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 »
Category: Member spotlight
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 »
Member spolight: Bryn Euryn Nursery
For over thirty years, Bryn Euryn Nursery has provided people with learning disabilities with daily activities at a busy horticultural nursery. The nursery in Colwyn Bay offers those attending the chance to gain horticultural skills, along with an opportunity to… Read more »
“This is my dream”
We met Alan Jones at 5 Acre Nursery in Tal-y-Bont. Alan, 69, has been running his nursery in the Conwy Valley for 10 years. At the nursery and market garden, Alan grows herbs, bedding, vegetables, and perennials and also has… Read more »