We have completed our Volunteer Worker Placements for 2026 and are now accepting applications for 2027 and 2028.
The farm is a popular destination for future growers and students in Organic and Biodynamic Agriculture. We have had visitors from Germany, Holland, Finland, Canada, Moldova, New Zealand, Sweden, France, Switzerland, Italy. As a 12-weeks volunteer worker, you will be working alongside our team and learn by doing things, the way we do them at Tolhurst Organic.
We have been growing organically on this site since 1987 and are able to demonstrate:
- Stockfree field vegetables on 17 acres, an intensive rotation with widespread use of long and short-term green manures.
- Intensive garden crops in a 2 acre Victorian walled garden, again utilising intensive green manures and own produced composts.
- Out-of-season production in 17,000 sq feet of tunnels and glasshouse utilising our own vegetable compost.
- Own-plant propagation facilities in our dedicated greenhouse producing over 120,000 plants per year (Spring term primarily).
- Agroforestry within horticultural units.
- Direct marketing. All our produce is sold through our own weekly box scheme distribution round, wholesale and farm gate shop .
- Woodchip composting for small-scale users.
Volunteer Worker placements last for 3 months, from mid April to mid July and from mid July to mid October. Please, note, all applicants should be 21 or over. Fluent English is essential.
Please email us your Motivation Letter and CV to infoATtolhurstorganic.co.uk