We are delighted to be taking part in Agroforestry Open Weekend 2025 and welcome you to our farm for a guided or self guided farm tour between 16 – 19 May.

Our farm

Tolhurst Organic is a 20 acre horticultural farm, growing vegetables across two fields, one open and separated by beetle banks, and the other in alley cropped agroforestry, alongside a 500 year old walled garden. It is one of the longest running organic vegetable farms in the country, and the first to be accredited stock-free organic, meaning it has had no animal inputs of any kind for over 20 years. To build fertility, the farm makes use of green manures in the form of a 2 year herbal ley, winter cover crops and intercropping, and produces its own ramial woodchip compost, from the agroforestry and a small willow coppice, to build carbon and feed the soil fungi, flora and fauna.

Our agroforestry

We planted up 7 acres of agroforestry in 2016 with a diverse mix of native trees: fruiting, coppicing and timber varieties, each with a range of rooting profiles, growth habits and ecological benefits. In the understory we grow other perennial fruits and flowers, and in between we grow mixed vegetables.

how to find us

Tolhurst Organic (Lin’s Veg Shed) , Hardwick Road, Whitchurch-on-Thames, RG8 7RA

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agroforestry open weekend 2025

Over Agroforestry Open Weekend 2025 we will be open on:

Friday 16th May – 10:00-12:00 – Guided Farm Tour (by booking only)

Saturday 17th May – 9:00-14:00 – Self-guided walk with coffee and cakes.

Sunday 18th May – 9:00-18:00 – Self-guided farm walk

Saturday and Sunday are open to all at any time. Come along, park at our farm shop, and take a walk with a leaflet and read the information boards at every key feature on the farm. Maria will be on hand for a chat over the weekend. We can direct you to a range of podcasts, videos, and books in which Iain (Tolly) Tolhurst relates much of his experience and ethos, but for the most comprehensive discussion we recommend the guided farm tour on Friday, delivered by founder Tolly, with tickets available here:

refreshments/ Facilities

Dave, one of our growers, runs a coffee cart on Saturdays, with excellent locally roasted organic coffee and freshly baked pastries on offer.

Friday and Sunday we will provide basic refreshments, including tea and instant coffee.

Our veg is on sale through our farm shop, which is run on an honesty box system with a self-checkout. Get a taste of what we grow in between the trees in the agroforestry.

dogs

We like to keep dogs away from the vegetables, but respectful pups on leads are welcome

disability access

Easily accessible, parking on-site is free and easy, on flat ground but watch out for uneven, muddy or stony patches along the path.

more information?

Tickets: https://tickets.matterpay.com/s/tolhurst-organic/ZXZlbnQ6NzUyOA==/agroforrestry-open-weekend

Website: https://www.tolhurstorganic.co.uk

Instagram: @tolhurstorganicveg

Please email Tolly at info@tolhurstorganic.co.uk or Maria at maria.izobel.jenkins@gmail.com