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Achray Farm, welcome to our small farm and our home in The Trossachs. Since 2016 we have been using regenerative principles to create a modern smallholding tending our veg, fruit and animals, offering Old Farmhouse accommodation and being part of the community.

In 2020 we launched our own small batch artisan ice cream with our own dairy and creamery, using seasonal farm fruits and local foraged flavours, changing weekly.

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About

Achray Farm is a smallholding in Brig o’Turk in the heart of the Trossachs. Our sustainable permaculture and low-input methods produce supplies with provenance and love. We currently have a small polytunnel and market garden, a large selection of hens, ducks and two goats.

The farm sits on the Great Trossachs Path and visitors are welcome anytime as we have a literal ‘open gate’ policy. Dogs on leads please and sustainable transport preferred (please walk from the Byre Inn or access from the Three Lochs Forest Drive).

In 2018 we completed our first transformation with the implementation of our biomass heating system and opening of the Old Farmhouse as holiday accommodation. For more details see our AirBnB listing.

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March 6, 2020July 8, 2020

The Old Farmhouse – Availability and Update

** In the Trossachs community the accommodation providers are carefully and respectfully reopening in line with guidance as restrictions are eased. Closures from March to June helped to limit impact on rural services and protect our local population. Many thanks to everyone who respected Brig o’ Turk and the National Park in this time. [Updated, …

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February 29, 2020February 29, 2020

Trees and Woodlands – and an MSP

Back in late 2019, we were delighted to host Mairi Gougeon MSP at Achray Farm as part of the launch of the National Park Trees and Woodlands Strategy. Also in attendance were James Stuart & Simon Jones (Convener and Conservation Director at the park authority) and Cameron Maxwell, Conservator at Scottish Forestry. We were blessed …

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August 29, 2019

Foraging in Finland

So… just as our latest project got to a critical point (more on that in a future post), I dropped everything to go a remote area of Finland for four days. Why on earth?! I asked myself the same question but, in short, it was too fantastic an opportunity to turn down and I had …

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