About us:

Fforest Mountain is a 2 acre organic certified market garden based at Fforest Barn Retreat, in the beautiful Black Mountains in Wales. Our ethos focuses on our connection with our natural environment, optimising health and nutrition from soil to seed, plant to person. We work towards the goal of ‘Beyond Organic’ growing. By providing balanced mineral nutrition, soil testing and maximizing soil biology we maximize nutrient density. Our produce is available on-site for retreat chefs and holiday guests or through our veg box scheme, delivering to Abergavenny and its surrounding areas.

We grow a diverse range of crops on the farm, with an intensive rotation allowing us variety across our vegetable offering. The soft fruit area supplies a mix of hybrid and heritage berries, alongside our newly established orchard producing seasonal fruit for eating, juicing and preservation. During our Summer months, our cut flower garden truly sparks to life, and flowers can be ordered by guests or added to veg box deliveries.

As part of our connection to the natural environment, our methods try to ‘close the loop’ as much as possible treating the farm as an ecosystem. In the garden, we minimize soil disturbance and protect the soil with mulches or by growing living cover. We treat our seeds and soil with microbe rich compost extracts and homemade ferments. Manure for our compost comes from our friendly alpacas and a small flock of free range laying hens, whose organic eggs can be purchased alongside our other produce.