 28th - Monday 31st October. 

Picture courtesy of www.trendhunter.com

Feed the chickens and collect your own freshly laid eggs from the orchard - but beware of a few scary surprises in Grandma’s old chicken shed. 

1pm - 2pm.

 £5.00.

EVENT 3

Hair Raising Hats and Mask Making 

Saturday 29th October

Picture courtesy of www.masksandpuppets.com

. Get creative and design your own hair raising hat and scary mask ready for Halloween.

 10am -11.30am and 2pm - 3.30pm

£5 per session

EVENT 4

Halloween Songwriting for Children

Saturday 29th October

Compose your very own Halloween song with musician Neil Nayar.

 2pm - 4pm. 

£10.

EVENT 5

Spooky Pits Clay Day

Sunday 30th October 

Dig clay from our ancient pits and make your own Halloween figure - 

will it be a witch, a ghost or something spookier?

 10.30am - 11.30am and 2pm - 3pm.

 £5 per session

EVENT 6

Pumpkin Carving 

Sunday 30th and Monday 31st October.

www.martastewart.com

 Buy a pumpkin in the store and have it carved by one of our experts. 

You can draw on your own design beforehand or let us do the creepy deed for you.

 11am-12pm, 3pm-4pm and 5pm-6pm. 

£5 per session

Pre-booking only. 

To book, pop into the Farm Store, call 01438 861 447 or email info@churchfarmardeley.co.uk

http://www.churchfarmardeley.com/

                                     

Half Term Halloween events at Church Farm

Halloween at Church farm - click here for full goulish details

Naturally Reared Red Poll Cattle

Autumn Equinox Campfire Weekend

Saturday 24th September

Celebrate the first day of autumn on green and pleasant land at Church Farm, Ardeley.

CALLING ALL ARTISTS !!!!

photo courtesy of AutoArt auto-net.ge

earth:NOW:being - Exhibition at Church Farm

FUTURE ECOLOGY GROUP - earth:NOW:being - are looking for small format works inspired by the theme of FUTURIST ECOLOGY, to be shown at earth:NOW:being exhibition in Hertfordshire and London between 1st -9th of October.

Feel free to interpret the theme broadly in any 2-dimensional medium. Fifty works will be exhibited on www.earthnowbeing.org. Ten works will be selected for the livw exhibition.

REQUIREMENTS

Size: up to 20 x 20cm, no frame, on paper or thin board

Submission: digital scan or photo of your work with maximum file size of 5MB; your name, address and phone number

If you are selected to participate in the live exhibition, you will need to drop off your work to us in London by 5pm Monday 27th September, to be picked up after 10th October. Alternately, you can post us your work and if you send the return postage, we will re-use your envelope and send it back to you after the show.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15TH SEPTEMBER

SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: earth.now.being@gmail.com

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ABOUT | earth:NOW:being

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Church Farm Presents

earth:NOW:being

Christine Cynn & Valentin Manz

In a time of concern over rising food, fuel, and environmental costs, earth:NOW:being features work created by artists Valentin Manz & Christine Cynn inspired by Church Farm Ardeley over a 16-month collaboration with the high-welfare, ecological farm. Church Farm aims to produce a maximum variety of food sold directly to the public, using 50% less fossil fuels from farm to fork. The exhibition will also show selected works inspired by futurist ecology submitted via an open call to artists (see www.earthnowbeing.com for application info).

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earth:NOW:being art exhibition at Church Farm Ardeley

www.churchfarmardeley.co.uk // Stevenage, Hertfordshire SG2 7AH // T: 01438 861 447

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Saturday 1st October 4 - 9pm

Private view of immersive video installation and series of evolving collage works. Concludes with candlelight walk to site of 'In The Pits' ceramic installation.

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Sunday 2nd October 12 - 6pm

Exhibition open.

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Saturday & Sunday 1st - 2nd October 11am - 3pm

Come participate in a free collaborative sculpture building workshop using locally sourced materials. All ages welcome.

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earth:NOW:being at Hackney City Farm, London

www.hackneycityfarm.co.uk // Tube: Bethnal Green // 1a Goldsmith's Row, London E2 8QA // T: 020 7729 6381

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Saturday & Sunday 8th & 9th October 12 - 7pm

Exhibition featuring immersive video installation and series of evolving collage works open in the Eco-Room.

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Saturday & Sunday 8th & 9th October 11am - 3pm (in front garden)

Come participate in a free collaborative sculpture building workshop using locally sourced materials. All ages welcome.

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email: earth.now.being@gmail.com

web: www.earthnowbeing.org (*up 26th August)

twitter: http://twitter.com/churchfarmAR

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England www.artscouncil.org.uk