
Queen joins cupcake quest on visit to Somerset farm
The farm is the seventh site operated by the charity which offers young people who are experiencing challenges at school different opportunities.
Since Jamie's Farm was established in 2009, it has welcomed more than 16,000 young people to their six existing sites in Bath, Hereford, Monmouth, Lewes, Skipton and a city farm in London Waterloo.
During the visit, Camilla, who is Patron, met founders Tish Feilden and her son Jamie, and was taken on a tour of the farm by Mr Fielden and his fellow co-chief executive Jake Curtis.
She met staff, volunteers and young people undertaking activities in the orchards, kitchens and gardens.
🏡 Lower Shockerwick Farm is nearly complete…ready to welcome more young people into a space built with a shared vision and lots of heart.
Huge thanks to our project partners, kind donors & amazing volunteers. You've turned a building into a home. 💚 pic.twitter.com/H2xfcdLhjg
— Jamie's Farm (@JamiesFarm) July 9, 2025
In the kitchen, the Queen met 11-year-olds Mantaj and Mia, who were making lemon curd cupcakes using the zesty preserve that had been produced the day before.
Camilla also helped water calibrachoa, geraniums and verbena which had been planted by Gabriel, aged 10, and 11-year-old Adrian.
To commemorate the occasion, the Queen unveiled a stone plaque and told guests she planned to visit the farm in Skipton as it was the only site she had not been to.
'I am yet to get to Yorkshire, but that will be next on my agenda, I promise you I will get there,' she said.
'It's really thanks to everybody here that this has happened at this really wonderful ancient farm and I look forward to seeing it in a year's time with all the children.'
Before the Queen departed, she handed over a basket of cuttings and seeds, including foxgloves, hollyhocks, mint, rosemary and blackcurrant, taken from her garden at her private home near Lacock in Wiltshire.
'I hope I can come back and see them thriving,' she added.
Thanking the Queen for her visit, Mr Feilden said: 'We are honoured that you are here to officially open Lower Shockerwick Farm.
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— Jamie's Farm (@JamiesFarm) July 7, 2025
'We really appreciate your support, interest and advocacy for the work that we do.'
Jamie's Farm works with young people, typically aged between 11 and 16, who are at risk of social or academic exclusion due to challenges with behaviour, attendance, or mental health.
While there they step away from the pressures of daily life – including handing in their phones and disconnecting from technology.

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