• Where women and girls can learn how to heal and care

    for themselves and the land

    A social enterprise at Weston Farm, Oxfordshire

  • Our Vision

    Her Land aims to give women and girls the skills needed to heal and care for both themselves and the land. Together with women and girls, we plan to slowly and sensitively restore and repair a derelict, heritage-rich farm in Oxfordshire, Weston Farm, by learning about and using regenerative agriculture and building practices, such as permaculture, agroforestry and the Living Building Challenge. We plan to create a biodiverse, accessible landscape with educational and event spaces inside unique heritage buildings, a hub with cafe, edible food forests, growing plots, play areas, and camping. Our aim is to become a unique regenerative development where women and girls gain the skills to heal both themselves and the land, for a healthier, regenerative world for all.

  • Why?

    It is vital for building and agriculture practices to change to respond to the climate emergency. Regenerative building and agriculture practices go beyond sustainbility and being 'green' and instead repair, restore and nurture the land and create a positive impact on people and nature. Her Land aims to educate women and girls so they can become the much-needed 'regenerators', helping the land to recover from the degenerative and extractive methods which have contributed to climate change. The restoration and repair of the site's unique heritage buildings - including a Heritage at Risk walled garden and an early eighteenth-century threshing barn - will not only give women and girls important regenerative and heritage building skills which can be used to gain employment, but also ensure that the site's unique heritage assets become accessible, inclusive, valued spaces for the community now and in the future.

     

    Her Land will also provide women and girls with the opportunity for personal healing. In Oxfordshire, females are more likely to be victims of domestic abuse (69% female compared to 29% male), and in the year ending 2020 there were a recorded 1,383 victims of domestic abuse in South Oxfordshire alone (Oxfordshire's Overarching Domestic Abuse Strategy 2022-2025). On average, two women a week are killed by a current or former partner in England and Wales, and one in four women in England and Wales will experience domestic abuse in their lifetime (Refuge, 2023). Her Land aims to give women and girls important life skills and provide them with supportive, safe spaces to help them heal from abuse and trauma.

     

  • How?

    We will achieve our aims in different phases over several years

    1

    Learn (2024)

    Learn about the site and its rich history, ecology and wildlife by conducting activities and research on the site to listen to the land.

    2

    Gather (2024 onwards)

    Form a collective of women and girls to co-design and restore the site with. If you would like to get involved please get in touch.

    3

    Restore & Regenerate (2024 - 2028)

    Restore and regenerate the site with women and girls by learning about and using regenerative farming and permaculture practices. We are working with EDGE who will show us how to grow food using the ancient yet forward-thinking method of syntropic agroforestry. We are speaking to other possible partners who can show us how to restore heritage buildings using natural building methods and build in a regenerative way. If you would like to become a partner please get in touch.

    4

    Empower & Educate (2028 onwards)

    Once restored, Her Land will become a restorative, healing space which improves the health and wellbeing of women and girls. The restored buildings and landscape will be used for activities, events and workshops focusing on our aims.

  • The Farm

    Walled garden

    A rare early-eighteenth century formal walled garden, which will become a unique outdoor events and growing space

    Threshing barn

    An eighteenth-century threshing barn, which will become a space for talks, workshops and activities

    Barn

    A barn adjoining the walled garden, which will become spaces for talks, workshops and activities

    Farmhouse

    A farmhouse, parts of which date back to medieval times,

    which will become an educational space with accommodation

  • Our Plan

    Below is our masterplan for the site, created with IDK architects.

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  • Events Calendar

    Monday

    Under 5's Play Trail Development (women 18+)

    Weekly 9am - 10.30am.

    Work in this session is very manual - and creative - using things we find on the site connected to the farming heritage that surrounds Her Land to create a nature play trail for Under 5s children.

    Outdoor Explorers

    Under 5s and their female carers.

    Weekly 10am-11.30am term time only.

    Join this weekly free session for mothers with children aged under five, hosted by Red Kite Family Centre. Spend time in nature and take part in planting, growing, learning and playing while getting your hands in the soil! Term time only.

    Walled Garden Design project

    (women 18+)

    Fortnightly 7pm - 8.30pm

    Join Clare and Becs for a relaxed session to discuss and explore possible designs for the interior of the walled garden at Her Land. Sessions will take place in a venue in Thame during the winter, and at Her Land during spring / summer.

    Tuesday

    Thrive in Nature

    (women 18+)

    Weekly: 9.30am – 11.30am

    Get out into nature and reduce your stress levels by taking part in activities on site that will improve your physical and mental health, allow you to meet like-minded people, and learn new skills.

    Friday

    Her Land Girls

    (girls 11-17)

    Fortnightly Friday afterschool, term time only.

    Times vary depending on the season. A variety of outdoor sessions, with activity choices driven by the girls who attend. Working to set up a dedicated space for girls on the site.

    Sunday

    Thrive in Nature

    (women 18+)

    Twice a month: 2pm - 4pm

    Get out into nature and reduce your stress levels by taking part in activities on site that will improve your physical and mental health, allow you to meet like-minded people, and learn new skills.

  • Events & workshops

    Pumpkin Party

    (Girls 11-17 years)

    Friday 23rd October 2026: 4pm - 6pm

    Come and visit Her Land, sit around our fire pit and eat pumpkin soup, make fire bread and toast marshmallows. There will also be the chance to find out what is involved in doing your Duke of Edinburgh Award at Her Land.

    Yang-Yin Vinyasa Yoga with Ashton offers feel good yoga, designed to leave you feeling rejuvenated and restored. This is a music-led practice designed to help you find your flow. You'll enjoy this moving meditation for most of the practice, before we slow it down with longer-held postures to finish. Suitable for everyone and all levels, you'll leave feeling more connected to yourself, the space we practice in and your community. The session is one hour. Please bring your own yoga mat and remember to dress for the great outdoors.

    REVYVE

    (women 18+)

    Saturday 14th November

    8.30am - 12:30pm

    Feeling overwhelmed, stressed or burnt out? Navigating change, grief or loss, juggling responsibilities, or feeling disconnected from yourself or others? Take time out to pause, reset and prioritise your wellbeing.

    Join us for a relaxed Saturday morning in nature, featuring open-circle conversations, a farm walk, breathwork, somatic movement, meditation and coaching tools to help you shape your wellbeing vision.

  • What people are saying about Her Land

    “Her Land makes me feel more optimistic about the world”

    — Volunteer

    “A wonderful place to be around both nature and like-minded people"

    — Volunteer

    “It’s a magical place, calming, inclusive, friendly and relaxing.”

    — Volunteer

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  • About us

    Clare Freeman

    Clare grew up on a farm in Oxfordshire and inherited the land at Her Land from her late father. She is passionate about regenerative building and agriculture practices and how both can help in the climate emergency, and about empowering, supporting and inspiring women and girls. She was previously the Founder and Director of Brightside Publishing which produces seven free community print magazines across East Kent. She has also previously worked with women and children who have been trafficked into the UK with the Medaille Trust, and was Trustee for POW Thanet, a festival for women and girls in Thanet, East Kent. She has a degree in Sociology and a Masters in Psychology and is a single mother to her four-year-old daughter Beth.

    Becs Reid

    Becs Reid started her working life on a volunteer gap year living in a hostel for young, homeless girls, providing them with support to gain life skills, employment, and permanent accommodation. This led to paid employment as a Housing Support officer in a female-only unit, housing refugees and homeless girls, before she moved into managing a Youth Centre. Becky’s current role is ‘Environmental Project Officer’ at Thame Town Council. She leads on environmental and sustainability issues, coordinating the delivery of a Green Living Plan for Thame – ensuring stakeholder engagement from local government, community groups, schools, churches, and businesses. Becky is passionate about social justice, and would love to live in a world in which everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive, and, as she raises her own daughter, is especially keen to see this happen for women and girls.

  • Contact Us

    We want women and girls to be at the heart of the design and creation of Weston Farm.

    If you want to volunteer regularly, please visit Get Involved to register, and we will be in contact.

     

    For all other enquiries please contact us using the form below.

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