An open day at a farm near Oswestry aims to showcase a future hub for community and educational activities.
The event on April 19 will be held at Babbinswood Farm, run by an organic produce farmer, and will give people an insight into the plans to secure its future by offering educational activities.
Currently, £800,000 to £1.5 million is needed to bring 117 acres of the farm into community ownership.
This land will be used for organic farming and community activities, such as arts clubs and traditional workshops, rather than being at risk of commercial development.
The funds will be raised through community shares, donations, and grants.
Those attending the open day will have the opportunity to try out some of the activities planned for the farm, such as farm walks and nature-based children's activities.
Farmer Casha Bowles-Jones, who runs the farm and hopes to become a tenant farmer under the community co-operative scheme, said: "Education is a big part of that vision.
"The open day at Easter will feature guided farm walks and nature-based kid’s activities such as planting seeds and a bird and bug survey."
Ms Bowles-Jones has always felt strongly about the importance of access to nature for children's wellbeing, which she realised in her previous role as an outdoor educator.
She said: "Ever since coming back to the farm in 2017, I’ve wanted to put more educational activities on at the farm.
"But being a full-time farmer is just so busy - a dawn to dusk job.
"But now with more people from the community involved in the farm, we can finally do it."
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The farm, which has been in the same family for five generations, is run by Ms Bowles-Jones and her mother, Barbara.
They hope to lease part of the farm back from the community benefit society to continue their farming.
The rent collected from the farmers will then be used for community activities on the farm.
This includes plans for dog-friendly walks across the farmland and a community woodland.
The Babbinswood Farm Community Benefit Society, a type of charitable co-operative, wants to buy part of the farm to prevent it from being sold on the open market and at risk of commercial development.
The community benefit society aims to put part of the farm in community ownership.
Members of the community benefit society will be present at the open day to answer questions about their campaign.
In the past eight weeks, the campaign has already raised almost £90,000 in community shares and donations.
Volunteers are also applying for significant grants.
The scheme is almost identical to that at Fordhall Farm, Market Drayton, which became England’s first community-owned farm following a similar campaign in 2006.
Charlotte Hollins, who led that campaign, is now a key advisor and a director of Babbinswood Farm CBS.
Further information on the fundraising and community shares is available on the website babbinswoodfarmcbs.org.uk or by emailing future@babbinswoodfarmcbs.org.uk.
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