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Marking the turning of time feels like an important part of what we do here at Bryn Cynefin. When it feels like the world is a runaway train, coming back to life's anchors - food, fire, friends, family, fun - is such a balm (and a privilege). In a secular society where the idea of ceremony has been either co-opted by religion or capitalism or often colonised and appropriated without consent; ceremonies can feel conflicting, confusing or performative. Ceremonies have always be

We had a beautiful, hearty day on the hill at Bryn Cynefin facilitating a "People's Medicine - Forage and Make" session, with our most excellent local community herbalist Stephanie Ward Thanks to everyone who came! We explored our relationships with our plant allies through  starting from a place of curiosity  engaging the senses noticing how our bodies feel and learning to trust the information it gives us using 'eagle eyes' and 'mouse eyes' to see things from a fresh persp

FEB 2024 - Stump Up for Trees brought 1,200 trees and a load of brilliant, experienced, passionate volunteers to help us plant them all! We planted over 200m of native hedgerow and 2 shelter belts of taller trees such as alder, goat willow, cherry and oak along the boundary line of what will become the orchard field. There was some discussion around whether to use the plastic guards, but after speaking to a neighbour, agreed that the risk of loosing upto 20% of the plants wa

MAY 2025 We had a wonderful day on sunday! Thanks to everyone who came to help. We look forward to many more days like this up on the hill. Thank you to @landfoodmedicine for all your support and advice with this process. Let us know what you think! We will be growing shiitake, lions mane, turkey tail and oyster mushrooms as one of our stacked enterprises here at Bryn Cynefin. This first part of the process takes a lot of time and preparation. Having the help of friends has

Text about making Hawthorn Tonic