We recently visited Wales ‘Café Garden Centre of the Year’ – Seven Oaks Garden Centre run by Ian Forsyth in Ruthin. We talked about the garden centre business in Wales, growing in Wales and the work we’ve done with his… Read more »
Category: Case study
Case study: The Woodland Skills Centre
Last week Rod Waterfield from the Woodland Skill Centre chatted with us about the work they do, what they’ve done with Horticulture Wales and the future of Welsh Horticulture. We hope you’re inspired by his positive outlook on the future… Read more »
Member spotlight: FlintShare
Based at their sites at Cilcain, Northop, and Hawarden, FlintShare, which has been running since 2010, is a community-run social enterprise that gives members the chance to grow their own vegetables and fruit together. Comprising learner and experienced growers, the… Read more »
Member spotlight: Blodyn Aur
Llyr Jones runs his company, Blodyn Aur, in Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr where he produces rapeseed oil. Llyr, 39, produces the oil at his family home at Derwydd Farm, which he shares with his wife Emma, 39, and children, Dwynwen, two,… Read more »
Member spotlight: Eat my flowers
Sarah Hughes runs her business, Eat My Flowers, from the family farm at Cae Mawr where she lives with her husband, Philip, and her two teenage boys. Whilst Philip works for the Rhug Estate, and with his father on their… Read more »
Member spotlight: Mushrooming success!
Cynan Jones is a tenant farmer with the National Trust where he runs The Mushroom Garden, or Yr Ardd Fadarch, in North Wales. Based in Nantmor, near Beddgelert, Cynan grows shiitake and oyster mushrooms, which are then dried and used… Read more »
Member spotlight: Sowing Nature’s Seeds
Jan Miller runs Saith Ffynnon Wildlife Plants from her home near Holywell—a business that specialises in wild seeds and plants, including those native to the UK, that are useful to wildlife. At her home, a former farm, naturalist Jan grows… Read more »
Member spotlight: Painting the Mountains Blue
Vera Fitzsimmons-Thoss is a lecturer in sustainable chemistry at Bangor University. Vera runs her business, Vera Bluebell, in Llanberis where she lives with her husband, Jason, and daughter, Hannah. By accident, Vera started her company when she was growing the… Read more »