Our current diary
Welcome to our diary of training, information, social and show events
Our free events – mostly Friday evenings once a month – are open to non-members. Most of our training events are for members only and you need to be logged in to make bookings. (The annual fee is a piffling £20 per household! Click on the ‘Membership’ tab above for more.)
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We run a huge range of workshops, from cider making to no-dig gardening, from keeping chickens to making peg loom mats. These are small, friendly and informal and focus on countryside skills and crafts. Our workshops are run by all sorts of people, from external tutors who run local businesses, to ‘experts’ (we use the term loosely!) within our own group.
Occasionally there are “meet the member” events hosted at their farms / smallholdings / gardens by people who are happy to share their experience but do not claim to be experts and may also learn something from those attending.
We’re always open to suggestions for events, so please feel free to speak up at a meeting or via the ‘Contact Us’ page. For instance, we are looking for ideas for activities for children or, as we have dubbed them, Small Small Farmers.
Dec 2021
Felt Bauble Making Workshop - Please note date changed to 12th Dec - 12/12/2021 - 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Yaffingale House. Price range £20.00Jan 2022
Stock Fencing - 15/01/2022 - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. Baulcombes Barn. Price range £25.00FREE TALK: Keeping Rheas (not ostriches!) - 21/01/2022 - 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm. Goward Hall, Cade Street, Heathfield. Price range £0.00
Dehydrating For Beginners - 23/01/2022 - 10:30 am - 1:00 pm. Yaffingale House. Price range £15.00
Feb 2022
FREE! - Getting Ready for Lambing - Online with Zoom - 22/02/2022 - 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. . Price range £0.00Beginners Pressure & Water Bath Canning Workshop Course - 27/02/2022 - 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Yaffingale House. Price range £20.00
Mar 2022
Tidy that Garden - 06/03/2022 - 10:00 am - 2:30 pm. The Oast Farmhouse. Price range £18.00Mushroom Log Making Afternoon - 13/03/2022 - 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Yaffingale House. Price range £25.00
FREE TALK: Practical Fluid Therapy for Sheep and Goats - 18/03/2022 - 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm. Goward Hall, Cade Street, Heathfield. Price range £0.00
An Introduction to Smallholding - 26/03/2022 - 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Foxwood, Hellingly. Price range £25.00
Apr 2022
Practical Lambing - 02/04/2022 - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. Butterbox Farm. Price range £25.00FREE EVENT: Deer Management & Control - 15/04/2022 - 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm. Goward Hall, Cade Street, Heathfield. Price range £0.00
Kitchen Gardening - 23/04/2022 - 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm. Oast House. Price range £25.00
May 2022
FREE TALK: Finding Treasures on Your Land - 20/05/2022 - 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm. Goward Hall, Cade Street, Heathfield. Price range £0.00Heathfield Show 2022 - 28/05/2022 - 8:00 am - 5:15 pm. Tottingworth Farm. Price range £0.00
Jun 2022
South of England Show 2022 - 10/06/2022 - 12/06/2022 - 9:00 am - 6:00 pm. Ardingly Showground. Price range £0.00Sep 2022
SFTG Social Cuppa at The Dolphin Sheep Fair - 15/09/2022 - 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. South of England Showground. Price range £1.00Dehydrating For Beginners - 25/09/2022 - 10:30 am. Yaffingale House. Price range £12.00