Beach / forest school (for preschool ages)

Offered by Steph Hobbs, a fully trained forest school teacher (and an amazingly fab nanny to our boys).  The sessions can be customised to your needs and the children’s ages.

Wild Food Foraging

Private wild food foraging workshop held in the grounds of the farm offered by Joanna Ruminska, a totally brilliant professional foragers to learn the in’s and out’s of foraging for wild food

Joanna’s foraging adventures started in early childhood, while growing up in the unspoilt, mountainous area, the nature’s pantry was exposed just on her doorstep. She love discovering the taste that each new season brings and experimenting with new recipes. Joanna has been sharing my passion through foraging activities that she runs for children and adults. Joanna is a qualified nutritionist and has a genuine passion for understanding health benefits associated with various plants, fungi or algae.

During the workshop, Joanna will guide you through the plants, explain medicinal usage, some history and most importantly what can make the way to your table.

The grounds at Lower Marsh Farm range from meadows, woodland, marshy land and salt water river frontage. As you can imagine this gives you access to a range of habitat and the associated plants – think seaweeds, nuts, berries, fungi, herbs and of course plenty of nettles! It is a great way to find out more about your food and bring you closer to nature with all its benefits.

A guided foraging walk would be between £300 – £400 for a group of 12 people.

Gin Tasting Evening

Guided by an experience gin professional you and your guests can try a selection of craft gins, learn more about their history. Prices start from £15 per person (for a minimum of 10 guests).

Mini-bus hire for day trips

Prices on request dependant on the number of people and where visiting.

Spa / Massage treatments

These can be offered to your guests in dedicated atmospheric Well House therapy room at the farm by one of the following practitioners:

You as the retreat leader can book a therapist to provide an inclusive treatment to each of your guests (in which case you pay the therapist directly) or your guests can book the treatments as an optional extra (and guests pay the therapist directly).

Stand-up Paddle Boarding

From our quay, for beginners to more experienced to explore the River Tamar in peace. Run by the lovely Mel, a qualified WSA instructor, these sessions always get great feedback. The river is stunningly beautiful here (see photograph!) and Mel is a great teacher. You can even incorporate some yoga into the session. Find out more here.

Sessions are tide dependant but we would of course advise what options can work for your retreat.

Vineyard Tour

Fancy seeing where the magic happens? Why not visit the Tamar Valley Vineyard and join one of their guided tours to find out about the unique industrial heritage, the market gardening and the amazing wildlife that makes the area of Devon so special. You will be rewarded with spectacular views and a chance to taste their wine. Adults, families and doggies welcome.

Private tours for groups also available. Cost, £13 per head, minimum 8 people, maximum 20 people. Click here to visit their bookings page. 

Wine tasting

A wine tasting evening can be provided by Le Vignoble here at the farm. They can offer you a guided tasting of 4 wines to last approximately 1.5 hours for £15 per person, or a tasting of 6 wines to last approximately 2 hours for £20 per person. Both options cover topics such as wine production, regions of the world, grape varieties and how to taste correctly – with the longer tasting going slightly more into depth. Your evening can also be themed e.g. focusing on particular grape varieties or regions, organic/biodynamic, or perhaps Cornish wines if you have guests coming from far. There is a minimum of 5 participants.

Yannick is extremely knowledgeable, and his workshops always receive brilliant feedback.

Journey Home Bags – home cooked, plastic free
Includes a can of water, sandwich or slice of quiche or lunch muffin, piece of fruit and a sweet (e.g. flapjack, or slice of cake or energy balls) in a paper bag.