About Us
A permaculture led community
Welcome to our community in South Wales
At IDMWYD, we work with nature and use permaculture principles to guide the design of our space.
We are passionate about protecting the Earth, championing environmental preservation and recognising the profound importance of safeguarding our planet for future generations.
Learn with us
We offer courses throughout the year, from bushcraft skills and permaculture design to yoga.
Explore with us
We offer guided experiences across the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons).
Play with us
Go swimming in the river, enjoy Petanque, play in the grounds, try slacklining or acroyoga.
Grow with us
We accept volunteers all year round to come and stay, learn and grow our community.
Stay with us
Get back to nature and camp with us, glamp with us, or stay in our stunning cottage.
Build with us
Help us to build a thriving community, we would love you to be a part of it!
Through sustainable practices, education and collaborative community-building, IDMWYD’s mission is to create a haven where we can thrive in harmony with nature.
This is us
Meet our community
Chris is extremely passionate about permaculture and is the driving force behind the design of our space. You can usually find him somehwere in the gardens, with his head in a book researching the next project, or on an adventure with his daughter Phoenix.
Jo (also known as Trixie) is an amature folklorist and cryptozoologist. She enjoys writing, crafting, yoga, heavy metal and boardgames. She is mummy of baby Phoenix. Read her blog at www.folklorewithtrixie.com
Dan is our Black Country cowboy. He is currently building us a new chicken coop. He is our resident chef who makes one of the best shepherds pies you’ll ever taste. He likes to shoot things.
Alun is Dan’s best friend. He can turn his hand to most things but particularly loves gadgets that will make our lives easier. His favourite thing is chatting shit with a well earned beer at the end of the day.
John is a maker of things, a lover of puppets and a strong believer that biochar is the answer to all our problems. He is Violet’s daddy.
Steph is Violet’s mummy and a woman of many talents. She will bake the best bread you’ve ever tasted, can sort out the electrics in your camper and summon bees on command.
Violet is a very cute kid who likes to say please, flutters her eye-lids and asks for cuddles in order to get what she wants (it works!), she is as adorable as she is cheeky.
Phoenix is the youngest community member, she likes to whisper “bye bye” quite threateningly as she leaves the room, she eats sand and likes to ecstatically scream at Violet whenever she sees her.