Our Sustainable Approach

Cynefin

As soon as we set eyes on Ffynnon Beuno’s beauty we fell in love. There is a word in Welsh – “cynefin” that describes a real sense of belonging to a place and that’s how we feel about our home with its intriguing history and gentle peace, which is why we developed our sustainable approach.

For us, Ffynnon Beuno offered a chance to escape all the stress and noise of the modern world and live a good and healthy life. It’s a big project and some of what we have attempted has been highly experimental – like 50 young cherry trees planted on the mountain side to shade out encroaching gorse and blackthorn and then scraping the entire valley floor so we can sow it with native wildflower.

It’s not all back to basics though – we’re also on a journey to energy independence with solar panels and biomass heating. Our own borehole is planned for next year to make the most of the naturally filtered welsh mountain water coursing through the valley.

More traditionally, we have successfully grafted a series of apple trees from an ancient heritage species, not available in any supermarket, and we are currently developing traditional hedgerow household products like hawthorn and rose hip syrup.

A thriving colony of honeybees pollinate our flowers and all our eggs are laid by our free-range chickens. Our philosophy is that we all need to stop, reflect and reconnect with our environment in real and practical ways and here at Ffynnon Beuno.

Our sustainable 360 approach is part of the experience at Ffynnon Beuno, when you stay in our luxury glamping shepherds huts you can enhance your stay with any of our experience kits containing locally grown or locally sourced produce. From natural honey to handcrafted fruit Jams. Unique to Ffynnon Beuno, we would love you to share this vision – even if it’s only for a short while!!