Experiences and events at Davochfin Farm
Farm Tours
We are offering a 1.5hr walking farm tour from April - October.
Set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, our 150 acre farm extends down to the Dornoch Firth coast and we love sharing it with visitors and guests.
We are a small family farm offering a unique experience to meet our animals and learn about livestock farming. This experience allows you to get up close and personal with our animals and speak to our very own farmers, Rob and Emma.
Dates
1.5hr Walking Tour
April - October
Adults: £20
5-15 year: £15
under 5s: free
Family group: £50 (2 adults, 2 children)
Live lambing - March 6th-16th
A hands-on family activity (roughly two hours). Lambing aftercare, bottle feeding, nursing pens.
Areas we will cover
- Looking after and feeding pregnant ewes
- Dealing with pregnancy and birthing issues
- Identifying labour
- Birth of lambs
- Help with the birth and aftercare of ewe and lambs
- Bedding up sheep pens and nursing pens
- Putting ewes and lambs out to pasture.
Time slots
9.30am - 11.30am
1pm - 3pm
4pm - 6 pm
Dates - March
Please choose your preferred date and then select an available time slot in the booking portal below
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Booking & Costs (maximum 8 people per session):
2-hour slots (approx.): £20 per adult
£15 per 7-16 year oldUnder-7s free
£60 for family of 4
(Under-16s must be accompanied by an adult)
Clothing - what you'll need
Lots of layers
Hats and gloves
Waterproof trousers and coats if you have them
Wellies or outdoor boots (waterproof footwear)
A change of clothes
Health and safety
We are a working farm, so please pay attention when you arrive and heed advice on how to keep safe on the farm
You will not be left alone with any animal as your safety and the sheep’s welfare are our priority
We will provide you with non-latex gloves for when you are touching the sheep
There will be toilets and hand-washing facilities on the farm
No dogs on the farm, please
Apologies, but no pregnant people will be allowed to participate.
Pumpkin Patch fun - End of October
Davochfin Farm launched Sutherland’s very first Pumpkin Patch in 2023, to much acclaim. Rob and Emma invite you to visit Davochfin at the start of the season to plant and name your very own pumpkin seed, then watch it grow before picking your very own pumpkin in the Autumn.
Pumpkin seeds are planted at the end of April/beginning of May. They like well draining soil and lots of water. Plants can grow up to five feet in length, so can take up lots of room, and have large, yellow flowers that bees love. The bees and other insects carry the pollen from the male flowers to the female flowers to produce pollination. Only female flowers/plants will grow pumpkins.
At Davochfin, we try to grow all the pumpkins we sell here on the farm. Pumpkin plants are very sensitive to the weather. They don’t like it too hot or too cold, which is why we like to harvest our pumpkins before the first real frost - and why we open up the Pumpkin Patch during the second week of the October School holidays for you to come and pick your own.
If you want to get involved in the Pumpkin Patch, please book below to avoid disappointment.
Situated a mile out of Dornoch, we look forward to seeing you in October for picking. Make sure you go through the Maize Maze and take lots of Festive photos!
Dates
- Pumpkin seeds are planted at the end of April/beginning of May
- Pumpkin Patch open for seven days, 21st - 27th October
Slots are:
10am - 11am
12 noon - 1pm
2pm - 3pm
Booking and costs
10 cars per sitting
Initial deposit of £5 per car at time of booking
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Festive Farm Tours
- Availability last weekend in November until weekend before Christmas.
- Tractor and Trailer ride around the Farm with Santa.
- Visit our animals in Winter, help us feed them.
- See Santa in his Grotto and receive a small gift.
- Walking/trailer ride
- Lasts 1-1.5hrs
- £50.00 per family of 4 (2 adults, 2 children) or £25.00 per adult and child)
- Minimum guests 4 max 10.
