Niall Laffan of Kingstown Farm

10/28/22 • 31 min

On this episode we are joined by Niall Laffan and he gives a great insight into the family farm. From Sunflower, multispecies swards and pumpkins.
Kingstown Farm is a family run farm. In 2021 they planted a 3.5 acre field of sunflowers in aid of the Irish Cancer Society and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Dublin. It turned out to be a huge success. Following on from the success of that event we ran our second charity sunflower field in August 2022.

This Halloween, they are running a Pick your Own Pumpkin Patch.

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This Halloween, they are running a Pick your Own Pumpkin Patch.

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