Five Trees Bowlish is a Community Interest Company (CIC) meaning that we plough any profit back into the business. We are four Directors, with specialisms in aquaponics, research, cosmetics, floristry and green energy.

We are also partly privately funded by Ayton Global Research, which shares some of its Directors with Five Trees Bowlish. My family and I have grown a cosmetic research company from scratch, which now spans the globe. Ayton Global Research began in 1995 and is the main sponsor of Five Trees National Wild Cosmetics Garden and Education Centre.

Five Trees Bowlish contains a unique wild cosmetics garden which combines a rich heritage with organic and permaculture principles to make the first English national collection of wild plants commonly used in cosmetics and culinary dishes.

It is also home to Eco Food Creations, where you can learn all about aquaponics and grow or purchase organic fruit and veg using this method of farming.

Our three pillars are

• Education - to marry hands on learning opportunities with modern online learning methods in areas such as cosmetology, cookery, vegetarianism and agriculture.

• Wellbeing - to provide a beautiful outdoor space where people can enjoy various activites that improve health and wellbeing, such as yoga, meditation or sports, whilst learning how to forage and prepare meals that improve health and help to prevent disease.

• Research - to use the site to research local flora and fauna and to study disease, such as Ash Dieback, as well as discovering and cataloguing what is currently on site. Other research opportunities such as archaeology and history naturally present themselves since quite a lot is known about the site since the 1700's.

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