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News from the Farm
Watch lambing at Easter
Lambing season takes place over Easter every year at Blaze Farm. Watch our flock of sheep lambing from the viewing gallery. For lambing shed dates, opening times and entrance fees, please check our Facebook page or call! Please remember - no dogs allowed at Blaze Farm throughout April.
Festive Wreath Making Workshops at Blaze Farm
It's such a popular event that our December courses are normally fully booked by the end of October!
Come and get involved and make either a beautiful Festive Door Wreath or Festive Table Centrepiece. Louise our workshop leader - who has 25 years experience in the trade - provides everything you need to make your masterpiece: wreath ring, wires, foliage, moss, ribbon, larch cones, holly plus of course a step by step guide.
For all prices and dates then please check out our Facebook page and remember to book early to save disappointment!
Hovis race campaign launches ahead of Grand National
The new campaign from Hovis features a TV ad in which farmers race to promote that they only use 100% wheat and that British farmers will go to great lengths to produce this wheat for them.
The filming for the commercial took place at Blaze Farm the week of 21st March 2011 and the family even had roles as extras on the commercial!
Find out more here.
Entrepreneurial young farmer to travel the globe
Katy, pictured here with John Platt (left) and Meredydd David, Principal of Reaseheath College, won the £2,000 Travel Scholarship in 2010.
Katy used the John Platt Travel Scholarship to attend the Great Lakes Ice Cream and Fast Food Trade Show in Lansing, North America, which is the largest annual show in the world catering for ice cream operators.
Find out more here.
Hollyoaks star takes to the farm
In June 2008 we were heavily involved in the 'Year of Food and Farming' campaign run by the governement. We had Leah Hackett (who played Tina McQueen in Hollyoaks) with us for the day with a film crew and photographer! She learnt how to milk a cow, shear a sheep and even made ice cream!
You can see the videos here.
Gabby Logan's Fresh Sandwich
In August 2007, we had a Morrison's advert filmed here using the diary cows from our very own Hilly Billy herd!
Gabby Logan was the celebrity on the day (pictured with some of our family members), she was lovely – we had a very exciting day here at the farm, the filming crew were here at 5am in the morning to set up!
Future of Farming Award 2008
Blaze Farm were chosen as Winners of Natural England's Future of Farming Award in the North West Region 2008!
The picture shows Katy and Marshall Waller in front of Ragley Hall, after receiving the award.
Find out more here.
Best Small Visitor Attraction Award for Blaze Farm
Blaze Farm were the 2004 Winners of the Best Small Visitor Attraction Award in the Cheshire and Warrington Area.
Florence and Katy Waller are pictured here at the Awards Dinner.
