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'Art on the Farm'
Home of the Coastal Lincoln Longwool Flock of Sheep
Conservation and Creativity on the Lincolnshire Coast
07894292641 / 01507 440202 - helen.matthews9@btopenworld.com - www.poplar-farm.org.uk
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Summer Breaks
Treat yourselves to a couple of days away on the fabulous un- spoilt Lincolnshire Coast. Visit the Coastal Country Park and enjoy some of the amazing wildlife and beautiful coastal scenery. Explore the miles of deserted sandy beaches, see the varied bird life, big skies and large open spaces of this unique coastal area. Come for a brilliant visit to Poplar Farm, stay in our wonderful holiday cottages, sample our quality produce all made on the farm using either locally sourced or our own homegrown fruit and vegetables. We use traditional Lincolnshire recipes and many are enhanced with our own honey from the honey bees in our orchard paddock. Art classes custom made to your requirements or Art on the Farm sessions during high season and join in our many art and conservation events that we hold through out the year( see below) .
Autumn Breaks book before the end of August and get 10% off
Lincolnshire Self Catering Cottages five minutes from the beach at Sandilands, Sutton-on-sea
  
Get away for a Spring/ Summer break , stroll on the near empty beaches, enjoy the glorious Lincolnshire countryside or just curl up near the wood burners for a romantic break.
Love Riding
Bring your horse with you and enjoy the fabulous beaches and coastal county rides, We can provide field and or stable livery.
Art on the Farm
Art on the Farm
One hour art sessions every afternoon between 2pm & 5pm in August, all materials provided, £5.00 a head
Art on the Farm 1st session 2pm -3pm/ 2nd session 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Mixed ability and ages
Although accurate at time of publishing craft activities may vary on different days.
for more info phone Helen on 07894292641
Private art /craft session or group/party bookings by arrangement
Monday – Candle making
Tuesday - Mosaics
Wednesday – Jewellery making
Thursday – Canvas painting
Friday – Glass painting
Saturday – Mosaics
Sunday - Woolly Antics
£5.00 per head per session
( each session approx 45- 60 mins)
   
Childrens and adult 'Art Parties' custom made to your requirement
One to one art sessions from £15.00 an hour
Monday – Creative Candles
Using beeswax make a rolled candle and decorate with butterflies or other cut out designs. Bring if you (if not we can supply) can a large scallop shell or winkle shell and fill with melted beeswax to create an outdoor candle too.
Tuesday & Saturday - Mosaic Madness – craft activities with shells, beads, jewellery and mosaics
Choose from love heart, beach hut or fish designs to embellish and create your own unique work of art, mosaic style. If you have time bring along any small shells or stones, broken jewellery to further customise your plaque.
Wednesday - Joy of Jewellery -
Using found shells, stones; new and recycled beads design and make a piece of one off handcraft &, customised piece o f jewellery.
Thursday - Creative Canvases - Design, draw and paint your own unique design on a small canvas for a proffessional looking piece of fine artwork
Friday - Painted Glass Lights
Using glass paint decorate in your own style and with you r own theme a glass jar and make into a lantern for a night light lighting up your summer break .
Saturday & Tuesday - Mosaic Madness – craft activities with shells, beads, jewellery and mosaics
Choose from love heart, beach hut or fish designs to embellish and create your own unique work of art, mosaic style. If you have time bring along any small shells or stones, broken jewellery to further customise your plaque.
Sunday - Woolly Antics - Craft activities using our rare breed Lincoln Longwool sheep wool. Using our own raw washed wool we will hand comb and stretch the fibres of the Lincoln Longwool wool , hand spin sections and use them to create along with machine spun Lincoln Longwool wool pom- pom sheep, whilst a the same time learning about this unique and historical rare breed Lincolnshire breed of sheep . Design your own felt faces and as with all pedigree sheep name them.
2013 Events at Poplar Farm
Passionate about Lincolnshire - Creativity and Conservation on the Lincolnshire Coast
To find out more about these events call Helen on 07894292641
Easter Lincoln Longwool Rare Breed Lambing Weekend 29th, 30th, 31st March & 1st April 2013
10am - 4pm
Join us at Poplar Farm to see our new born rare breed Lincoln Longwool Lambs and help us name them, this year is a ‘M’ year so names beginning with a ‘M’ please. Easter Egg Hunt, and Easter Art Activities all weekend. Join us for afternoon tea and Simnel Cake for a slice of Lincolnshire Coastal Life here on the farm.
  
Images from previous years events
Poplar Farm Lincolnshire ‘Stuff’ Week May 18th – 27th
10am - 4pm
In years gone by to promote the unique Lincoln Longwool sheep wool a ‘Stuff Ball’ was held in the area and people were encouraged to wear an item made from the rare breed Lincoln Longwool wool, waistcoats, corsages. We are going to do our own take on the original ‘Stuff’ event here at Poplar Farm we will be holding a ‘ Stuff Week’ full of woolly activities. Follow the process of raw fleece to fine wool and get hands on with the activities. Beginners Wool Spinning and Felt making workshops ( for full programme of courses & demonstrations & to book tel;- Helen 07894292641 ).
Beginners wool spinnning workshop Sat 18th May
with expert spinner Joan Halliwell
£15.00 a head all wheels & materials supplied - limited places please book
1st session 11am - 12.30pm
2nd session 2pm - 3.30pm
Poplar Farm World Oceans Day Art Weekend June 8th & 9th
10am - 5pm
3D Virtual Underwater Community Art Exhibition in the Tide Barn
World Ocean day encourages individuals and communities to think about what the ocean means to them and what it has to offer all of us with hopes of conserving it for present and future generation. Poplar Farm is inviting art groups, schools, community groups and individuals to make colourful 3D fish from recycled materials ( for information sheet and guidelines tel;- Helen on 07894292641) and these fish will then be used to create a walk through art experience emulating an underwater scene from the ocean in the Tide Barn, raising awareness of the oceans fragility and our responsibility to care for it. The exhibition will be on the 8th and 9th June. We will also be asking visitors to wear blue and tell two about the ocean and our responsibility to it. For more information visit www.worldoceanday.org
Poplar Farm Smugglers Walk July 3rd 11am – 1pm
A guided walk through coast and marsh bringing to life the smuggling history of this coastline, what was smuggled, remote droves, the dangers of the coastline, secret hideouts and meeting places. Walk some of the paths the smugglers used on this fun and informal walk. Afterwards enjoy a special smuggler’s lunch which will be served in the tearoom.
Two course lunch for walkers at £6.00 a head
Lincolnshire Haslet or Poacher Cheese Ploughmans or Grimsby Fish cakes dauphenoise potatoes and seasonal vegetables followed by either Key Lime Pie or smuggler Pavlova
Please wear appropriate footwear. To book or for more information please contact Helen Matthews on 07894 292641.
Wings and Water Walk Friday 19 July 10am - 1pm
Poplar Farm Shop, Crabtree Lane, Sutton-on-Sea LN12 2RS
A mid morning ramble from Sutton on Sea along the footpaths of Sutton on Sea to the Coast. This six mile circular route will visit some of the areas most beautiful countryside where we will be looking for ‘things with wings’ that make their home in the grazing marshes. This walk will also cross the (Boy Grift) drain and look at how drainage has shaped the landscape.
Refreshments and toilet facilities available at the start/ finish of this walk. Please where suitable clothing
Due to limited places booking is required. Please contact Helen Matthews on 01507 440202 / 07894292641.
Starry Eyes and Smugglers Tales
Astronomers Evening July 22nd
Explore the night sky with astronomer Paul Money and hear tales of our smuggling heritage
Dinner at £6.50 a head
Marsh reared lamb stew with seasonal vegetables or vegetarian stuffed Courgettes/peppers - fruit crumble or smugglers pavlova for dessert
If you wish to bring a bottle there is a corkage charge of £1.00 a bottle
Poplar Farm Shop
Fresh Coffee from the Boston Bean Company using Fair Trade Columbian beans, Tea, Herbal Teas, Iced Tea, Fresh Lincolnshire Cordials etc. Croissants, Pain au chocolat, Bacon Baps, Scrambled Egg and Smoked Salmon Light lunch Home- Made Soup and a roll Seasonal Frittata, Prawn Linguine, Salads Afternoon High Tea Fresh Cream Scones Home Made Cakes Cup Cakes Jams, Preserves, Chutney, Honey, Jellies. Orginal Art Work for sale Cards and Gifts If you have a special event you want to celebrate we can cater for you on site to your specification . Birthdays, Weddings, Wedding anniversaries, Engagement Parties etc  New at Poplar Farm   New paintings by Helen Matthews - Hugo the Shetland stallion - Weasley & Hermoine - Our new British Lop eared piglets Images from previous Easter Fun days 7 Rare breed weekends  May Images from National Honey Weekend 2012    National Honey week celebrates all the best things about our most industrious and superb pollinators the Honey Bee. Colin and Helen Matthews have been avid Bee Keepers for many years and are particularly proud of our fine coastal bees and the fabulous honey they produce. Over the Honey Weekend at Poplar Farm we will be doing talks on the Bee keeping, Hands on introduction to keeping bees, visit to the hives etc (limited places, please book). Honey cookery demonstration. Honey cake & biscuits for sale and Bee Art Activities all weekend.
Images from our previous walks here at Poplar Farm  Images from 2012 Lost Grazers of the Marsh Lincoln Longwool Sheep Weekend 2012 A wonderful weekend of interesting facts and tales about one of the earliest grazers of the Lincolnshire marshes, did you know that some of Lincolnshire finest churches and cathedrals were built on the back of fleeces of the Lincoln Longwool sheep? That the first smugglers on this coastline were smuggling the fleeces of Lincoln Longwool sheep to avoid paying taxes? That the finest wool you could buy in Italy in the middleages was the Lincoln wool known as Lincoln red once it was dyed? Join us at Poplar Farm for a weekend of talks, photographs, digital projection and art activities all based around this unique rare Lincolnshire breed sheep. Get close to the sheep, feel the weight of their wool and help comb and spin the luxurious Longwool wool. You will be able to make your own Lincoln long wool model using sheep fleece from the farm as part of our art & craft activities.     
Poplar Farm Smugglers Walk 2012  August Art on the Farm Mini one hour creative sessions for children or families Daily one hour afternoon art and craft sessions between 2pm- 5pm @ £5.00 a head in the art room at Poplar Farm shop. Longer sessions and private sessions by arrangement. Jewelery making, glass painting, cup- cake decorating, candle making, decoupage, mosaics are just some of the activities we do.   
Don't forget to put in your diary for 2013
The Bathing Beauties Festival 13th, 14th & 15th September 2013 Some images from this years Bathing Beauties Festival festival   Europe's Longest Linear Coastal Art Festival takes place every September in Mablethorpe, Sutton-on-Sea and Sandilands
'The Bathing Beauties Festival 13th, 14th & 15th September 2013 for more information visit www.bathingbeautiesfestival.org.uk Poplar Farm, Crabtree Lane, Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire LN12 2RS Nature Blog
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