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For today and tomorrowLet’s create your Dream Green Wedding, Together!
If you have your heart set on a stunning wedding celebration and protecting the environment is important to you, then our eco-friendly converted barn wedding venue is the perfect match! Set in the heart of stunning Hertfordshire countryside, our barnyard and paddocks, are home to our many rare-breed animals, while our organic smallholding supplies fresh, home-grown produce for your dream celebration at our Hertfordshire wedding venue
We’d love to help you plan a unforgettable sustainable wedding. Read our eco-friendly wedding tips below, or come and visit us — together, we can create the perfect, eco-conscious celebration that doesn’t cost the earth.
Sustainability at South Farm
With sustainability a growing priority, many couples are seeking ways to make their wedding day as kind to the planet as it is beautiful. If you’d like to minimise the environmental impact of your wedding and are dreaming of a wedding that is magical, romantic and environmentally conscious we can help! Our stunning countryside venue combines the charm of a fairytale setting with a deep commitment to environmental responsibility. From our home-grown organic produce and ethical catering to renewable energy and low-waste initiatives, our sustainable mission can help you create a truly memorable eco-friendly wedding day that treads lightly on the earth while leaving you with lasting memories.
Everything we doSustainability at our Heart
At South Farm, we are dedicated to serving both the wedding sector and our community in a sustainable manner. We are committed to continually reducing our carbon footprint and introducing new environmentally friendly initiatives whenever possible. Here are some of our key sustainability initiatives.
Our chickens supply all our eggs and our smallholding provides around 70% of our fruit and veg – all grown using organic principles.
We reduce plastics by using biodegradable straws, refillable toiletries bottles in guest rooms and glass for drinking water.
Our green energy initiatives include low energy appliances and lighting, EV chargers, and our own solar array.
We have planted over 1000 indigenous trees, heritage orchards and kilometres of new hedgerow.
We offer fully plant-based, vegetarian and gluten-free menus and as well as organic wine options.
Water from our onsite borehole is used to irrigate our crops and flush our toilets.
Now and the futureSouth Farm’s Sustainable Mission and Goals
Our labour of love over the last fifty years, has transformed South Farm from a barren site with just two trees into a stunning eco-friendly wedding venue, featuring Grade II listed barns, a country farmhouse, thriving meadows, gardens, and an organic smallholding. Our goal is to create magical, sustainable weddings that celebrate love while protecting the environment. Looking to the future in our Cambridgeshire outdoor wedding we will continue to expand our eco-initiatives — adding solar energy, enhancing our green principles and supporting biodiversity.
All Year RoundA Month-by-Month photo Tour of South Farm
Our homegrown produce is tended with care and delivered daily to the kitchen by our smallholding team ensuring zero food miles, zero packaging costs and reduced refrigeration! Working together, our chefs and garden team plan the planting & harvesting across our 10 acre smallholding. Our talented chefs create seasonal menus from the produce grown here at South Farm. Find out what’s growing each month in the gardens and on the farm!
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A little changeSustainable Swaps for Your South Farm Wedding
Whether you have questions about our eco-friendly wedding venue, initiatives or sourcing locally grown seasonal flowers, sustainable favours or eco-friendly decorations for your wedding day our friendly team are on hand!
Our dried rose petals for your guests
Our dried rose petals for your guests
Everything we doWhat Makes South Farm the Perfect Choice for an Eco-Friendly Wedding?
At South Farm we strive to serve the wedding sector and our community in a sustainable way. We are determined do the best we possibly can in reducing our carbon footprint. Alongside our current sustainable measures, we are keen to continue to introduce new environmentally friendly initiatives whenever we can.
We have recently installed EV chargers to encourage travel to and from our sustainable wedding venue that has a lower impact on the environment. We are truly a field to fork venue growing 70% of our own fruit and vegetables on-site using organic principles – meaning zero food miles – not to mention the tastiest food! We continue to invest in improved eco growing techniques and technologies, such as new irrigation systems – using water from our bore hole – and netting for organic pest control, to allow us to grow more, and to grow greener.
All our sustainable efforts are possible because of our amazing team! We are proud to offer flexible working for local people who bring a wide range of skills to our friendly, happy team!
Field to Fork
Our homegrown produce is tended with care and delivered daily to the kitchen by our smallholding team meaning zero food miles, zero packaging costs & minimised refrigeration! Working together, our chefs and growers plan the planting & harvesting across our 10 acre smallholding. Our talented chefs create sesaonal menus from the produce grown here at South Farm.
Our Animals
Our rare breed animals live in harmony in the barnyard & paddocks at our sustainable wedding venue. Our rare breed chickens rub shoulders with pigs & runner ducks in the barnyard while our sheep & lambs graze in the paddock. Our chickens & bantams produce rich tasty eggs for the kitchen and we keep runner ducks with the poultry to protect them from local foxes.
Homegrown with Love
Our farming uses organic principles & harnesses the power of nature to help us grow a diverse range of crops with no need for chemical fertilisers, herbicides or pesticides. Our orchard provides an abundance of fruit and our free-range chickens give us all our eggs. Over-winter storage for crops such as squash, onions & garlic mean these can be used in our menus all year round.
Sustainable Sourcing
We source responsibily from local suppliers and endeavour to buy organic, free-trade & Rainforest Alliance certified products wherever we can. We only externally source what we really have to, preferring to use our home-grown produce wherever we can.
Diversity
We are proud to offer fully plant-based, vegetarian & gluten-free menus and a wide range of ethnic menus at our sustainable wedding venue so prepare yourself for a truly delicious feast whatever your dietary needs may be! Our chefs are experienced in an impressive range of cuisines including Kosher-friendly, Thai, Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Moroccan, European & African, to name a few. Our comprehensive wine list includes organic, vegetarian & plant-based options.
Our Team
Our talented team bring a wide range of skills to our eco wedding venue. We recruit locally offering flexible employment, progressive training, apprenticeships & work experience placements. Our enthusiasm is contagious & extends to everything we do! Underpinned by our genuine love of weddings, and our heartfelt sustainable principles, we are proud of our friendly, helpful & professional Team.. we are only ever as good as them & our feedback is testament to that!
Wedding heroesSouth Farm’s Sustainable Wedding Suppliers
Many of our suppliers share our values and commitment to sustainability. Look out for our Sustainable Supplier Badge. This means the supplier supports a sustainable approach and has a clear policy on the changes they’re making to support a better future for our community and planet.
Questions?Need to know...
The Venue
How far is the nearest station?
Royston Railway Station is about 5 miles away or 12 minutes by car from our wedding venue. Cambridge Railway Station is 14 miles away and takes 30 minutes by car.
Can I have a tour of the venue?
Of course! Just call the team on 01223 207581 or email [email protected] and we can book you in for a guided showround of our barn wedding venue which takes about an hour and a half and are offered on weekday and weekend mornings. We are also able to provide you with a detailed estimate of costs for your wedding. We are only able to offer afternoon appointments on week days if there is no event taking place.
Booking and Cancellation
How long can you hold a date for?
You can provisionally hold a date for up to three weeks, depending on how far away the date is, with no obligation or cost. This allows you time to speak to the Cambridgeshire Registrars or wedding celebrant, and of course your nearest and dearest, before booking your dream wedding venue.
How late can I cancel my booking?
Once your Agreement is signed then you are not able to cancel your booking without penalty. Please speak to our Weddings Team to discuss as each cancellation is dealt with on an individual basis depending on the time left until the date.
Accommodation
Do you have accommodation on site?
All of the South Farm on site wedding accommodation is reserved for our couples who allocate the bedrooms and caravans to their family and friends – we do not take wedding accommodation bookings directly – you need to speak to your hosts! 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!
Where is the nearest hotel?
There are a great range of hotel and B&B options around our Royston wedding venue, smaller B&Bs within a couple of miles and larger hotel options in Royston, Potton or Cambourne. We have a local to South Farm accommodation list in the Supplier section of the South Farm website which lists all available wedding accommodation options.