Previous Years Events and Activities

The school trips and educational trips and events planned on our farm, in our shop and out and about for 2008, 2009 and 2010

2008

Thursday, 27th March The Spring Fling at the Norfolk Showground

Wednesday, 21st May visit to Heggatt - Coltishall Primary School

Thursday, 29th May Half Term Fun Day at Notcutts Garden Centre

Thursday, 30th May 2pm Firside School to learn more about food, farming and the countryside

Sunday, 1st June   Open Farm Sunday - event being arranged around Southrepps Village Hall to include HFG adn Wayware Ltd

Wednesday, 4th June 6.30pm all HFG Staff -and their families - Farm walk at White House Farm, Sprowston

Thursday, 5th June HFG taking part in World Environment Day CO2 Kick the Habit at HM Treasury, Norwich

Saturday, 7th June - farm walk - Sprowston Childrens Club

Sunday, 8th June BBQ day at Notcutts Garden Centre - donation of beef burgers from HFG

Thursday, 12th June 7pm Sprowston Ladies Church Group - Farm Walk, White House Farm Sprowston

Wednesday, 18th June 9.30-2.30 Countryside Schools Day at Broad Farm, Salhouse - Salhouse Primary School will join us for the day

Thursday, 19th June 7pm North Walsham Countrysiders - Farm walk

Friday, 27th June 7pm 15th Norwich Air scouts - visit to White House Farm

Monday, 30th June 10.30am-2.30pm Sparhawk Nursery - 50 children and 50 adults to White House Farm

Tuesday, 1st July Hellesdon High School.  Talk to the new Year 7 parents re: healthy school meals/eating and HFG supply of fruit and vegetables to the school for school lunches

Tuesday, 1st July North Walsham Young Farmers Club - Farm walk

Wednesday, 2nd July 10am-2pm - Spixworth Infants School - 26 children at White House Farm

Monday, 7th July 6pm Beaver Scouts and parents - Farm walk at Heggatt Hall and Blofield Nursery to HFG Blofield to learn about strawberries

Tuesday, 8th July 10am Blofield Nursery to HFG at Blofield to learn about strawberries

Thursday, 10th July 6pm Beaver Scouts and parents - Farm walk at Heggatt Hall

Sunday, 3rd August Frettenham Festival

Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th August HFG COUNTRYSIDE WEEKEND at White House Farm Sprowston - come and visit our maize maze, traction engine and modern and vintage farm machinery demonstrations.  Come and pick some apples and plums and enjoy a picnic in the countryside on the edge of the city!

Monday 25th August come and see us in the Food Hall at Aylsham Show

Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August NORFOLK GARDEN AND FOOD FAYRE HFG working with Notcutts at Notcutts Garden Centre.  Open to all.  Come and meet with our local suppliers and taste some of the wonderful produce from around our region.

Monday, 8th September 6.30pm Rotary Club - Farm Walk at White House Farm and PYO

Saturday, 13th September 2pm-4pm Norfolk Wildlife Trust 'apple' visit to White House Farm in conjunction with Francis James from Apple and Pear

Saturday, 20th September (to launch British Food Fortnight) -  HFG FOOD, FARMING AND THE COUNTRYSIDE OPEN DAY at HFG Farm Shop and fruit and vegetable growing site Blofield - FREE - ALL WELCOME

20th September - 5th October - BRITISH FOOD FORTNIGHT 'tastings and meet the producers' in all our shops over the fortnight to celebrate the best of BRITISH food!

Monday, 29th September HFG produce to a Harvest Festival at Thorpe House School in Norwich

Tuesday, 7th October Falcon Junior School 75 Year 3 children will be joining us at HFG Beeston to learn more about locally produced food, healthy eating, watch a crab dressing demonstration, see some rare breed sheep, meet the sheep dog and talk about wool, learn how to make a Jack a Lantern, and more!

Wednesday, 8th October Blofield Playgroup to HFG at Blofield to talk about 'habitats'

Thursday, 9th October Falcon Junior School Year 4 pupils to White House Farm to learn about food production - plough to plate.  Also HFG produce and healthy eating info to Hellesdon High School for a talk to prospective pupils and parents

Wednesday, 15th October The Big Norfolk Food Event - a 'food' day for secondary school children

Thursday, 16th October talk to Hethersett Guides about pumpkins and HFG

Wednesday, 22nd October Blofield Day Nursery to HFG at Blofield to learn about 'growing things'

Friday, 31st October - 'PINK FRIDAY' - help us raise money for breast cancer research - collecting boxes are in our shops NOW!  We raised well over £100.  THANK YOU!   Also HFG on BBC Radio Norfolk to talk about pumpkins!

Thursday, 6th November students from Easton College coming to HFG Farm Shop Beeston and HFG at White House Farm to talk about farm shops and PYO

2009

25th-31st January Farm House Breakfast Week - breakfast ideas, tastings, healthy tips and more in our shops all week!

Thursday, 27th January  Visit to Thorpe House School to talk about Farm House Breakfast Week

1st - 8th February - Bramley Apple Week - celebrate the 200th birthday of the Bramley Apple in HFG Farm Shops this week - tastings, recipes and lots more!

Thursday, 12th March Visit by 60 5-6 year old children from Homefield First & Nursery School as part of Science Week to Broad Farm Salhouse

Friday, 13th March  THANK YOU to everyone who donated to RED NOSE DAY HFG Farm Shop Beeston.  We raised £50.  Girls - your red noses looked wonderful - well done!

 Friday, 31st March - Judy on Radio Norfolk - 'spring fruit and veg'

Saturday, 4th April  EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA - HFG Farm Shop Beeston - meet the growers and suppliers and enjoy tasting the wonderful flavours our region has to offer!  Well over £1000 people supported this event - see our latest news page for more info.

Thursday, 16th April The Spring Fling at the Norfolk Showground -  'FIELD TO FORK' Well done to Francesca Zagni for winning our 'Do You KNow Your Onions' quiz.  Francesca  answered all the questions correctly and guessed that there were 21 onions in the jar!

Thursday, 30th April  A Level students from Thorpe St Andrews High School to HFG Farm Shop Beeston

Wednesday, 6th May 7.30pm talk to Old Catton Horticultural Society 

Wednesday, 13th May 10am 30 Year 1 children from Blofield Primary School to HFG Farm Shop Blofield and PYO

Thursday, 19th May 195 pupils from Tuckswood School to Broad Farm Salhouse

Saturday, 6th June 2 Customer farm walks at White House Farm Sprowston  10am & 2.30pm

Wednesday, 17th June 7pm St Margaret's Ladies Group - farm walk

2010

JANUARY 24th-30th FARM HOUSE BREAKFAST WEEK

Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day - 81% of us think so and 40% of those eat it standing up!

A national campaign, Farmhouse Breakfast Week aims to highlight the nutritional value of breakfast as part of a healthy balanced diet and for us to enjoy the delicious flavours our region has to offer!

5 good reasons for eating breakfast

It will make you more alert

You will be able to concentrate better

You will be less likely to snack

Breakfast is an important source of vitamins, minerals and fibre

Its a time to sit down as a family

Did you know that just one serving of milk on your muesli provides around half your recommended daily intake?

Go to work on an egg - they're packed with goodies.  In the UK we eat a phenomenal 27 million eggs every day!  One third are eaten for breakfast! 

Add a glass of apple juice as part of your 5 a day!

15th APRIL come and see us at the SPRING FLING at the Norfolk Showground

5th MAY working with Easton College and FACE hosting a conference about farm shop visits for teachers and farmers at HFG Farm Shop.  Learn more about how to go about hosting a visit, activity ideas, CEVAS training, how to work with early years children and secondary/college students.  Paul Tavener, Deputy Head of Acle High School will also be joining us to share his experiences.

SATURDAY 22nd MAY - our SPRING FOOD FAYRE - here at HFG Farm Shop - come and meet our producers and suppliers - lots of activities for children - fun for all the family........we'll keep you posted!

WEDNESDAY 9TH JUNE Judy and Nick will be visiting Catton Grove School to talk to  two Year 3 classes about healthy eating, food and farming.  This ties in with their topic for the term - food and farming and   their theme of the week which is Norfolk.

SATURDAY 12th JUNE - come and see us at St Andrews Church in Buxton for the regular monthly Church Market  10am-12 noon.

SATURDAY 11th JULY - Church Market St Andrew's church in Buxton 10am-12 noon

SATURDAY 14th AUGUST - Church Market - as above

SUNDAY 12th JULY & SUNDAY 15th AUGUST - CRAFT FAIR at our farm shop 10am-3pm  Lots of local artists and craftsmen will be showcasing thier wonderful work - CRAFT STALLS, FACE PAINTING, AIRBRUSH TATTOOS and more!!  Stall enquires to Christine: 07971 701747

SUNDAY 8th AUGUST - the sun shone on us at FRETTENHAM FESTIVAL

SATURDAY 14th AUGUST - Church Market 10am-12 noon - St Andrew's Church, Buxton

AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY - a great day at AYLSHAM SHOW  selling our fruit and veg and meeting lots of new customers!

SATURDAY 11th SEPTEMBER - Church Market 10am-12 noon - St Andrew's Church, Buxton

SATURDAY 18th SEPTEMBER-SUNDAY 3rd OCTOBER - BRITISH FOOD FORTNIGHT celebrate the best of British everyday with HFG - tastings to tantalise those taste buds over the whole fortnight:

Sat 18th/Sun 19th - try our 'grillicious' BEEF BURGERS - made to our own special recipe - artificial colouring/flavouring and preservative free

Mon 20th- Norfolk APPLE JUICE tasting

TUES 21st - BUNS made by Irene in Aylsham

WEDS 22nd Try some award winning ICE CREAM from Lakenham Creamery

THURS 23rd Breckland Orchard fizzy SOFT DRINKS

FRI 24th BEESTON BACON - our locally cured bacon

SAT 25th BEESTON BURGERS - try before you buy!

SUN 26th BRECKLAND BACON - locally cured bacon

MON 27th Pointens creamy YOGURTS from Stody

TUES 28th British CHEESES

WEDS 29th Millennium Orchard APPLES - varieties of old Norfolk apples - the taste of times gone by!

THURS 30th Tyrrells CRISPS

FRI 1st OCT Not tried our BEEF & STILTON PIE cooked in red wineyet?  Well now's your chance!

SAT 2nd A day of tastings for those of you with SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS - see more info below

SUN 3rd BEEF & STILTON PIE

SATURDAY 2nd OCTOBER a day for those of you with SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS.  10am-4pm.

MEET THE PRODUCERS:

MOOVE OVER DAIRY NEW to HFG and NEW to the marketplace - delicious handmade dairy free fudge and dairy free and gluten free cakes

COTTAGE BAKING - gluten free savouries and their range of gluten free CHRISTMAS GOODIES

SCRUBBY OAK gluten free flavoured vinegars

EGG FREE cakes, reduced sugar preserves, gluten free sausages..... and much much more!

THURS 7th OCTOBER-SUNDAY 10th OCTOBER - FAIR FOOD - a weekend of events at Norwich Cathedral exploring trade justice both global and local.  We will have a big display there and the weekend will end with the Royal Norfolk Show's annual Harvest Festival....pop in if you can!

TUES 12th & WEDS 13th OCTOBER 170 Year 3 and 4 children form FALCON JUNIOR SCHOOL in Sprowston are visiting us.  They will be finding out about pumpkins, making some cress men, walking around our field to see the veg growing, learning about pest control, healthy eating and taking part in a quiz around the farm shop - all part of their annual food festival activities.

THURS 12TH NOVEMBER Judy and Nick went into Woodland View Junior School in Spixworth to talk to the Year 3 children about healthy eating, the importance of eating breakfast, growing and farming.  We had a great time and feedback was good.