Education at Gailey. Working with the department of education Gailey Fruit Farm offfers educational farm visits in Staffordshire. See crops growing and pick fruit with school children. Teachers can visit prior to schools visiting to carry out risk assessments and discuss the trip. The Year of Food and Farming to teach children how food is produced and reaches the children.

Tel : 01902 791646

Mobile : 07791 872577

As part of the government’s "Countryside Stewardship" scheme we are able to offer schools the opportunity to visit our farm to give a greater understanding of the food we eat and the way in which it is produced.

The visits are free, teachers can structure their visits to meet many parts of the National Curriculum. The most popular visits are to our fruit and vegetable fields at Gailey, Satffordshire accessed via Dobbies Garden Centre car park. Here we grow numerous varieties of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, other bush fruits and seasonal vegetables.

Pupils have the opportunity to study the different plants, how they grow, life cycle etc., and final usage. Smoothie making is an activity enjoyed by many.

We are happy to let each pupil (with teacher/parental permission) taste, pick the different fruits and take a punit home.

The fruit field is open from June - End July so this can give schools the opportunity to visit the fields and pick fruit for your school’s Summer Fayres etc. All we require from you is at the end of your visit, you fill in an evaluation form.

The visits are open to any age, group size from 4 - 30. The length of your visit is entirely up to you.

With increased concerns over young peoples diet, we feel these visits can give a better understanding of where their food comes from, how it is grown and produced and how it should form part of a balanced, nutritious diet.

We are happy for teachers to visit us prior to the school visit to carry out their own assessments and discuss their requirements for the visit.

If you do not wish to visit us this year, you may wish to visit us as part of the "Year of Food and Farming".

"The Year of Food and Farming" was formally announced at a conference hosted by David Milliband, Secretary of state for Defra on the 29th November 2007. This is an industry-led initiative first proposed by the charity Farming & Countryside Education (FACE) and supported by Defra, the Department for Education and Skills, and the Department of Health, and many other organisations in the food and farming industries. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will act as Patron for the Year. The Year of Food and Farming will run through the academic year from September 2007 to July 2008 and is aimed, as our farm visits are, at helping young people learn more about how food is grown and produced and how it reaches the consumer.

We hope to see you soon at Gailey Fruit farm in Staffordshire where a warm welcome awaits the children on the school trip.

Take a look at a rainy yet enjoyable school visit
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