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🌱 Award-winning Organic Stock-free farm in Whitchurch-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire, since 1976 | Veg Box Delivery across the region | Lin's Veg Shed | Educational farm visits & seasonal events | LEAF Certified | Growing community, one veg at a time 🥕 We are happy to share our story, in images, testimonials and events, and we are encouraging all our supporters to leave a comment.

15/10/2026

Saying Thank You! and Good Buy! to Alina and Jude, who have been with us since July!

Wishing them both a long and successful career in organic farming, if that is what they want to do after a volunteer placement at our farm Tolhurst Organic

10/10/2026

Last touches done for a beautiful Open Day at the farm for our customers, local community and beyond.
Our Squash & Pumpkin Festival is ready to open the gates.
You can still book you tickets online and save time and money https://tickets.mp/ZXZlbnQ6ODQyNg==

09/10/2026

Look who is coming to our Squash & Pumpkin Festival on Sunday!

WORKSHOPS ZONE:
- Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust with advice on wildlife gardening, volunteering, membership and their Children’s Wildlife Watch Club.
- Suz Williams - willow baskets and birdfeeders
- Rebecca Carrozza - Giant Arts activity
- Cre8byJaime - face painting and slime workshops

MARKETPLACE:
- Made by Mama Maz - handmade
- Altered State by Helen Whitfield
- Hempen - certified organic h**p products from Hardwick
- Busy Bees Honey Suppliers - check out their mead!
- Sarah Shore with original prints and illustrations.
- Anne Cullen with certified vegan cosmetics.

Join the various workshops, stalls and activities that will be on offer for all!

Your can still book your tickets online, to save money and time at the gates. Tickets are £9 online and £12 at the gate. Children come free.
https://tickets.mp/ZXZlbnQ6ODQyNg==

08/10/2026

Dress to Impress at our Squash & Pumpkin Festival on Sunday!

What makes our event beautiful is the bright colours of the pumpkins, squashes and people dressing up for the occasion.

We are offering prizes to children who will take part in our Autumnal Dress Parade at 3PM. Not to be missed!

Ticket sales stop at 499 and are more expensive at the gate, so book ahead. Link in Event/Bio

07/10/2026

Pop-up Fermentation Workshop at Squash and Pumpkin Festival on Sunday

Sign-up online to get a first-hand crush course into the Do-s and Dont-s of home made fermentation.

All based on our cookcook My Vegan Farm Food by Tamara Schiopu , presented by fermentaiton guru Mark Lewandoski.

You will take home a book, a container full of freshly set veg and an understanding of how to carry on fermenting at home.

Link to sign-up form https://forms.gle/PR1LMCtTfwUKWCzB7

06/10/2026

Do you like Mac&Cheese? Well, our own local vegan chef Karen is preparing a feast with Pumpkin Mac&Cheese, Coleslaw and salad. And our wonderful friends with Soleluna Pizza will be offering a ”festival special” using Tolhurst Organic peppers, red onions and basil.

Traditional Eastern European stuffed dumplings, featuring squash and mushrooms will be served with roast veg, yoghurt sauce and home-made ferments. All in the making.

And what Pumpkin Festival without our famous Pumpkin Soup?! Served with fresh basil pesto and organic bread rolls from Aston's Bakehouse Yum!

Tickets sale stop at 499, so get yours in time from our event site

05/10/2026

All hands on deck for the Squash & Pumpkin 🎃 Festival this Sunday. Are you coming?

04/10/2026

🏃 Everybody is running their own half-marathon today!

🎃 We started yesterday with roasting 12 Buttercup squashes, then this morning with making the dough, resting it, rolling, stretching, cutting, filling, sealing and freezing.

🥟 All in time to be served at our Squash & Pumpkin Festival next Sunday, 1️⃣1️⃣ th October.

🤏 Limited supply, we made about 500, so be early.

PS We tasted some at lunch timea nd theya re delicious!

💰To save time and money, book you tickets online https://tickets.mp/ZXZlbnQ6ODQyNg==

17/06/2026

Look where I’ve been today. Busman’s holiday on one of my favourite islands

Iain Tolhurst ‘Tolly’ showing us how it’s done - soil sampling, cover cropping, using woodchip compost. He’s an organic growing genius and we are very grateful for his expert input on our farm.

Address

2, West Lodge, Hardwick Road
Reading
RG87

Website

http://www.tolhurstorganic.co.uk/

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