Ysbryd y Coed (meaning Spirit of the Trees in Welsh) is a ten acre One Planet Development in Carmarthenshire, a few miles down the road from the Lammas Ecovillage. Our main aim for our OPD is to create a place where wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do, both physical wellbeing and spiritual wellbeing. We approach working with the land from a place of love and gratitude for the abundance it can give when treated with respect.
We eat a plant-based diet (meaning no animal products) and for this reason we prefer to think of our OPD as a large garden rather than a farm, or smallholding. We are focused on growing vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, grains, mushrooms, herbs, flowers and most of all trees. Food is one of our biggest passions here – growing it, eating it, turning it into beautiful creations and highlighting how exciting and nutritious a plant based diet can be. We also enjoy working with the trees to create unique woodcraft items that can help inspire people to reconnect with the energy/spirit of trees.
We live a gentle and creative life here, full of love, laughter, music and joy, connecting with mother earth and flowing with the rhythms of nature.
We are seeking volunteers to help with building our house and establish the infrastructure of our One Planet Development. We are aiming to complete as much of the build as possible this year and if you’re interested in building we would really like to hear from you. The design of our house is a very modest, lightweight timber cabin, so for the most part it will involve just carpentry and some stone work for the foundations. So no straw bales or cob… Though there will be plenty of space to be creative… Experience isn’t really necessary, just the desire to work hard and help us get out of our caravan as soon as possible… Though if you are experienced, then that’s great too.
email info@ysbrydycoed.com for more info, or visit our facebook page
Much love, Chris and Salena xx
Rhiw Las
