What began as a family project to restore old buildings and care for a Welsh hill farm gradually evolved into a longer-term project shaped by landscape, ecology, history and time.
Lofftwen remains a lived and working landscape. The farm continues to evolve season by season, shaped by the people, wildlife, weather and landscapes around it.
Hardy Hereford cattle and rare Eriskay ponies graze the hills throughout the year as part of the farm’s ecological recovery. Local partnerships, craftspeople and neighbouring communities continue to shape the project alongside the landscape itself.
Lofftwen is a 320-acre hill farm in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales.
Since 2016 the farm has gradually been restored through woodland creation, habitat recovery, careful grazing and the restoration of historic buildings.
What began as a private family project increasingly evolved into a longer-term ecological and cultural project shaped by the landscape itself.
Today, the land is managed by Lofftwen Ecological Trust, with the farm continuing to operate as a place to stay, explore and experience the changing landscape through the seasons.
Restoration here happens slowly, through weather, grazing, woodland regeneration and time.
Some changes are visible within a season. Others may take generations.
