The first chirp of the morning
A permaculture animal rescue and school for children — restoring land, offering sanctuary, and teaching with both hands in the soil.
What this place is
First Chirp Farm is being built as a living system: food growing in guilds, animals living as partners rather than products, and a school where children meet the work of care face to face.
Named for the first sounds of the day — birds, rescued hens, the small voices that arrive with the morning — the farm is a place to practice Earth Care, People Care, and Fair Share.
Read the principles →
Work with nature, not against it
The land
Food forest, water, compost, and wild edges designed so each part feeds the next.
The sanctuary
Species-appropriate homes, daily care, and a hard limit on capacity so quality of life stays first.
The school
Hands-on programmes: soil, seed, animal observation, and the ethics of looking after a place.
“The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”
Shared often in regenerative work — and true of rescues and classrooms too.
