Agroforestry Open Weekend at Kilowna Farm
Fri 19 May
|Kilowna Farm
Kilowna Farm is on the east coast of Co Down (2 miles from the most easterly point on the island of Ireland). The farm is a small, family-run mixed farm-sheep, grass and cereal.
Time & Location
19 May 2023, 13:00 – 21 May 2023, 17:00
Kilowna Farm, 108 Whitechurch Rd, Ballywalter, Newtownards BT22 2JY, UK
About the event
The farm (12.5 ha) has 1 ha of woodland and 0.9 ha of silvopasture (planted in 1995 -mainly ash in an exposed coastal location) which I am restoring
The farm has much better habitat quality than average for the area and better than the national average
The trees make a significant contribution to the carbon balance of the farm- woodland, hedges and silvopasture (grazed ) account for 18% of the farm area and 22 % and 78% of the soil and above ground biomass respectively.
Planting more silvopasture and hedges offers the best chance to sequester more carbon.
The farm is not financially viable without subsidy (half the farm income last year), so keeping subsidy is vital
We have just established c 500m of riparian buffer -some alongside the silvopasture
Upcoming Events
Webinar with Simon from Soil Bio LabThu 22 Maywebinar
Farm Walk with AHDB and Ali CraigThu 29 MayCarse Hall Farm