Cyprus
Patelli Farm
A small carob farm, being brought slowly back into use — and, alongside it, something more specific: outdoor sessions for children who find most places too loud.
The farm
The land had been left alone for a long time. We are clearing it by hand, pruning the old carobs, getting water back to the ground and planting what will actually survive a Cypriot August — lavender, rosemary, sage, olive.
It is slow, and deliberately so. Nothing here is being rushed into a finished thing.
The sessions
Most of what is on offer for families here is either a waiting list or a room with strip lighting. We wanted a third option, so we are building one.
Small-group outdoor sessions on the farm for neurodivergent children — planting, water, walking, animals, making things with your hands. Calm, structured, outside.
Here is what it will be:
- Two or three children. Not a club, not a camp.
- The same shape every time. Predictable start, predictable end, nothing sprung on anyone.
- Outdoors throughout. Shade, quiet, room to walk away and come back.
- Trained, vetted staff. Employed support workers with SEN experience — police-checked, first-aid trained and insured before they meet a single child. Never volunteers.
- English and Russian.
Opening 2027
We are not open yet. The land is not ready and the staff are not hired.
If you would like to know when we do open, send us an email. No mailing list, no newsletter — one message, when there is something real to say.