Helen Browning's Eastbrook Experiences

We are open throughout the Easter Weekend!

🐣 Good Friday 9-6
🐣 Saturday 9-6
🐣 Easter Sunday 9-3
🐣 Easter Monday 9-6

Deliveries are as normal too, so plenty of stock of meat, dairy and bread alongside all our other loveliness!

As of next week we will also be back open on Wednesdays! 9-6...

Hope to see you soon

(SN6 8PP, in the grounds of the Royal Oak)

Introduction to Agroforestry Course. 8th October. Interested in agroforestry but not sure if it’s right for you, your farm or land? Join us for this introductory day and hear from experts and enthusiasts, perhaps even the occasional sceptic. Book online at https://www.eastbrookexperiences.com/agroforestry-days .

Interested in agroforestry but not sure if it’s right for you, your farm or land? Join us for this introductory day and hear from experts and enthusiasts, perhaps even the occasional sceptic. 8th October 🌳 Reserve your space online!

A date with a difference! How about enjoying a beautiful walk at Eastbrook, and meeting your lunch on the way round? We’ve created a few bespoke picnic spots on the farm—tables, chairs, rugs to wrap yourself in and we deliver a splendid farm picnic for you to enjoy. Book online!

Farm safaris and guided walks! As well as our events and experiences there's a whole load more to do around the farm. Come and join us! Book online!

Great value for an early supper, and delicious organic meals.

A beautiful afternoon on the farm picking apples in Marral Woodland… spotted some very impressive dens built over the summer holidays! 😍

Another delightful morning taking a family on a farm experience to meet the animals - pigs, piglets, calves and a tractor all featured. And we discovered that pigs prefer their bananas peeled 🍌 But don’t we all?!

Close to where The Ridgeway crosses the farm, we have created a special simple hideaway for couples, families & very good friends. Stay in the converted Poultry House, bring your tent, shower in the hedge, enjoy the compost loos, lounge on a sofa, have a bath in the field… just 20 mins walk from the pub & farm shop!

Another lovely farm tour with hotel guests today…our camera-shy dairy herd moving to a new pasture… the pigs enjoying a cooling, muddy wallow… new organic veg for the pub & shop… hopefully something for everyone 😊

A special sight on this morning’s Farm Safari - a new calf, just a few minutes old, attempting it’s first steps.

The hedgerows are ripening, but with more than just blackberries. Join Fred the Forager next month. Book online at Eastbrook Experiences.

Another stunning farm walk today through our wildflower valley. Why not join us for a Farm Safari and see this amazing place for yourself… the website is now taking bookings! Link to our website in the bio.

The weather forecast is set to be fabulous. Join us on this guided walk with nature expert, Nick Adams.
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Love gin? Love the great outdoors? See, hear and taste with us in Bishopstone near Swindon. Guaranteed to be a unique experience, whatever the weather!
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Enjoyed a lovely guided walk on the farm this morning, learning about our agroforestry. Met some gorgeously friendly cows and was bowled over by the huge abundance of different plants and insects.

Our chef found this fab, vintage picnic set. Can’t wait to use it for our next picnic booking!

Just delivered some guests to join the pigs for a birthday picnic. 🥳 Adults and little ones equally delighted to be amongst our cheeky squeakers! 🐷

It's International Dawn Chorus Day this Sunday and we're hosting our walk and breakfast with Nick Adams to get out and appreciate this wonderful time of year! Tickets still available on the website - https://www.eastbrookexperiences.com/event-info/dawn-chorus-walk-and-breakfast

Dawn Chorus Walk and Breakfast | Eastbrook Experience With Nick Adams

What another amazing day with Fred out foraging around the farm. Harvesting hogweed for a starter and making the “pink drink” out of nettles this morning. Don’t forget he’s back again in summer and autumn to help us find more natural delights!

Great opportunity to join our team here at Helen Browning's!

JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR SENIOR TEAM MEMBER

Great job, great business.

Our superb and stable senior management team at Helen Browning’s Royal Oak has been disturbed. Claire Dukes, our senior bar manager (a bigger job than that) leaves towards the end of March after nearly two years of helping this business grow and attain more awards and commendations.

We need to replace the irreplaceable! Well, almost. We want and need someone who can display all of the following characteristics, every day that he/she (or they) work here.

Intelligence; composure; flexibility; organised and thoughtful; even tempered; simple IT skills and good written English; assertive as needed; keen and able to work weekends and other difficult hours; able to set an example to other staff and tutor new recruits. An active interest in sassy social media output. Plus an instinct to want to help people have a good time.

Some previous hospitality work might be useful but not essential. We think that intelligence, aptitude and attitude are more important.

Hospitality to us is simple—it means guests leave our hotel, pub and restaurant, and organic farm feeling better than when they arrived (usually!) We’ve been practicing it for 15 years, and have turned this place from an almost certifiable dump into an award winning organic palace of fun.

We pay properly and on time and always have done; tips are shared between all, all the time; we pay proper holiday money and time; other perks available if interested. We appear to be a good employer, and If you’re right for the job, you’re right for us.

Pay will be from £25k upwards, negotiable, depending on age, aptitude, life experience and various other redeeming qualities.

Contact is [email protected]; please drop us a note and we’ll email you a job and person spec. If you are so keen that a phone call has to be made, try 01793 790481, and ask for Tim, Jo or Claire.

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Due to the weather this weekend we postponed this event and have had a couple of cancellations, so we have a few spaces on the bird walk now taking place next weekend! Book now on the website - https://www.eastbrookexperiences.com/event-info/winter-bird-walk-4

Winter Bird Walk | Eastbrook Experience A sunset nature walk with Nick Adams

Something a bit different this weekend!

James from Helen Browning's Eastbrook Experiences will be speaking at From The Ground Up - Cheltenham this weekend. He will be speaking about the impact of healthy soil on biodiversity on an organic farm.

Follow the link below to register for a free ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-impact-of-healthy-soil-on-biodiversity-james-andrews-tickets-259936947407?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

We've just finished publishing a load of events that we've got happening this year! We're excited to say we will be working with Nick, Fred and Marilyn again this year to bring you all a fantastic range of nature, foraging, and arts-based events and look forward to seeing you all throughout the year! Tickets can be purchased now and some dates are already filling up so don't miss out - see our website for more information - https://www.eastbrookexperiences.com/events-courses-and-workshops

Fantastic to see us featured in The Independent's gift guide yesterday!

https://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/christmasgifts/best-eco-friendly-gifts-sustainable-b1971196.html

Christmas doesn’t have to be wasteful – gift one of these ethical presents Christmas doesn’t have to be wasteful – we’ve found the best tried and tested sustainable and ethical gift ideas from Migrateful, Mud & Bloom, the V&A and more

A little video from James on the ProHides project and photography around the farm!

#MyTamronStory - Capturing nature with James Andrews and the Tamron 150-500mm F5.0-6.7 Di III VC VXD In this episode of we join macro and nature photographer James Andrews."There is this whole world out there that we overlook in our daily life...

Still some places left on our foraging event with Fred next week. The hedgerows are overflowing at the moment and mushrooms are just starting to show - looking like it will be a great day! Bookings can be made on our website - https://www.eastbrookexperiences.com/event-info/autumn-foraging-event