Our Hops & Hop Garden
Jun 19, 2026
A little way to go for the longest day
According to the traditional, rural saying, the hops should be at the top of the wires by the longest day, June 21st....
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Jun 12, 2026
Beavers help in hop garden
The Hop Garden played host to Beavers from the 5th Farnham (Bourne) Scouts this week.
Working towards their Gardener...
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Jun 5, 2026
Triumphant Twiddlers!
The team of Twiddlers has done it! The whole Hop Garden has been twiddled – that’s every one of the 6,500 hop plants...
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Jun 5, 2026
Scouts learning in the hop garden
St Peter and Paul Scouts from Godalming joined Estate Manager Matthew in the Hop Garden this week.
Working towards th...
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May 27, 2026
Hoppers feel the heat
The Hoppers are feeling the heat in the hop garden..… but these volunteer stalwarts are still going strong despite th...
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May 15, 2026
Hop Blessing 2026 dodged the showers!
The spectacular thunder and lightning display over the hop garden didn’t deter our guests at last night’s Hop Blessin...
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May 14, 2026
Stringing 2026 Comes to a Close
Stringing is over for another year!
Estate Manager Matthew has managed to string the whole Brewery hop garden singl...
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May 1, 2026
Twiddling 2026 gets underway
Come rain or shine the Hoppers are hard at work in the Hop Garden.
This year’s twiddling – the important task of w...
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Apr 23, 2026
Hop shoots go wild!
It’s good news in the hop garden – Estate Manager Matthew is over halfway through stringing.
Now the wind has died...
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Apr 9, 2026
Sheep on the move
Its' been a short sojourn for the sheep in the Hop Garden!
Their visit, and now the grass, has indeed been very shor...
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Apr 1, 2026
Sheep to the rescue!
Disaster! Estate Manager Matthew has run out of coconut coir to string the hop garden.
But ever-resourceful Matthew...
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Mar 20, 2026
Stringing 2026 Starts!
Spring has sprung and stringing has begun!
With singing skylarks and grazing sheep for company, Estate Manager Matt...
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