Essex's Fluffiest Guests: Highland Cows Take Over the Scotts of Southend Patch! with Chloe Lucas

Hey everyone, Lizzie here! 👋

It feels great to be back with a new episode, and this one is a special spooky-season celebration! I headed to Essex to catch up with my brilliant friend, the finalist for this year's British Farming Awards, Chloe from @chloe_at_the_farm!

Chloe is a former city girl (just like me!) who found her passion for farming and Highland cows during the pandemic. We meet her incredibly gentle, fluffy fold—including Murphy, Dally, and Beatrix—who are currently on a very special Halloween residency!

We're at Scotts of Southend Garden Centre's massive pumpkin patch, where Chloe's Highlands are stealing the show! I talk to Chloe about:

• 🐂 Her incredible journey from being a nurse to becoming a smallholder and farm worker of the year finalist.
• 🧠 How working with livestock has been vital for her mental health and helping her recover from burnout.
• 🌱 Her mission to bridge the gap between urban life and farming to help people understand where their food comes from.

I also catch up with Alice from Scotts of Southend to hear the inside scoop on how they built one of the UK's biggest and best pumpkin patches, including the logistics of growing 21,000 pumpkins, the challenges of putting a price tag on a farm experience, and how the Highland cow collaboration came to be.

It's a fantastic, fun chat with cows, pumpkins, and a lot of heart!

A Huge Well Done! P.S. I just want to shout out a massive congratulations again to Chloe! Neither of us won our British Farming Award categories, but being finalists in Farm Worker of the Year and Content Creator of the Year is a huge achievement we are both incredibly proud of! Well done, Chloe!

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