About Us
Farrantshayes is cared for and owned by Emma and Jon Hillier. Emma is a secondary English and Media teacher, but now works as county co-orindator for Farmlink, a charity which aims to get children onto farms and learning to appreciate where their food comes from. Jon is a building surveyor by trade, with an interest in conservation/restoration work- he runs Barton Grange properties, a bespoke building contracting business. Cocker spaniels Rusty and his daughter Ebony complete the team- they live for affection, food and trips out to the pub!
We are fortunate to be only twenty five minutes from Exeter city centre by car and twenty minutes from the beach at Sidmouth. We are in the middle tier of the Countryside Stewardship programme, with a focus on natural grassland and hedgerow management- which is why the hedges around the farm teem with wildlife and butterflies abound in the Summer.