A Staffordshire farm is encouraging families to get hands-on with the harvest this September, inviting children to head into the
Landlocked Staffordshire might be the last place you’d expect to find a beach – but PLAY@ Lower Drayton Farm has
Families are being invited to swap screens for sunshine this summer as PLAY@ Lower Drayton Farm launches its fun-packed Six
Valais Blacknose ram Larry is using his best flirting techniques on gooseberry - however we think she’s going take a bit more convincing🤣
Keep watching our feed for updates on our flock - first lambs should be arriving early in the New Year in time for our February half term Lambs & Ewe event! 🐑🐑🐑
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Well that’s a first!
During pumpkin patch inspection earlier Farmer Richard found these two pumpkins naturally growing on top of each other 🎃🎃
Who’s joining us this autumn to pick their pumpkins straight from our MASSIVE patch?
Tickets on sale now from just £6pp (please note does not include entry to PLAY@) - follow link in bio for details!
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*NEW ARRIVAL*
This morning Hereford cow Claire gave birth to this beautiful heifer (female) calf 🌅
Name suggestions needed please! 😃
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New for Pumpkins 🎃 2026 - you can pick your pumpkins from our hedges!!
It’s taken us 10 years to perfect this and the new Next Generation, 4 year old farm manager, has taught us how to do it!!!
It takes the back breaking work out of pumpkin picking, by not having to bend down to harvest your favourite, Lower Drayton Farm, pumpkin 🎃 this year!
(We wish we had planned this, but in this crazy year of weather, our pumpkins have survived by trailing up our hedges)!
We love telling visitors about our wild hedges which provide so many benefits for wildlife on farm.
But this is defo a first 😂
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Sweet tooth? 🍬
Make sure you check out our NEW candy floss machine!
Who’s already tried it? 😋
Joining us for our Harvest Hoedown event?
You’ll be hopping on board the farm trailer ride 🚜 to head out into the fields to pick farm fresh veg - so make sure you dress for the weather!
Wellies and / or sturdy shoes with other shoes to change into for the playbarn are essential, plus a waterproof layer if rain is forecast - and don’t forget your bag for life to take your veggie haul home in!
All part of your PLAY@ adventure till Mon 21 Sep, and by taking these few steps you will be able to enjoy EVERYTHING our indoor play, outdoor and venture and animal zones have to offer to the max! 😃
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It’s never difficult to spot the cade lambs in the flock!
Peach, Blueberry and Gooseberry were Cade lambs (meaning they were hand reared by being bottle fed) which is why they are so friendly and always come over for a good scratch or snack🫣
More lambs due in the New Year - just in time for our February half term ‘Lambs & Ewe’ event! 🐑
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Look at the size of that pumpkin! 👀
We have some whoppers growing on the patch this year and the recent wet weather is defo helping them to get even bigger yet!
Tickets for our new-look Pumpkins @ Lower Drayton Farm event are on sale NOW from just £6pp - have you booked YOURS yet?
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Harvest Hoedown is underway at PLAY@ – come and pick your own vegetables! 🌽🥔🚜
Families have already been pulling on their wellies, hopping aboard our tractor and trailer ride and heading out into the fields to pick fresh, seasonal produce grown right here at Lower Drayton Farm.
Depending on what’s ready to harvest, you could:
🥔 Dig for potatoes
🥕 Pull carrots fresh from the ground
🌽 Pick sweetcorn straight from the plant
Pull fresh beetroot
🥒 Harvest courgettes
Best of all, your PYO harvest is included in your PLAY@ ticket, alongside a full day of adventure in our massive indoor playbarn, acres of outdoor play, animals and more
📅 Remaining Harvest Hoedown dates:
13th, 14th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st September
🎟️ Midweek tickets £10pp | Weekend tickets £12pp
Who’s joining us?
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Joining us for a family day out on the farm this weekend?
Don’t forget to pick up a bag of animal feed at reception!
You can feed all of the animals in the outdoor animal paddocks - including llamas, donkeys, alpacas, goats and ponies. 🦙🫏🐐🐴
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Volume up🔊🔊🔊
Lulu the alpaca says good morning☀️
Make sure you head to the outdoor animal paddocks during your PLAY@ farm visit to say hi to her and our other alpacas and llamas! 🦙
You’re never too young to learn where your food comes from! 🚜
Some of yesterday’s youngest Harvest Hoedown visitors discovering the joy of picking your own farm-fresh veggies with Katie ☺️
Don’t forget your bag for life if you’re joining us for family day out on the farm this weekend! Heading into the field to pick potatoes, carrots, beetroot, sweetcorn and courgettes is included in your PLAY@ ticket through till Mon 21 September!
PLUS you’ll get to enjoy:
🚜 Trailer ride to the veg patch
🛝 HUGE indoor playbarns to explore
🌳 Acres of outdoor adventure play
🐐 Friendly animals to meet indoors & out’
All just 1 mile off J13 of the M6 in Staffordshire - perfect for days out from Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Stoke and across the West Midlands…
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