​​We're so glad you're here!

As the stewards of Windy Hill Farm, we are dedicated to sustainable farming practices,
which benefit the environment, improve the health of the land,
respect the lives of our animals and the people who consume our products,
conserve wild spaces, and preserve the history of this beautiful piece of earth.
Hi! I'm Chiara. I was born on the farm in 1988, spent my childhood wild and free in the woods, and then spread my wings (to do absolutely anything but farming!). I graduated with a degree in Recreation Management from Appalachian State University and had big dreams of becoming a kayak tour guide somewhere tropical, but the universe had different plans, and I found my way back to the farm and my family in 2014. I've been managing weddings on the farm since 2016, and it is my calling! I adore sharing our slice of heaven with couples on their happiest day, and I can't wait for the years ahead with you and yours.
Jane moved to the farm in 1987 and married her sweetie, Geof, on the summer solstice that year. Together, they visioned, tended, grew, learned, and cared for the land and animals until Geof passed away in 2017. Jane continues to steward the land and animals while practicing midwifery at Westside OB-GYN in nearby Burlington. As a CNM, Jane has worked as a homebirth midwife and traveled to Haiti on medical mission trips. She has a background in Nutrition and Women's Health and is passionate about natural living and holistic healthcare.​ Farming is in Jane's blood! She comes from a long line of family farmers.
The farm is owned and operated by mother and daughter duo Jane and Chiara Gledhill. This approximately 70-acre farm has been continuously farmed since the early 1800s and, we think, based on land records and other research, was part of a larger farm since the 1700s, the time of the original land grant from the King of England. Geof Gledhill (Aug 16, 1944 - Dec 16, 2017), beloved husband and father, bought the farm in 1977, and it has been lovingly stewarded by our family ever since.

Lick Creek Annex is our newly acquired land on the south side of Carr Store Road, where Lick Creek, one of the branches of the headwaters of the Eno River, traverses. This land has a beautiful stand of mature Tulip Poplar trees on either side of the lovely babbling creek.

​A few years ago, we increased our efforts to farm sustainably by adding a 6.48kW photovoltaic system that produces approximately 70% of the power needs of our farm. We hope to install wind turbines and more solar panels in the future to completely offset our energy usage.

All we do here is in loving memory of Geoffrey Earle Gledhill, who loved the land, his farm, and every living thing residing there or passing through, from the tiniest honeybees and dung beetles to the Anathoth Garden interns who sat a spell to the gentle giant bovines in his care. Geof practiced law from 1975 until his retirement and served as the county attorney in Orange County for over 30 years. "Retirement" allowed him more time to grow the farm and his passion for sustainable, natural farming practices. It was Geof's goal and dream that the land be protected in perpetuity as farmland, and in 2018 and 2019 (the main farm and Lick Creek, respectively), we completed the process of securing a permanent conservation easement of the property in his honor.
“There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again and again to say "It is yet more difficult than you thought." This is the muse of form. It may be then that form serves us best when it works as an obstruction, to baffle us and deflect our intended course. It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.”
— Wendell Berry
“Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening. A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world. He is producing something to eat, which makes him somewhat independent of the grocery business, but he is also enlarging, for himself, the meaning of food and the pleasure of eating."
(“Think Little” pg. 88) (The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry)
© 2023 Windy Hill Farm & Events, LLC
WINDY HILL FARM, CEDAR GROVE, NC
​​We're so glad you're here!

As the stewards of Windy Hill Farm, we are dedicated to sustainable farming practices,
which benefit the environment, improve the health of the land,
respect the lives of our animals and the people who consume our products,
conserve wild spaces, and preserve the history of this beautiful piece of earth.
Hi! I'm Chiara. I was born on the farm in 1988, spent my childhood wild and free in the woods, and then spread my wings (to do absolutely anything but farming!). I graduated with a degree in Recreation Management from Appalachian State University and had big dreams of becoming a kayak tour guide somewhere tropical, but the universe had different plans, and I found my way back to the farm and my family in 2014. I've been managing weddings on the farm since 2016, and it is my calling! I adore sharing our slice of heaven with couples on their happiest day, and I can't wait for the years ahead with you and yours.
Jane moved to the farm in 1987 and married her sweetie, Geof, on the summer solstice that year. Together, they visioned, tended, grew, learned, and cared for the land and animals until Geof passed away in 2017. Jane continues to steward the land and animals while practicing midwifery at Westside OB-GYN in nearby Burlington. As a CNM, Jane has worked as a homebirth midwife and traveled to Haiti on medical mission trips. She has a background in Nutrition and Women's Health and is passionate about natural living and holistic healthcare.​ Farming is in Jane's blood! She comes from a long line of family farmers.
The farm is owned and operated by mother and daughter duo Jane and Chiara Gledhill. This approximately 70-acre farm has been continuously farmed since the early 1800s and, we think, based on land records and other research, was part of a larger farm since the 1700s, the time of the original land grant from the King of England. Geof Gledhill (Aug 16, 1944 - Dec 16, 2017), beloved husband and father, bought the farm in 1977, and it has been lovingly stewarded by our family ever since.

Lick Creek Annex is our newly acquired land on the south side of Carr Store Road, where Lick Creek, one of the branches of the headwaters of the Eno River, traverses. This land has a beautiful stand of mature Tulip Poplar trees on either side of the lovely babbling creek.

​A few years ago, we increased our efforts to farm sustainably by adding a 6.48kW photovoltaic system that produces approximately 70% of the power needs of our farm. We hope to install wind turbines and more solar panels in the future to completely offset our energy usage.

All we do here is in loving memory of Geoffrey Earle Gledhill, who loved the land, his farm, and every living thing residing there or passing through, from the tiniest honeybees and dung beetles to the Anathoth Garden interns who sat a spell to the gentle giant bovines in his care. Geof practiced law from 1975 until his retirement and served as the county attorney in Orange County for over 30 years. "Retirement" allowed him more time to grow the farm and his passion for sustainable, natural farming practices. It was Geof's goal and dream that the land be protected in perpetuity as farmland, and in 2018 and 2019 (the main farm and Lick Creek, respectively), we completed the process of securing a permanent conservation easement of the property in his honor.
“There are, it seems, two muses: the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again and again to say "It is yet more difficult than you thought." This is the muse of form. It may be then that form serves us best when it works as an obstruction, to baffle us and deflect our intended course. It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.”
— Wendell Berry
“Odd as I am sure it will appear to some, I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening. A person who is growing a garden, if he is growing it organically, is improving a piece of the world. He is producing something to eat, which makes him somewhat independent of the grocery business, but he is also enlarging, for himself, the meaning of food and the pleasure of eating."
(“Think Little” pg. 88) (The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry)