Opening again 6 July 2020 … At St James City Farm the safety and wellbeing of our visitors and staff is our top priority. In order to ensure everyone’s health, we’ll be taking some precautions. We’re following advice on the current situation from Public Health England, and also from the British Horse Society and Pony… Read More

As you can see the website is undergoing some changes. It’s still very much a work in progress so individual pages or areas may be a bit janky looking until we get around to dedicating time to them specifically. If you experience any significant difficulties then please do send a message highlighting them. Otherwise thanks… Read More

‘Treddy’ is the new calf, born 11th January 2018 at the City Farm! Treddy is the name suggested by the volunteers, named after our neighbourhood (Tredworth)…. Read More

Buttercup and Clover, are the two latest arrivals at St James City Farm. The ‘Dexter’ breed of cows are both girls and one is just over 6 months and the other 10 months old. Dexter cows are the smallest native breed of cattle in the UK and originate from Ireland. The ‘farm’ had one that… Read More

Thanks to Nicks timber yard from Bristol Road, who are very kindly donating us some wood, volunteers from Network Wood group and the Fair Shares Art group will be making a life-size cow that will give children (and adults) to learn about milking cows. Watch this space for more information…. Read More

There has been a big surprise for the volunteers with the unexpected arrival of 29 baby rabbits over the past few weeks. The male and female rabbits are normally kept strictly apart from each other, because otherwise we would have a prolific rabbit population. However, one male somehow managed to enter the female quarters and… Read More

On Thursday the 1st October Gloucester City Homes (GCH) held its annual Garden Awards Ceremony. The event, held at Kingsholm Stadium, celebrated the hard work and effort that residents put into maintaining their gardens across the City. There were awards for various categories including Floral Garden, Hanging Baskets, Wildlife Garden, Communal Garden, Balcony/Patio Garden and… Read More

Luke, Karen, Rich and Kate are among the 60+ volunteers involved in making the farm tick over, and they made their way to Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Garden Party. The farm was selected to receive the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for the huge input of the volunteers. Young Gloucestershire sent a National… Read More

We wish to establish a riding school at the ‘city farm’ that we run, but to make it work we need volunteers who are experienced with horses to help as walk leaders, etc to work alongside the main Instructor. The project’s aim is to get children and young people involved in riding and care of… Read More

Born on the 8th of May we have a new member of our Bagot family. There’s only something like 150 breeding females left of Bagot goats making them the rarest breed of goat in the world – So Mai (as she has been named) is a very precious little thing…. Read More

Our first batch of lambs for the year have just been born at the farm. They’re cute little things and very friendly. So please come and visit, and if you’re lucky you may get to cuddle one!… Read More

We have a group of volunteers who are toiling away to turn what was the muck heap area into a beautiful new picnic area and allotment. They’ve been working hard for over three years, and finally it’s all taking shape. There’s sill a lot to do and we’re always looking for more people to join… Read More