Learn about Farmer Palmer's Eco Facts and Policies
We recognise that our company has an impact on the environment. Our ongoing aim is to reduce, re-use and re-cycle as much as possible.

Eco Farmer – We feel we are guardians of our farmland and the woodland we own. Because it is important that we maintain the hedges, ditches, soil quality, animals, flora and fauna that live here . Dragonflies can be seen on our woodland walk, Sherford river, lake, and ponds. We plant gardens to encourage bees and insects to pollinate the flowers. Every Company’s actions have a direct impact on the environment. It is our responsibility to consider this for future generations.

Farmers have to regularly evaluate how we do things and how those actions impact the planet. As a consequence, it is our ongoing aim to continue to identify and reduce our environmental impact. We have effective measures to minimize waste and energy consumption through implementing recycling, purchasing, and monitoring policies.

Farmer Palmer's Support All Things ECO Friendly!!

What is Farmer Palmers doing to help save the planet?

Our Sustainable Nature Actions for an Eco-Friendly Dorset
  1. Food waste goes into an anaerobic digestion system
  2. Another area we encourage clients to help us is to recycle their rubbish in labelled bins.
  3. We are using more recycled plastic in our maintenance repairs, such as our Big Rainbow Chair and benches found around the park.
  4. We encourage wildlife by creating habitats and refuges from old wood stores (found near our Tractor Trailer route)
  5. Placed ‘What not to flush’ signage around our park.
  6. We plant wildflowers to attracts more bees and insects.
  7. We hold car boot sales from April until October (every Tuesday) to encourage more sustainable shopping.
  8. We have beehives off site which encourage healthy growth within our ecosystem.
  9. Our cooking oil is sent off site to be recycled.
  10. We offer sustainable children’s toys and products in our gift shop.
  11. You will find water refilling stations for customers to reuse their bottles.
  12. Installed a biomass boiler to reduce our environmental impact on electricity to provide hot water and heat.
  13. A huge onsite sewerage treatment tank makes us self-sufficient, hence we return clean water to the River.
  14. Reducing traffic by encouraging public transport. The bus stops at the end of our drive. We offer a 10% off admission for those with a valid bus ticket.
  15. Energy Performance Asset rating was assessed at the Hen House Restaurant. As a result, we scored 54 with a C Rating – not bad for a converted silage pit!
  16. We harness the sun with our 48 photo-voltaic solar panels on the Hen House roof.

Lake Restoration Project (2019)

Down by our Woodland Walk, you will see our amazing lake. Back way when, this used to be an old Victorian Lake which used to service the Organford Mill. Being Farmers, we can’t keep still so when the pandemic hit and we weren’t able to go out and about. We spent our time social distancing and restoring the lake! After all the hard work, we aren’t the only ones who have benefitted from the beautiful lake, but so have all the new species.

You can see the different stages below!

Wildlife Camera

We have a monthly series on our YouTube channel which showcases some of the amazing wildlife we find using a fallen tree to cross the riverbank. In these short clips, you can see owls, foxes, stoats, kestrels, and even some otters! We hope you enjoy taking a moment and watch the nature.