From the Ground Up Wellbeing Farm

03/09/2026

Meet some of our farm stall holders!

The farm shop is now open to all until 4:30pm today 🌻

31/08/2026

Father’s Day Farm Shop! 🎁

We’re opening up our farm shop for a special Father’s Day market stall

🗓️Thursday 3rd September
⏰ 2:30-4:30pm
📍 1076 Childers Rd Branyan

All items are low cost, please bring small cash as we will have no change available.

We’ll have a range of homemade cards, wrapping paper, plants, fertiliser and some special gifts to choose from 💌🪴

Open to everyone, no appointment needed!

Come along and support our stall holders and find a unique gift

17/08/2026

Ducklings crossing 🦆

Please be aware and drive slowly as they are frequently on the road and near the farm shop car park

06/07/2026

Out of the Clinic, Onto the Farm: Developing Fine and Gross Motor Skills in Nature

While traditional clinic rooms provide fantastic support, the farm introduces a whole new dimension of physical problem-solving. For our clients in Bundaberg, combining nature with animal-assisted intervention provides powerful, real-world opportunities to develop strength and precision.

Here is how everyday farm tasks build crucial physical skills:

✅ Gross Motor Strength & Balance: Gripping and pulling a heavy garden hose across the yard to fill water troughs provides excellent "heavy work" for full-body strength. Navigating uneven dirt paths to visit the alpacas and donkeys challenges core stability and dynamic balance.

✅ Fine Motor Precision & Coordination: Sorting peas for the ducks or picking up individual pieces of kibble perfectly works the small muscles in the hands. Using both hands to turn a stiff water tap on and off builds vital bilateral coordination.

✅ Real-Life Independence: Because children are focused on a clear, motivating goal, like making sure the animals are fed and watered, they push through physical challenges without realising how hard they are working.

These purposeful activities directly translate into everyday independence, from sitting upright at a school desk to managing heavy school bags and fastening tricky uniform buttons.

Dane - Occupational Therapist

Read full blog post here:

When it comes to building motor skills, traditional clinic rooms with therapy putty, steps, and balance beams offer fantastic, structured support. However, taking therapy outside introduces a whole new dimension of physical problem-solving. A farm environment filled with animals offers a dynamic, re...

28/06/2026

A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset 🌅

21/06/2026

🧠 What Are Emotions?

Emotions are signals from the nervous system that help us understand our experiences and respond to the world around us.

When recognising or managing emotions is difficult, it can influence behaviour, relationships, and overall well-being.

During therapy on the farm, people can slow down, tune into their bodies, and build emotional awareness through hands-on, sensory experiences.

🌱 What Happens in the Body During Big Emotions?
When someone feels an emotion, the brain and body work together. The amygdala detects a feeling or potential threat, the nervous system activates, and the body sends a message that something needs attention.

Nature naturally supports this process. The sway of trees, the warmth of an animal, the crunch of gravel, or the sweet smell of a flower all provide grounding sensory input that helps the nervous system settle.

🐾Together with a therapist, our farm environment offers a safe, supportive space for people of all ages to explore emotional cues and practise regulation strategies. Animals offer calm, consistent, and non-judgemental responses, making them powerful co-regulators.

Dane - Occupational Therapist

10/05/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the beautiful Mummas 🌸

Mumma Willow with new baby Windsong 🥰

📸 thanks Dane for taking some lovely photos for us to share

06/05/2026

Pop Up Mother’s Day Stall 🌻

Open to all!

We have some beautiful hand crafted products available. Please come to support our amazing artisans, that have thoughtfully created each piece to share with the community .

All items are low cost, please bring small cash as we will no change available.

🗓️ Friday 8th May
⏰ 3:30-4:30pm
📍1076 Childers Rd Branyan, Bundaberg 4670

🌸 A note for our lovely participants 🌸

If you have items that you would like to add into the shop before buyers arrive, you’re welcome to arrive a little earlier on Friday to set up.

05/05/2026

Cailin’s Feelings Forest 😊
We are very proud to officially introduce Cailin, our talented local artist, to our community.

You may have already seen some of Cailin’s beautiful artwork around the farm for example, our animals’ name signs, the Goat Café window, and several other projects such as the “I Wonder…” storybook from 2024 and her “From the Ground Up Wellbeing Farm – Activity Book,” which is currently available in our farm stall.

Cailin’s latest project has been a creative reimagining of the original Feeling Forest faces in our Sensory Garden. With her experience using the 4 Zones of Regulation, she has expanded on the concept, creating her own version that reflects more of a spectrum of emotions.

Cailin is not only incredibly talented artistically, but she also has a unique ability to add layers of depth and meaning to her work. Everything she creates is intentional.

We would love to take this opportunity to share with our community the thought and detail she has put into this project.
Cailin’s Feelings Forest:
The faces are inspired by Thomas the Tank Engine’s 1980s–1990s model train era.
She has expanded on the four colours used in the Zones of Regulation, combining them to create additional colours and associated emotions. She has also incorporated patterns on the sides, reflecting the energy of each emotion, along with subtle social and cultural references.
Red: Anger – arrows
Orange: Embarrassment – arrows and lightning bolts
Yellow: Fear – lightning bolts to symbolise high energy
Green: Happiness – upward green arrows
Chartreuse (light green): Calm – wave patterns inspired by “Maui”-like designs
Teal/Cyan: Boredom – a simple pattern of teardrops and waves, with a subtle nod to Indigenous patterning (small circles for walking, larger circles for waterholes)
Blue: Sadness – teardrop patterns
Purple: Disgust – a complex argyle diamond pattern (red/anger + blue/water = crystals)
Grey: Apathy – simple stripes representing neutrality, combining the purity of white and the security of black

We would love for our community to take the time to visit Cailin’s Feeling Forest faces in the Sensory Garden, near the Lakehouse, and experience them in person.

Even more so, we would love your support in celebrating Cailin’s talent and dedication by purchasing one of her creative and engaging activity books, based on our farm and the animals we all adore.

25/04/2026

Farm Shop Market Day - Sunday 26th April!
Sorry everyone, this event has been postponed.
We’ve had some beautiful rain, with more on the way, and unfortunately paddock parking won’t be possible.
Thanks for your understanding, we’ll share a new date soon! 😊