Blackhills CSA

Welcome to Blackhills CSA. A not-for-profit, permaculture-powered growing space where food, nature and people thrive together.

Guided by the permaculture ethics of Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share, we offer seasonal veg boxes, volunteering opportunities, walking meditations in our labyrinth, an accessible sensory garden, a wood-fired sauna and hands-on workshops that celebrate land-based living and community wellbeing.

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Upcoming activities

How to get involved

Workshops

Learn and Grow

Engage in our on-site workshops to re-connect with nature through art, discover the secrets of vegetable cultivation, sustainable farming practices, how to preserve and ferment food and enjoy hands-on learning experiences.

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Sauna experience

Unwind and Rejuvenate

Experience tranquility in our wood-fired sauna, refresh with a cold water shower, and immerse yourself in nature at our serene bird watching area.

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Volunteer Days

Connect and Share

Join us on weekly volunteer days to connect with others in a beautiful, peaceful environment and re-connect with nature while helping with our community project.

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GALLERY

OUR OFFERINGS

Fresh Seasonal Produce

Join now and be part of our seasonal CSA and get a weekly veg box packed full of nutrient dense vegetables.

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Good for You Ferments

Purchase some of our multi-award winning, unpasteurised sauerkraut and kimchi in a vibrant range of delicious flavours

Buy some sauerkraut

Wood-fired Sauna

Escape into nature and enjoy our 4 person wood-fired sauna while watching the birds. Then cool off with our cold shower and listen to the peace.

Book now

Have you seen the rewards we are offering on our crowdfunder?

From sauerkraut workshops to silent disco tickets and more, your donation helps us grow AND gives you something special in return.

Check out the rewards & support us today: https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/p/blackhills-csa-outdoor-classroom#start

#crowdfunder #communitypower #swansea #localfood #swanseacommunity #communityproject #sauerkrautworkshop
#permaculturegarden #kimchiworkshop #danceinnature #silentdisco

We want to say a massive thank you to @aka_media for making us this gorgeous film of our project and it’s so fantastic to see how much we’ve change we’ve made to a field in just over 2 years!

We’ve set up growing areas, made a sensory garden, built a walking labyrinth and built a wood-fired sauna, creating a space where people can relax in nature and improve their health and wellbeing.

We now want to raise £10,000 to build an outdoor classroom to host groups all year round. Every donation will be doubled by @avivacommunityfund so every little helps!
To donate please follow link in bio 💚

#community #outdoorclassroom #permaculturegarden #localfood #climateaction #crowdfunder

Massive thanks to everyone who has already donated to our crowdfunder!! We have some great rewards on offer, make sure to scroll down on the crowdfunding page to take a look 😁
Would you like a tree planted with someone specials name on? Or to dance outdoors barefoot in a silent disco? Keep an eye out for updates as we will be adding more rewards all the time 😁
To donate follow the link in our bio 💚#outdoorclassroom #crowdfunder #swanseafood #localfood #community #permaculturegarden #soilhealth #climateaction #nodig

CALLING OUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS & SUPPORTERS!

We need your help to build an outdoor classroom at Blackhills CSA !

We are a not-for-profit community project and want to create a space where we can run workshops in growing, fermenting & nature-based art, welcome schools & community groups and share skills all year round.

Our target is £10,000. We need to raise this by 19/09/25- and here’s the great news: every donation will be doubled thanks to Aviva match funding! (up to £250 per person).

Please support us by donating today and sharing with your friends & family.

There are some great rewards to claim and we’re lining up some fun events to take place in the next month (including a silent disco in our field) so take a look at our page 💚

Together we can grow something amazing!

Link in bio to donate 🤩

#swanseafood #communitysupportedagriculture #crowdfunder #outdoorclassroom #communitysupport #climateaction #supportlocal

Big thanks to Saara from @bwydabertawe for bringing such a lovely group to the field where we made some meadowsweet wild fermented soda 🍹 Its great to make new connections and see people enjoying the labyrinth 💚

#localfood #community #permaculturegarden #communitysupportedagriculture #swanseafood

Loving the colours of this weeks veg boxes 🌈💚🌱

🌱What is a CSA?🌱

CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture- a way to get fresh, seasonal, chemical-free veg straight from the field to your fork… and support a local, people-powered food system at the same time. 🥕🌍

When you join Blackhills CSA, you’re not just buying veg- you’re joining a movement for good food, healthy soil and fair access for all.

💚 Affordable veg boxes
💚 Grown regeneratively near Swansea
💚 Tiered prices so everyone can eat well

👉 Learn more and join us: www.blackhillscsa.com

We have some great news……veg boxes start next week! 😃 What a difference in weather compared to last year, the slugs have left us alone! 🤩

Lovely little sunset walk around our 1 year old orchard
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Nearly missed saying a massive thank you to our amazing volunteers during volunteer week 🙈 Thanks to everyone who has given up their free time to help make this community project a reality 💚😍🥰🙏 🌱🥒🍓🥕🍅
#volunteersweek #grateful #csanetwork_uk

Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday and thanks to the weather for clearing up 💚Also big thanks to @socialfarmsandgardens for helping make it happen! #opendays #csanetwork_uk #permaculturegarden #regenerativeagriculturemovement #community #volunteers

We’re having an Open Day! 😁🤩

Why not come along on Saturday 7th June to find out more about us and what we’re about? 😁

Our seasonal weekly veg boxes are starting again in July and we have a pay-it-forward style payment system in place to suit all budgets. 🍆🍎🥒🌱🥕🥦

We are collaborating with @socialfarmsandgardens to host this Open Day and will have some fun nature based activities as well as a tour of the site and a permaculture talk by Paul Jennings 🤩

Lastly, we will be raising money for our project to buy some compost to lay more no-dig beds, so please bring some cash for refreshments and other goodies 😍

#permaculture #openday #permaculturegarden #communitysupportedagriculture #wellbeing #natureandart #labyrinth

Big thanks to our fantastic volunteers who helped us clear our car parking area today! 💪

We’re looking forward to having an Open Day very soon so the tidying has begun and the sun makes it that much easier! 🌞💛

Great turn out today for our volunteer session- the sunshine definitely helps! 💛🌞 Thanks for the help guys!

A massive thanks to the wonderful charity @onenaturecommonwealth for their donation of tools, seeds, compost and wheelbarrows!

It has been really uplifting to meet a charity who have the same goals and passion for creating positive change in our communities for future generations 💚🌱

We’ll be kicking off our monthly Saturday volunteer sessions with an Imbolc celebration on Feb 1st 🔥 Everyone is welcome including all Swansea CSA’s and Cae Felin CSA will kindly be providing lunch 💚 Send us a message to book a spot 🙂

What a year 2024 has been!

From starting the year with a single growing bed, a few loyal volunteers and a supportive landlady…… to now!

We have:
🌳 Planted a community orchard with @coeden_fach_kate
🌻 Built a disabled access sensory garden with @keepwalestidy
🥒 Put up a polytunnel funded by @bwydabertawe
🥬 Run a weekly 20 person CSA veg box scheme throughout the Summer
🧑‍🌾 Hosted sauerkraut workshops and volunteer days with @bwydabertawe
🌳 Had over 1000 trees planted by the @sutreesociety
🍅 Made lots of tomato chutney with @gowercollegeswansea
🌱 Given a soil health and biochar workshop for @environmentcentreswansea
🔥 Held a biochar workshop for @bwydabertawe and @uwtsd
💜 Started working on our Labyrinth wellbeing area with funding from @theashleyfoundation

And the icing on the cake was getting a surprise donation from @onenaturecommonwealth that puts us in a great position to start 2025!

So big thanks to everyone who’s supported us so far and Happy New Year!! 💚💚💚

Big thanks to Saara from @bwydabertawe for organising some brilliant sessions with students from @gowercollegeswansea 🤩

We had some great help mulching our apple trees, harvesting end of season tomatoes, making chutney, planting garlic and lots of woodchipping paths!!
It was great having you all on site- hopefully see you again next year 😀

#regenerativeagriculture #localfood #csafarm

We want to give a massive thank you to The Naturesave Trust for awarding us a grant to be able to produce biochar on our site from wood that would normally be treated as waste.

There are so many reasons we will be using biochar in our system and here are just a few 🤩
🔥 Transforms waste resources into a stable carbon
🔥Biochar carbon is locked in soil for thousands of years
🔥 Add to compost to load up with nutrients
🔥 Improves nutrient availability for plants
🔥Improves soil structure
🔥Improves water management
🔥 Increases plant growth

The Naturesave Trust is funded by the activities of Naturesave Insurance, the UK’s leading ethical insurance provider for individuals, businesses, charities and community groups.

#biochar #carboncapture #soilhealth #kontikikiln #sustainableagriculture

What a year for slugs!!!

Although we’ve grown food for our family and friends for over 10 years, this was the first year we stepped up to commercial growing……and it was an eye-opener!!

What with the weather 🌧️☔️ and an abundance of slugs in our field it has been a struggle 😩

Massive thanks to our members for supporting us in our first year 💚💚💚

We have biochar!! 🔥🔥🔥

#soilhealth #biochar #climateaction

Our first veg boxes are out!

🚀🥒🌱🍅🌰🧅🧄🌶️🥬

We’re absolutely chuffed to announce that Will from Black Mountain Itals will be supplying us with his lovely veg to help us in our first year of our CSA.
You may recognise his face from Uplands, Mumbles or the Marina Markets, which is where we first met Will six years ago when we started selling our @good.for.you.ferments sauerkraut.
Although not certified organic, Will grows without any chemicals using no-dig and regenerative agriculture techniques (same as us 😃) so we feel very lucky to have him as a supplier 🤩🤩🤩
Only a week to go until our first boxes go out!
#touchingcloth 😂

Bit of ladybird action on the farm today 😂🐞🐞

So grateful for the lovely weather today! ⛅️⛅️⛅️ We held our first sauerkraut workshop in our field and it went great. The event was organised by @bwydabertawe and is the first of many so keep your eyes peeled for more dates 👀

#sauerkrautworkshop #fermentedfood #guthealth #localfood #swanseafood

Woodchip, woodchip, woodchip!!

Thanks to all our lovely volunteers for helping us shift LOADS of woodchip all over our site 🤎🧡💛💚

#woodchip #woodchipseverywhere #mycellium #nodig #soilhealth

We are really excited to be hosting our first Open Day this Saturday! We will be showing people around our site and talking to those who are interested in signing up to become members but we will also have hot drinks and homemade cake!
So that we know how many cakes to bake could you book a ticket (they’re free) if you’re coming? The link is in our bio 😃🍰

We got the polytunnel up! 🥳 Thanks to our fabulous helpers for giving up their Sunday 😘💚
@steve.j.rad @jcogg123 @liampmcbride @beejhoney @ciaramcbridexx
Now to fill it with tomatoes, chillies, aubergines, cucumbers and lots more!! 🍅🥒🌱🍆 🌶️🫑

We will announcing the launch date very soon and details of how people can join our CSA 😀

Thank you to the amazing @sutreesociety for planting over 1000 trees for us today! 💪🌳🤩 Thanks also to Saara from @bwydabertawe for organising and planting 💚🌱

#hedgerow #wildlifecorridors #nativetrees

Really enjoyed our morning with Swansea Community Growing Network 😃 Great to share ideas and views with such a knowledgeable group 🤩

#communitygrowing #localfood #swanseafood
#buildingnetworks
#resiliance

It was great to host Tom from @caetancsa and the @csanetwork_uk yesterday ☀️ The sun was shining and the support was flowing 💚

#communityfood #supportnetwork #nutritiousanddelicious

Thanks to @bwydabertawe for funding our polytunnel!
It was great to make the most of this lovely day and we made a start on putting it up, cant wait to fill it with loads of food 😃🥒🌱🥕🥦🌽🍅

Thanks so much to @coeden_fach_kate @coeden_fach for supplying the trees and helping us plant our new orchard 😄🍐🍏🍎
Helping us to raise the biodiversity and provide lovely fruit for the community (in a year or two 😂)
Also thanks to Rog and Amy from @keepwalestidy for donating and constructing a fantastic nature pack including a shiny new shed 🤩
Not to forget a big thanks to our wonderful volunteers for helping 💚
We have a volunteer day every Thursday so if you’re interested in coming along, send us a message and we’ll give you directions 😃

What a great apple juicing day! Thanks to our lovely neighbours for donating their apples and thanks to all the helpers for helping 😁🍏🍎💚

We had a great day yesterday with @gowerwildwellbeing and students from @gowercollegeswansea helping us to plant native trees to make a hedgerow and then laying some no-dig beds. Thanks for all of your help and enthusiasm!! 🌳🌿🌱💚

Volunteer day tomorrow 10-12 🌱🌻☀️
Are you interested in finding out more about CSA’s and helping one in the set up stage?

We are a newly formed CSA and have lots of tasks big and small to do, so if you’re interested then send us a DM or email blackhillscsa@hotmail.com for instructions on how to find us 😀

And we’re off! 🚀🍅🥬🥒
Our first boxes go out today with:
Tomatoes (yellow, orange and red)
cucumbers
courgette
aubergine
beetroot
golden beetroot
runner beans
salad leaves
little bag of unusual (cucamelons, cuban oregano)

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