Orchid Meadows blog

Our second apple pressing of the season saw Tawny Little House guests Pjotr and Sarah at the core of activities. Feeling the squeeze were...

The year 2025 will forever be known as the Year of the Plum at Orchid Meadows. We've been weighed down with delicious Victoria plums,...

We don’t normally direct Orchid Meadows guests to a day out at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth – it is a sombre place – but...

The weather has been good and we have been out making hay while the sun shines. Fifty-three big bales were produced, up from the previous...

What more appropriate place could there be to sunbathe than on a solar panel? These common green grasshoppers are taking it easy in Home...

It's three weeks before you'd expect in a normal year but our Beauty of Bath apples are now piling up in our fruit basket. And they're...

Orchid Meadows has begun a new partnership with the Greener Camping Club, based in neighbouring Pembrokeshire. The club enables us to...

Volunteers surveyed wild flower meadows at Orchid Meadows today and counted 1981 flowering heads of heath spotted orchid, 13 per cent...

Heath spotted orchid   The ideal time to immerse yourself in our orchids is approaching… Orchid Fortnight runs from Saturday 28 June to...

A stunning night sky above Red Kite Yurt [Picture by Lowell Goddard] Recent guests Lowell and Jane captured this stunning night sky on...

Around Orchid Meadows glamping site and nature reserve near Tregaron in West Wales, there have been a number of dramatic spring wildlife...

The spring flowers are well out now at Orchid Meadows in West Wales, our orchards are laden with blossom, the cuckoo is back and the sun...

The Orchid Meadows cuckoo has arrived back for its annual shenanigans in the nest boxes. Actually, it is three days later than last year...

It's been a warm and sunny couple of months for most of us and nature is now coming to life at full speed. In our Greek Garden, the fig...

It's official: spring is on its way at Orchid Meadows! The wetland in our Cors Caron Fach now features numerous piles of frog spawn, a...

A week ago we welcomed three new hens to our henhouse. Meet Jenny, Josie and Judy (not necessarily shown in that order), Araucana hybrids...

Yesterday, a day after squalls of heavy rain, a warm and sunny February Saturday came out of the blue. These Orchid Meadows guests made...

We've just put the finishing touches to our new living willow tunnel down by our pond, site of our growing Green Man village. Willow is...

Today we laboured hard to build new dust baths for Jackie and the four Saras to help keep their feathers in tip-top condition. We used...

The arrival of summer is, if not imminent, then surely in sight if you have a pair of strong binoculars. The booking systems for Tawny...