by fforest
A wellness wedding
at fforest
We know that for couples, the journey to ‘I do’ begins long before the wedding. That can include boot camp at the gym or a pre-wedding crash diet. At fforest we’ve noticed a shift: our wedding couples are changing, looking for a more mindful, holistic approach to the wedding preparations and beyond. We want to help make that happen.
At fforest we have always encouraged guests to take full advantage of the great outdoors that surround us: gorge walking, trail running, wild swimming are all things that are embedded in our environment and approach. Whatever level you and your guests are at, a little exercise in beautiful green space is a great way to rebalance and centre. You and your guests can take advantage of our sauna and cold shower, yoga and meditation spaces and our woodland for forest bathing. With massage, reflexology and a variety of other treatments available by request, you might just need an extra day or two to fit it all in.
Food is an important part of any wedding and getting the menu right for your wedding is a priority. We will work with you to create a menu that reflects your ethics and beliefs - moral, environmental and health-related. We provide menus full of colour, freshness and delicious flavour combinations that will delight your family and friends in traditional, vegetarian and vegan options.
Who are we?
What is fforest?
You and your guests will be surrounded by our 200 acres of the great outdoors. Celebrate across our barns, tipis, terraces and pub. Eat and drink the very best of local, party into the night, then settle down to dream in our great indoors: a range of beautifully designed and built accommodation with proper beds and a level of comfort that your granny will approve of. All your friends and family can stay together in comfort and share every moment of the best weekend of your lives.
Accommodation: One of many types, The fforest dome
Spaces: The quarry ceremony
Naturally beautiful
Food & drink: zero miles, specialist menus
Your very own pub
FAqs
fforest food
Food is a big part of what we do and we strive to make the very best we can. We grow a lot of our own vegetables and have great food resources available to us locally. The flavours, textures and colours are assembled to celebrate the abundance of local, seasonal flavours. We cook for our guests pretty much year-round and nothing is bought in pre-prepared. Over the past 10 years, our cooks have prepared many thousands of wedding meals for all preferences with passion, precision and dedication.
Where will our wedding be?
You can have your wedding ceremony in a choice of dramatic locations at fforest, indoors or out. There are a number of atmospheric spots around the farm licensed for civil wedding ceremonies.
The marriage registration can take place in:
The Bwthyn (our tiny stone pub), Ty fforest (the farmhouse), the Garden Pavillion, Lodge, Lodge barn or Cedar barn.
WHat will our guests eat?
Your guests arrive to wood-fired pizza, enjoy a simple healthy communal breakfast on the morning of the ceremony, and for the main event, one traditional and one casual festival-style meal, or more formal feasting at long tables. We grow our own vegetables, brew our own beer. Our specialities are local and seasonal, wood-smoked and barbecued dishes, pizzas and bread from our stone bake oven. There are menus available for all preferences. We will work with you to blend three key ingredients: people, produce and place and make them all sing and shine.
WhAT WILL OUR GUESTS DRINK?
Like our food, we love the best: independent, natural and preferably local.
We have beers brewed, gins distilled and wines (including natural and bio-dynamic) selected exclusively for us from our favourite producers. If there’s something you want us to stock we’ll try our best. If there’s something you want to bring, we charge a fair corkage.
Where will our guests stay?
fforest has a range of accommodation available: the luxury of the Georgian farmhouse and split-level crog lofts; beautifully furnished, romantic geodesic domes, some with Japanese outdoor cast concrete soaking tubs; cosy and comfortable bespoke wooden shacs with terraces and unrivalled views.
What will our memories look like?
Photographers love coming to fforest. Our great light and natural backdrops give a range of dreamy locations for the special couple and spontaneous moments for family and friends.
Location
fforest farm,
West Wales, UK
Just outside Cardigan and moments from the west Wales coast, fforest is the perfect natural setting for a wellness wedding. Set in 200 acres of environmentally-managed farmland and bordered by 300 acres of nature reserve, fforest and the surrounding land is a pristine natural environment in which to enjoy a full wedding weekend (or longer) with your friends and family.
““Words can’t really describe what an amazing place you have here. We have had the best week and certainly the best wedding that could be conceived. Each and every guest wants to return and that says it all””
