Glasbren: Tree Planting & Farm Days in Wales (2025/26)

📅 Monthly (first Saturday of each month) & annual Big Community Tree Planting Day (dates vary; Big Community Tree Planting Day listed for 2025 and announced for 2026) | 📍 Lords Park Farm, Carmarthen / Llanarthney area, Wales, UK | 🏷️ workshop

Glasbren’s events at Lords Park Farm (Permaculture Sir Gar / Glasbren Permaculture) include a monthly Community Farm Day on the first Saturday of every month and a Big Community Tree Planting Day that has run as an annual springtime celebration; these gatherings are grassroots, practical, and designed to welcome volunteers, families and new learners into hands-on permaculture landwork. The Community Farm Day series offers seasonal activities, nature-based taster sessions and mini-workshops that may include green woodworking tasters (such as spoon carving), forest bathing sessions, orchard management, seed-saving introductions, coppicing and hedgelaying demonstrations, and basic practical skills for working on a small farm using permaculture techniques. The Big Community Tree Planting Day focuses on planting fruit trees for a community orchard and large numbers of native tree saplings, often tied to local crowdfunding projects that engage volunteers and supporters; previous iterations were fully booked due to high interest, indicating strong community demand. These events are open to volunteers and are designed for a wide audience: absolute beginners wanting an accessible introduction to permaculture, community groups seeking collaborative activities, families looking for outdoor events, and experienced practitioners who want to support land restoration and orchard establishment. Attendees learn practical planting techniques, tree care and aftercare regimes, site preparation, seasonal planning and how to integrate trees into broader permaculture systems for food production, biodiversity enhancement and soil regeneration. Beyond practical skills, the events foster local networks, peer learning and long-term stewardship commitments. The monthly cadence provides recurring opportunities for skill-building and relationship formation, making these events valuable both as entry points into permaculture and as ongoing volunteer pathways for practitioners aiming to participate in community-led land projects.