Edinburgh’s urban farm is marking the beginning of a new era with a raft of new things to do - and top of everyone's list will surely be the alpaca treks.
Only two weeks after opening the new LOVE Gorgie Farm, on the former Gorgie City Farm site, they have announced all the new exciting things you can now get up to.
This includes birthday parties and alpaca treks, and the venue can also be used for corporate gatherings, community events, fundraiser parties and training events and will even offer pet boarding.
Operated by education and social care charity LOVE Learning, most activities on the farm will centre around the organisation’s education and social care mission.
LOVE Gorgie Farm will provide educational services to children through "animal and forest therapy" and there will also be professional apprenticeships and SQA awarded qualifications on offer.
The farm will also offer animal volunteer sessions for people with additional support needs, hold animal care and animal handling activities, provide “farm to fork” workshops.
There will even be a cuddle corner on the site, which can outreach to the community, including care homes and schools.
The urban farm is also be committed to building a climate change garden, hosting green conferences and providing innovative social prescribing therapies in partnership with the NHS.
Lynn Bell, CEO of LOVE Learning said: " Now that the farm is back and running, we want to make sure we provide a wide range of activities that the community enjoys and ensure that we are financially sustainable, delivering enough funds to successfully run the farm.
“By offering animal, environmental and education services, we will make sure that LOVE Gorgie Farm becomes more than an urban farm but rather an education and social hub with strong environmental credentials that welcomes all members of the community.
“Aside from these new services, we are looking to launch sponsorship deals for people and businesses who want to be more involved and support the farm through their generous donations.”
To support funding, there will be sponsorship packages available - like animal sponsorship, birthday packages and corporate bundles.
