Holcomb Farm News
Each fall, the Friends of Holcomb Farm (FOHF) invites the community to come together to celebrate the season’s bounty at a special Harvest Dinner showcasing Holcomb Farm vegetables. This year’s […]
by Shirley Murtha A Granby native, John Oates’s first re-connection with the Farm happened when he heard about the potential re-purposing of the West Granby United Methodist Church. Since his […]
At its August 18th meeting, the Granby Board of Selectmen (BoS) unanimously approved a revised long-term Lease and Use Agreement with the Friends of Holcomb Farm, marking an exciting new […]
At the Granby-Simsbury Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting on May 1, 2025, Holcomb Farm Manager Joe O’Grady was honored as Granby’s Businessperson of the Year. A farmer, running a nonprofit […]
For answers to Frequently Asked Questions regarding returning the former West Granby Methodist Church property to Holcomb Farm. Click HERE.
In February, we shared the news of the Friends’ work, with the support of the Town, to explore the repurposing of the former West Granby United Methodist Church into a […]
For more than 30 years, the Friends of Holcomb Farm’s mission has been the same: To preserve, promote and utilize an historic working farm in West Granby. Preservation took a […]
The Friends of Holcomb Farm (Friends) and the Granby Land Trust (GLT) have collaborated to find a sustainable solution to a problem that was created in 2021, when flooding destroyed […]
by Shirley Murtha for The Granby Drummer This month we are featuring two of the four new Friends of Holcomb Farm (FOHF) board members: Lori Armentano and Natalie Mackiel. Next […]
Major invasive removal work was done at several sites on the Holcomb Tree Trail at the beginning of April. For dozens of years, invasive plants like bittersweet, multiflora rose, and […]
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