About Us

Herbert Hall, born and bred in Sussex, moved to Marden with his wife Harriot in 1894, and initially rented the house and land at Poultry Farm; it was here that their son Herbert Ernest (HE) was born in 1896. Herbert snr bought his first farm, Little Mill (now the main packing and storage facility), in 1925, but it was not until after his death that the land he initially settled on at Poultry Farm was bought by HE in 1944. It is fitting that the land he first farmed in Marden is the site of Marden's first vineyard planted in 2007 by his great grandson, Nicholas. 

John was born to HE in 1927, and thirty years later in 1957, Peter, the current owner, was born to John; HE Hall & Son Ltd was incorporated in that self same year.

The farm covers an area of 124 hectares of which about three quarters is managed organically; we are the UK's only organic producers of  traditionally grown Wye Target hops. Conventional and organically grown apples, pears and plums are produced on 41 hectares and include the newly planted organic 'concept' orchard. In autumn 2008, the first organic wheat crop was drilled on 20 hectares of our lighter land following a two year fertility building red clover ley. This proved to be very successful, giving an average yield of 5 tonnes / hectare; the 2009-10 crop was drilled on a second 20 hectares, established well and in spite of a very dry summer also came down at the 5 tonne mark. This field has been left as an overwintering stubble, most of the remainder has been drilled with white clover.

The organic areas of the farm have been registered with the Soil Association since 1987; the remainder has Assured Produce status, having been managed under a fully Integrated Crop Management System for the almost 20 years.

"Three Generations"

Caring for The Garden of England for more than a century.