Group visits at Mayfields Farm

Activity Adventures at Mayfields Farm

CRT's MOSAIC Education is offering four activities for your colony or pack!

Explore the farm, discover the wonders of gardening, learn how to navigate and learn about the exciting wildlife.

This 40-acre farm based in the quaint village of Themelthorpe in Norfolk, is beautiful and every aspect of it has been considered for wildlife. The farm hosts a variety of unique experiences including a red squirrel breeding programme.

Farmer, Sarah Jenkins has a diverse range of animals which you may spot on the farm including small flock of breeding pedigree sheep, donkeys, bantam chickens, ducks and geese, guinea pigs, Hobnob the friendly ferret and turbo the speedy tortoise and she is an award winning shepherd and sheepdog trainer.

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We are
covid-19 safety compliant!

We have carried out a Covid-19 Risk Assessment.
We have cleaning, handwashing and hygiene procedures in place, in line with guidance.
We have taken all reasonable steps to maintain a 2m (or 1m with additional precautions) distance between participants during activities.

Beavers Activities

Gardener

Explore the veggie patch and discover what’s growing. Learn what plants need to grow and how the seasons affect them. Have a go at using common gardening tools and plant your own herb seed to take away and nurture at home.

Explore

Explore Mayfields Farm and find out what creatures great and small live there. Become a leaf detective and discover what’s hiding under the leaf litter in the woods. Meet some rarely seen animals and discover why they’re endangered.

Cubs Activities

Naturalist

Visit our farm and learn all about the wildlife that lives here. Find out how to identify creatures and plants and unearth some fantastic facts about them. Get arty and make an animal collage from leaves or create a flower fairy from petals.

Navigator

Can you navigate your way around our farm trail with just a map and compass? By using your navigation skills correctly you’ll successfully locate our activity stations each containing a farming or wildlife challenge. By completing the challenges you’ll not only have great fun but learn lots along the way.

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Activity Adventure Sessions are 1.5 hours
Mondays and Wednesdays
between 16.30 - 19.30
£5 per child (minimum charge of £75)
Mayfields Farm, Reepham Rd, Dereham NR20 5PP

To find out more, contact Sarah Jenkins:
07724193400 / [email protected]
www.countrysiderestorationtrust.com/mosaic-mayfields

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