{"id":491,"date":"2019-09-01T22:18:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T22:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiptonscroft.org.uk\/blog\/?page_id=491"},"modified":"2025-06-24T13:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:44:06","slug":"tiptons-croft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tiptonscroft.org.uk\/blog\/tiptons-croft\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wild, field, garden<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tipton\u2019s Croft is a traditional English croft (field), located in central Shropshire. It is part of a private agricultural smallholding and consists of a wildflower meadow, large and small ponds, trees, rough grass, paths and scrubland surrounded by native hedgerows &#8211; a total of about five acres. The croft is linked to a separate smaller property which includes an orchard, vegetable gardens (and chickens) and a cottage and gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a working croft that provides food and other natural produce, but more importantly provides an environment that maximises biodiversity and supports native Shropshire flora and fauna, with a positive impact on the environment. The wildlife loves it and it looks good too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a work in progress (nine years as of April 2025) and will take a few more years to reach maturity, but it&#8217;s already proving a success. 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