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Keep up-to-date with life at Standhill Farm
Bookmark this page to keep up-to-date with all the events at Standhill Farm, including upcoming events, promotions, and regular updates about our delicious tomatoes, the dairy and our biomass and woodchip business.
Working at Standhill
We employ full and part-time staff at Standhill. We look for part-time seasonal pickers to join our team from April to November every year. If you are interested, please submit your details in January using the attached contact form. If you would like to be considered...
Standhill News – 2023
The plants for the Glasshouse were delayed in January so the growing season was slow to start. Our 2023 variety has been Roterno which is very popular throughout the supermarkets in Scotland. We supply Aldi, ASDA and Morrisons, a few local shops and the Glasgow...
News & Visitors 2022
Everyone at Standhill has enjoyed welcoming the general public, groups and tours throughout 2022. Over 500 guests have visited Standhill this year and we look forward to welcoming many more in 2023. Visitors show a keen interest in the all aspects in the day to day...
Visits to the Glasshouse and Dairy Farm 2021
Due to restrictions lifting we were able to welcome some members of the public to Standhill recently. We hope that in 2022 we can welcome many more. If you would like to visit Standhill, please use the 'contact us' form which can be found on the website. .
The Scotsman “From muck to magic”
The Scotsman 2021-04-21-The_Scotsman-STTS-STTS-30The Scotsman The Shanks family interview in The Scotsman on Wednesday 21st April 2021
Growing Season 2021
The new plants for the growing season of 2021 have arrived. Over 30,000 plants are carefully unloaded and then placed on the specially designed growing slabs made from ‘rockwool’ by our trained team of ‘Growers’.Within in a matter of days the plants will already show...
Farm Visits – The Dairy Herd 2020
Due to government restrictions we are not able to open our doors to the public this year. We know many of you will be disappointed, so we wanted to share with you some pictures of the Holstein Friesian Heifers who are still producing wonderful...
2020 Growing Season
End of Season 2019
The last tomatoes of the season were picked on Tuesday 12th November 2019. The Growers will remove all the vines and rockwool from the Glasshouse and wherever possible this will be fed into our Biogas Boiler to create renewable energy. Once the Glasshouse is empty it...
Annual Open Evening 2019
We held our open evening on Wednesday 11 September 2019 and welcomed over 200 people to the Glasshouse. The visitors were given a guided tours of the Glasshouse and Farm to see exactly what we do here at Standhill. As you can see from the photos, it was a great...
Young tomato plants delivered
In January at Sweet Red Balls we take delivery of our young plants. The plants are carefully unloaded and then placed on the specially designed growing slabs made from ‘rockwool’ by our trained team of ‘Growers’. Within in a matter of days the plants...
HRH Princess Royal officially opens the glasshouse
HRH Princess Royal meeting the shanks family and a few of the children from Denholm primary school welcoming the princess into the glasshouse.
March 2019
The tomato plants are showing significant growth.
Pollination
The Bees have now been introduced into the Glass House.
