Sustainable Wedding Venue in Hertfordshire & Cambridgeshire

South Farm is a working farm with a long-standing commitment to nature, seasonal, homegrown food, and low-impact celebrations. We work closely with every couple to plan a wedding that truly reflects them, We’ve created a venue that lives in harmony with the surrounding countryside. With over twenty years’ experience of hosting beautiful, sustainable weddings, our team is here to guide and support you every step of the way. But don’t just take our word for it — come and see for yourself. We’d love to show you around.

Not at all, Every South Farm wedding is uniquely special and tailored to you.  Many couples find that a sustainable approach enhances the beauty and meaning of the day, making it feel more personal, thoughtful, and connected to nature. We’ve created our sustainable wedding venue and continually strive to reduce our own impact on the environment. We can provide tips and guidance to help you reduce the carbon footprint of your wedding day if would like.  Most importantly, incorporating sustainable options into your South Farm wedding is your choice.

We encourage guests to car-share where possible. We have EV car chargers which enable sustainable travel to and from South Farm with a lower impact on the environment. Taxis and group transport options can also help reduce the number of individual journeys. Our nearest main line railway station is Royston which is around five miles away and Cambridge which is 14 miles away. Fast trains from London Kings Cross take just 36 minutes to Royston and 48 minutes to Cambridge where there is a taxi rank. 

Yes! All of our on site accommodation is reserved for our couples who allocate the bedrooms and Romany Wagons to their family and friends. We have five bedrooms and five Romany Caravans which accommodate up to 24 guests and our sister B&B, Fenbridge Farm a mile away, can accommodate an additional six guests for wedding accommodation. We also have a camping area so guests can bring a tent, campervan or caravan if they wish to stay the night at a wedding – you just need to check with your hosts first! Making use of our guest accomodation weill help to reduce travel and allows guests to relax without needing late-night transport.

Yes. if you are keen to reduce the carbon footprint of your wedding, let our friendly planning team know and they will work closely with you to create a celebration that is planned with sustainability at it’s heart whether that’s food and wine choices, wedding decor and styling, your stationery or choosing suppliers with sustainable values. 

Yes. South Farm encourages seasonal, locally grown and British flowers and reusable or biodegradable décor. Our sustainable wedding venue is so beautiful that it makes it easy for couples to opt for minimal styling to compliment the natural setting. Our planning team will be on hand throughout the build up to the big day with tips on sustainable options if you wish.

Candles and tea-lights are permitted as table settings as long as they are in enclosed containers to catch any dripping wax and are not placed on and around our wooden beams. For more sustainable candle options choose reusable LED candles or locally made paraffin free candles made from natural waxes such as beeswax, soy and coconut. 

If you would like to have a confetti shower you can use our complimentary South Farm confetti, dried rose petals available for every on-site wedding ceremony, which are homegrown at South Farm during the summer months! Guests can bring other dried or fresh petal confetti or lavender seeds if they wish. However foil, paper, or fake petal confetti is not allowed, even if it is labelled as biodegradable, as it is harmful to wildlife and creates litter. 

We are proud to cater as sustainably as possible for our guests. Much of the fruit, vegetables and herbs served at South Farm are homegrown. Our chickens supply all our eggs and we use some of our own pork. Outside of our homegrown produce we source responsibly from local suppliers and buy organic, free-trade & Rainforest Alliance certified products wherever we can. We only externally source what we really have to, preferring to use our homegrown produce wherever we can. 

Absolutely. South Farm is especially well known for its vegetarian and plant-based menus, which are popular with couples looking to reduce their environmental footprint. We regularly cater for fully vegetarian or plant-based menus.

As part of our commitment to sustainability our menus are carefully planned around seasonal, homegrown or locally sourced produce. Our homegrown produce from our organic smallholding means zero food miles, minimal packaging, and less chance of surplus going unused. What isn’t served fresh from the garden is preserved for later use and turned into sauces, compotes, or juices. We carefully sort our waste and food and cooking waste is recycled by a local business and converted into renewable energy and organic fertiliser. By planning thoughtfully and recycling responsibly, we strive to significantly reduce the environmental impact of our catering.

Our wines come mostly from Europe to reduce the carbon footprint. Those wines from further afield are imported in containers from overseas and bottled in this country. We are also proud to offer a selection of English wines on our list along with organic and vegan options.

Recycling facilities are provided across the venue for everyday waste and we actively work to reduce single-use plastics and unnecessary waste, favouring glass bottles, jars and containers. 

We encourage the use of reusable items. Many couples hire items from one of our sustainable suppliers. We don’t have recycling systems for wedding decor and used items and ask couples to take away their wedding décor the day after their wedding. Many of our couples choose to upcycle or donate used items where possible.

We actively promote biodiversity through our continuing conservation efforts to support our natural landscape. We have extensively planted trees and hedgerow, created wildflower meadows, ponds and natural habitats that encourage birds, bees, and other wildlife.

Yes. We encourage guests to enjoy the gardens and farm. We have a network of paved and grass paths around the farm and ask guests to use those to help us to preserve our wildflower meadows and natural habitats. Your guests will love visiting our menagerie of delightful animals including donkeys, goats, sheep, chickens and piglets! 

We thoughtfully manage how we use energy with a range of environmentally conscious systems including renewable electricity, energy-efficient lighting, and future-focused initiatives such as our new on-site solar power system which allows us to generate a significant proportion of our own electricity.

Our historic barns have been carefully restored and sympathetically converted into modern venue spaces using traditional, low-impact materials wherever possible in keeping with conservation and the heritage of the farm.