Training at Home Farm!

Tywi Afon Yr Oesoedd

Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones has officially launched a £2.4million project, aimed at conserving and celebrating the Tywi Valley. Tywi Afon Yr Oesoedd (Tywi a River Through Time) is a partnership funded heritage project, led by Carmarthenshire County Council, which will create a legacy for future generations by safeguarding the valley’s rich and unique landscape, biodiversity and history.

The project has received £1.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, £557,378 from the Rural Development Plan, and support from the Countryside Council for Wales, Menter Bro Dinefwr and National Trust.

The project is based in two converted barns at Dinefwr Home Farm on the outskirts of Llandeilo.  The Cart Shed houses the offices of the Tywi Afon yr Oesoedd Project and a seminar and demonstration area.  The Cow Shed is being converted into workshop space for carpentry, joinery, masonry and stonework skills.

When completed the barns together will form the Traditional Sustainable Building Centre which will serve to promote the importance of traditional buildings and their maintenance and encourage the uptake of related skills.  The Centre will run training courses in Traditional Building Skills through Tŷ Mawr Lime and Coleg Sir Gâr, and will also provide general information about traditional building and appropriate maintenance and about how to find sympathetic builders and craftsmen in the area

Ty-Mawr is delivering 18 training days at the centre over the initial three years  in all aspects of traditional and sustainable building including lime plastering, energy efficiency and traditional and natural paints. They are also taking their demonstration house down to three open days per annum to demonstrate these skills to members of the public.

Ty-Mawr's mobile plastering horses at the Homeowners Plastering Day, Home Farm, Llandeilo