Live Schedule

11:00am – Welcome to Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend

• Plan Your Day 1 Viewing Schedule
• Meet the Farm Hosts
• Video: Castlescreen Farm

11.30am – Get Cooking with Michelin Star Chef Alex Greene

• Hear from Alex & his farming background

11.45am – Video: Alex Cooks his Signature Dish

•  Video: Millbank Farm

12:00pm – Schools Competition Sponsored by ASDA

• Schools competition launch
• Video: Judging Schools Competition
• The competition winners are revealed!

12:30pm – Kids Zone

• Ulster Farmers’ Union Kids Activities
• How Does your Garden Grow?
• Video: Donagh Cottage Farm
• Time to get Active with Kid’s PT Classes

13:30pm – Animal Corner

• Video: CAFRE Equine Enniskillen Biodiversity
• Get buzzy with Jackie’s bees
• Video: CAFRE Greenmount Campus
• How to Groom your Dexter Calf
• Video: CAFRE Equine Enniskillen Farm
• Goat Yoga
• Video: Churchview Farm
• Petting farm
• Animal Olympics
• Video: Laurel View Farm

15.45pm – Goodbye from Castlescreen

16:00pm – Video: Paula McIntyre Cooks Dexter Steaks

11:00am – Welcome to Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend

• Plan Your Day 2 Viewing Schedule
• Meet the Farm Hosts
• Video: Broughgammon Farm

11.30am – We’re Not Kidding!

• Meet the Broughgammon farm goats

11.45am – Farm Shop is Serving up a Treat!

• Select a Picnic Box of delicious Irish farm produce
• Video: Paula McInytre Cooks Goat loin

12:15pm – How Does Your Garden Grow

• Growing plants in a small space
• How to use your own herbs in cooking
• The Humble Spud: Hear about the John Clarke potato story
• Video: Jamison Potatoes

12:45pm – Learn About the Veal Calves

• Chat with farm owner, Robin Cole
• Video: D&D Holland
• Video: Paula McIntyre Cooks Lamb

13:30pm – Ulster Wildlife Experience 

• Focus on farm conservation
• Hear about the Grassroots Challenge partnership with YFCU and Ulster Wildlife
• Learn simple steps on how you can better support your environment

14:30pm – Get Involved at Broughgammon Farm

• Learn about its delicious themed workshops
• Go behind the scenes of its popular Supper Club
• Video: Hillstown Farm & Farm Shop

15:00pm – Cheers! @ Hillstown Brewery

• Learn what makes Hillstown so unique
• Hear about its famous Beer Fed Cattle
• Enjoy Long Meadow Cider tastings
• Video: Long Meadow Farm

15:30pm – Get Back to Nature 

• Hear about Nature Friendly Farming Network
• Video: Drumrammer Farm
• Video: Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute

15:45pm – Goodbye from Broughgammon

16:00pm – Close

11:00am – Welcome to Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend

• Plan Your Day 3 Viewing Schedule
• Meet the Farm Hosts
• Video: Armagh Apple Farm

11.30am – Special Guest: Ex Ireland and Ulster Rugby Star, Rory Best:

• From the Pitch to the Field – Rory’s career and farming highlights
• You Are What You Eat: Why Food is Fuel for the Body
• Facebook Live Q&A
• Video: Acton House Farm
• Video: Bessvale Farm
• Video: Paula McIntyre Cooks Chicken Pie

12:30pm –Orchard Focus

• The Health Benefits of Cider Vinegar
• Apple Juice Tastings
• Video: Mossbrook Farm
• Apple Tree Healthcare

13:00pm –Meet the Four-legged Farm Friends

• The mares & foals at Armagh Apple
• Video: Cafre Enniskillen Equine Farm
• Video: Bullsbrook Farm

13:30pm – Rural Crime Partnership

• Farm Crime Prevention
• Video: Rural Support Farm Video
• Video: Drumderg Farm

14:00pm – Blossom to Bottle

• Cider Tastings
• Apple Butter – tastings with Groucho’s on the Square, Richhill
• Video: Paula McIntyre Cooks Armagh Apple & Cider Compote

14:30pm – Young Farmers Clubs of Ulster 

• Chat with Rory Best as Patron
• UFU & Ulster Wildlife
• Water Challenge

15:30pm – Winners Announced 

• Alex Greene’s Signature Dish Winners
• Laurel View Ducklings Named

15:45pm – Goodbye from Armagh Apple

16:00– Close