Pembrokeshire Agroforestry - Agroforestry Open Weekend 2025

We are delighted to be taking part in Agroforestry Open Weekend 2025

Our farm

Pencedni is a 10 acre agroforestry site in North Pembrokeshire. We are between 110 and 140 metres above sea level on a south facing slope. There is a good amount of tree cover in the surrounding landscape. Owing to the site’s topography and limited access, our main interest is in silvopasture, which we are in the process of developing. Much of what has been planted is intended as propagation / seed stock for an agroforestry nursery.

Our agroforestry

Formerly horse pasture, the site is now several years into being developed as a mainly silvopastural agroforestry system. We are experimenting with various approaches – such as strategies for tree establishment in grazed areas; trying different layouts and densities of tree cover within the landscape; and trialling some novel tree crops. The main components so far are an apple orchard; a walnut orchard; wildflower meadows; several new coppice stands for various outputs; a diverse native broadleaf wood and a mixed evergreen timber stand / shelterbelt. Most areas continue to be rotationally grazed with Badgerface Torwen sheep.

Here are some photos of what we do: