Brue Farm Nursery in Lovington, Somerset, was officially opened on 21 October by local dairy farmer Michael Eavis, who is well known as the owner of the farm site where the Glastonbury pop music festival is held.
The nursery is registered for 26 children aged three months to five years and offers full-time integrated daycare. Since it opened, 16 children have registered.
The purpose-built premises are made from locally sourced materials and designed to be eco-friendly, with heated flooring and zoned sensor lighting.
The nursery also has a pets' corner, where children can feed and pat the farm's cows and ponies.
Owner Katherine Farthing decided to open the nursery when she was having to travel nine miles from her home to find full-time nursery care for her youngest daughter.
After speaking to her husband, who runs the farm, about opening a nursery Ms Farthing got in touch with the South West Rural Enterprise Gateway, which told her about grants available from the Rural Development Programme for England.
They were awarded a grant of £129,000, which helped to fund the cost of the nursery building.
Ms Farthing said she wanted to take a hands-on role but had no formal childcare qualifications, so she trained to NVQ Level 2 and 3 in Childcare Learning and Development.
The nursery also employs a manager, and one part-time and three full-time members of staff.
Ms Farthing said, 'The nursery has been a real success and our story is being used as a case study by the South West Rural Enterprise Gateway. We have had a huge amount of interest in the nursery and more children are joining as the weeks go on.'