Forest paddock

The cutest fat little visitor at # Spier Farm Café

We offer livery to clients who appreciate our alternative efforts to keep horses and the environment as natural as we can while taking care of our horses' needs.
We pay attention to diet - supporting low carb intake and fresh natural ingredients. Our track is designed to keep horses off the grass at times when sugars are high. They are kept in a herd and brought in for 2 individual meals daily.
There is access to an arena, and fantastic outrides.
If this is your jam - please whatsapp Mireille 082 881 1152 to enquire about keeping your horse here.

Wishing you all a happy horsey start to the year

My Arabian beauty, visiting at Monte Cavallo, with a gorgeous stallion

Book an afternoon of fun outdoors with Dr Caren Hauptfleisch. You'll learn through experiencing and make your own herbal gift.

WhatsApp 0828811152 to confirm your booking or ask for more info.

You're going to have a lot of fun with Dr Caren learning some basic principles, about picking and drying herbs, and you'll make a little something special to take home with you. Book on 0828811185

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We’re starting an events programme for Forest Paddock…
Watch this space

Spring is a very busy time as all the critters come out top play.
Our biodiversity 💚

Learn to take care of a horse, as well as ride it in a sensitive way that builds your skills and the horse's abilities. I am offering a Learning Lease - For the cost of monthly livery (R6000p.m), you can explore owning & training or rehabilitating in preparation for your own horse. Contact me for details.

I love this time of year when we can start planting in our part of the country. Forest Paddock is divided into grazing paddocks with a track running through or around the grass paddocks. We are planting out this season's stock of young plants along fences and edges to take advantage of the winter rains.
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For the ecologically minded horse people. An interesting article on the role of horses in biodiversity in Europe.

Green Assets of Equines in the European Context of the Ecological Transition of Agriculture Despite the decline of equine populations in the middle of the 20th century, the European horse industry is growing again thanks to economic alternatives found in the diversification of the uses of equines (sports, racing, leisure, etc.). Equines have many environmental advantages, but the fragmenta...