Dyfi Plants
Edible and useful plants for home gardeners and community garden projects, from our permaculture growing site in mid-west Wales.
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Plants for Resilient Gardens
Dyfi Plants is founded by Huw Richards and Sam Cooper. Our goal is to provide a wide range of edible and useful plants for small to medium sized growing projects such as back gardens and community gardens.
With an emphasis on perennial plants, and rarer varieties that hold special characteristics, we aim to cater for any project looking to create a resilient garden or edible landscape.
Supporting Communities
Supporting other projects is a vital part of the work we do, as we play one small part of an exciting network of people and organisations that are working towards a food system that is built on local resilience and puts nature at the centre of everything.
As well as having a working collaboration with Incredible Vegetables, for every 10 plants we sell, we will donate 1 edible perennial plant to a community growing project.
We also offer consultations for new community gardens and growing projects. Please get in touch with your needs. Consultation rates for community gardens are £75 an hour, and follow a permaculture design framework to help ensure success and resiliency of the project.
Permaculture in Mid-West Wales
Dyfi Plants itself located at Dan Yr Onnen, a permaculture experimental growing site nestled in the southern area of the UNESCODyfi Biosphere, a beautiful slice of mid-west Wales.
The site is 7 acres in size, and consists of multiple projects including the garden used for Huw & Sam’s Self Sufficiency book, along with a David Austin Roses garden for edible uses, an orchard converted into a syntropic system, and plenty more!
oNLINE COURSES & bOOKS FOR SALE!
As part of our wider mission to support growers at every stage, we offer a range of online courses and books by Huw Richards and Sam Cooper.
These resources are rooted in the same principles we apply at the nursery, offering practical, regenerative approaches to growing food at home or in your community. Every purchase helps support the nursery and the work we do to make resilient gardening more accessible.
The Dyfi Plants Team
Huw Richards | Founder & Operations
Huw Richards is a permaculturalist and author who fell in love with growing by propagating blackcurrant cuttings at a young age. His work focuses on creating and inspiring people to create their own edible landscapes; be it on their allotment or homestead. Huw is a co-director of Regenerative Media alongside Sam.
Sam Cooper | Founder & Creative
Sam Cooper is a professional chef by background and an author, and since 2021 has been working alongside Huw in their quest to bridge the gap between the growing and cooking of incredible produce. He is known for being a pioneer in the world of fermentation, and is always on the lookout for new flavours to grow.
Eleri Jenkins | Nursery Manager
Eleri studies wildlife conservation in university where her interest in plants developed. Having worked numerous roles in the conservation sector, her interest in the botanical side grew and led her to seek a career in horticulture, including deputy head gardener at Palé Hall Hotel. When not in the garden, Eleri can be found on the beach fossil hunting with her two daughters.
Llyr Griffiths | Nurseryman
Llyr Griffiths started working with Huw and Sam at the age of 16, and has now joined the team on a full-time basis since leaving school. He has his own food forest and garden at home, holds a permaculture design certificate through Geoff Lawton’s online course, and loves anything to do with tools and machinery.
William Tweedy | Marketing
William joined the Regenerative Media team to aid their video production side for multiple social media channels, and runs the Dyfi Plants YouTube channel. He also enjoys spending time getting stuck in with the garden, and when he isn’t at work, he is still behind the camera working on his own documentary projects.
Humphrey | Director of Transport
Humphrey needs little introduction. He is a unit! Can carry more than any other team member, and makes everything possible to get the plants to you – be it at the local farmers market or taking packages to the royal mail sorting office.
The Ladies | Head Composters
Our lovely flock of ex-layers from a local organic egg farm have a new job – turning all the green materials from the site into beautiful rich compost! We make sure we give them plenty of greens every day, and they have the time of their lives packing and scratching around their super-posh pen. Plus they also provide plenty of eggs for the team to share.
