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Join Mollie, our Nature Conservation and Engagement Officer, on Saturday 14th March (2026), for a FREE guided walk. Start location: Gills Lap car park (B2026 Chuck Hatch Road/Kidds Hill, TN7 4EU) Meet just before 2pm,…
We are excited to launch our annual poetry competition with entrants asked to write on the theme of ‘Friendship,’ inspired by Winnie-the-Pooh and in celebration of the 100th anniversary of A.A. Milne’s iconic character.…
Just outside the village of Hartfield lies Cotchford Farm, former home of the Milne family and the place from which Christopher Robin and his father would head out on the walks up onto Ashdown Forest, the place that…
Join Mollie, our Nature Conservation and Engagement Officer, on Saturday 14th March (2026), for a FREE guided walk. Start location: Gills Lap car park (B2026 Chuck Hatch Road/Kidds Hill, TN7 4EU) Meet just before 2pm,…
We are excited to launch our annual poetry competition with entrants asked to write on the theme of ‘Friendship,’ inspired by Winnie-the-Pooh and in celebration of the 100th anniversary of A.A. Milne’s iconic character.…
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Vanessa atalanta
25 June 2026
I visited Plaw Hatch Farm on the edge of Ashdown Forest, and it’s one of those places that immediately feels different the moment you arrive. Set across rolling countryside near Sharpthorne, the farm isn’t just producing food — it’s actively shaping a philosophy of how land, animals, and people can exist together in a more balanced way. It’s biodynamic in its approach, but what struck me most wasn’t the terminology — it was how tangible everything felt on the ground. The farm shop sits right in the heart of the operation, not separate from it. Much of what’s on the shelves has come directly from the fields and pastures you can see just beyond the windows. Raw milk, fresh cheeses, yoghurt, seasonal vegetables, and grass-fed meat all carry the unmistakable sense that they’ve been produced with care rather than scale. Walking around, you get a real sense that this is a place guided by patience. The soil matters here. The animals are visibly part of the system rather than apart from it. And there’s a quiet confidence in the way everything is run — not as a performance of sustainability, but as a long-term commitment to it. What makes Plaw Hatch stand out is that it doesn’t feel curated for visitors, even though visitors are welcome. It feels like a working farm first, and everything else follows from that. That honesty is rare, and it’s what stays with you after you leave.
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