Jimmy's Farm - Science & Nature Festival

Science and Nature Festival - Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd March 2014

Owned by TV Celebrity Jimmy Doherty, Jimmy's Farm is a fantastic family attraction and is located in Wherstead which is less than a 30 minute drive away from our Woodbridge cottages.  Jimmy’s Farm offers something for all of the family and features a petting farm with rare breed pigs, alpacas and more, a farm shop, café, woodland trail, butterfly house, nature trail and an adventure play area.  

On the weekend of Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd March, Jimmy’s Farm are also hosting a Science and Nature Festival which will feature lots of interactive exhibits that will offer a fun and educational way for kids to learn all about the world of science.

• There will be demonstrations and talks of a scientific nature by a variety of people and organisations including:
• UKSEDS – space exploration 
• Mad Science – lasers, explosions and more
• Young Pioneers – computer programming and digital photography
• Charlie Harry – a nutty inventor who makes ice-cream using liquid nitrogen

In addition, there will be a range of other interesting and educational exhibitors at the festival including:-

• Suffolk Wildlife Trust
• Skinny Jean Gardeners
• Rare Breeds Trust
• The Fire Service with a working Fire Engine
• RNLI
• East Anglia Air Ambulance
• All-Terrain Vehicle and Crime Scene Investigation Unit of the Suffolk Police Constabulary
• RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
• Woodland Trust
• Martin Rapley ‘The Bug Man’
• Lavenham Falconry
• Off road vehicles from Convoy For Heroes
• Dance East

FACT FILE

Address: Jimmy's Farm, Pannington Hall Lane, Wherstead, Ipswich, IP9 2AR.

Telephone no: 0844 493 8088

Festival dates: Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd March 2014, 10am - 4pm.

Accommodation: self-catering accommodation is available nearby in Woodbridge. To view a selection of VisitEngland inspected holiday cottages in Woodbridge click here.