FarmED

To celebrate the Agroforestry Open Weekend 2025, join us at FarmED for an Agroforestry Farm Walk and Lunch on Monday 19th May.

Alleycropping across the 8 year crop rotation at FarmED, just one of the agroforestry systems planted this year. Trees provide shelter and browse for livestock grazing our herbal leys, and will be coppiced for woodchip in the future to maximise light during arable years. Photo by James Mountain.

As part of the Agroforestry Open Weekend 2025 we are running a taster event on Monday 19th May to show the benefits and challenges of agroforestry and what we are doing at FarmED:

  • Silvopastoral & Silvoarable coppice alley cropping in the 8 year arable rotation with mob-grazed sheep and cows
  • Silvohorticulture alley cropping in the market garden with over 200 fruit trees
  • Optimised Shelterbelts
  • Heritage Orchard undergrazed by sheep
  • 8 acres farm woodland
  • Hedges
  • …and plenty more planned for the future!

Join us for a taster into the world of agroforesty. Discuss and explore key concepts and the FarmED ethos, before we take a walk around the agroforestry here on the farm, then reconvene to discuss barriers and needs.  You will leave with a better understanding of FarmED’s approach to agroforestry, as well your agroforesty options and next steps.

Tickets are £20, to book your place visit our booking page.

Silvohorticulture alley cropping in the 5-acre market garden at FarmED. Photo by James Mountain.