Sustainability

Sustainability is one of our watchwords at Farlam Hall.

Our kitchen gardens provide us with produce for the restaurant all year round as well as seasonal flowers for the hotel. When there is a bumper harvest we ferment, dehydrate and freeze so we can use what we can in the autumn and winter. Our gardening team can be found nurturing their plants whatever the weather.

The beautiful gardens are maintained by Matt and Mark and are a haven for wildlife, particularly our very own honey bees and the local bumblebees. They love the phacelia and borage planted especially for them. Beautiful wild marsh orchids thrive in the woodland in the late spring and the mature trees look magnificent all year around.

Our thriving community of bees expanded to a second hive last summer with the expert guidance of beekeeper Mark. The bees produced honey last year and we are delighted to be using it in the kitchen.

Composting and restricting food waste are an important part of running a sustainable business and we put a lot of store by putting as much back in to the soil as possible.

At The Sycamore Retreat we are delighted to use GAIA Skincare products, which use only the finest ingredients, plant actives and essential oils.

Handmade in the English countryside using traditional production methods, GAIA products blend together the very best mother nature has to offer and are at least 95% natural. GAIA products do not contain any sulphates, parabens, synthetic fragrances, mineral oils, endangered ingredients, polymers, silicones, or synthetic colours.

All GAIA packaging has been carefully chosen to be recycled, with glass bottles and jars wherever possible, minimal recyclable plastic and with elements of bamboo; one of the earths most sustainable plants.

Care and attention has gone into the finer design details of the bottles and jars; consciously removing the need for secondary packaging to keep any packaging to an absolute minimum.