While considering early retirement, Gill realised she couldn’t just retire, she would need something to keep herself occupied! Gill’s passion is in creativity and learning so naturally she thought a creative learning and development centre based on rural skills and heritage crafts was the way forward and the concept of The Rural Skills Centre was born….

The Jones Family have farmed New Park Farm since 1976. As sixth generation farmers, we are well versed with innovation and developing skills that enable us to keep abreast of new technologies.