Bramble Green

2 Clontyfinnan Road, Armoy, County Antrim BT53 8TW

Zwartbles

Zwartble sheep are dark brown with a white facial stripe, producing soft, medium-fine wool that’s warm and springy in texture

Valais

Valais Blacknose sheep are fluffy white sheep with black faces and knees, prized for their long, curly, and exceptionally soft wool.

Spotted Dutch

Spotted Dutch sheep have distinctive black-and-white patches and produce soft, medium-length wool with a smooth, silky texture.

About Bramble Green

Apples, sheep & knitwear 🍏🐑🧶

Our farm has three focuses which keep evolving with time.

Our knitwear studio/shop focuses on sustainable Irish knitwear and is open all year round to visitors. Our apple orchard includes some really mature traditional Irish trees and our harvest have been abundant. The apples have been sold in local Farm shops, made into cider and also chutneys.

Our growing flock includes our friendly Valais Blackmore ram Bramble as well as his son and 11 ewes.

Farm & Sustainability

We are breeding naturally. We are growing old Irish apple trees alongside the areas where some of the sheep graze. We are focusing on woodland areas for example with have a patch of hazel trees as well as all of our apple trees (over 100). We have many types of berries growing - including blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, wineberries, gooseberries. We have plum trees. We have many willow trees bordering are small grazing patches.

We are grazing our sheep in two different areas. Both of which are on Clontyfinnan Road and in both areas we also have an Apple Orchard project. Alongside this we also have our own hives where we are harvesting honey.