Sustainability

We have been aware of environmental concerns for a very long time and have always tried to run our business in an environmentally friendly way.

We aim to reduce the amount of resources that we use, particularly energy and water, and to reuse things, either within the business or by handing them on.

With a little care we recycle a lot of our waste and ask our guests to help us with this. All our gardening is done organically and this lets wildlife flourish at Mocktree Barns.

We have a variety of herbs around the courtyard – you are welcome to use them in your cooking.

We encourage our guests to support other local businesses. Our hospitality trays include Fairtrade products and we encourage guests to support other local Fairtrade businesses. www.tigerlilyshop.co.uk

We offer an organic box delivery service and can also arrange for a generous breakfast basket of locally-sourced produce to be waiting for you in your cottage. Please ask for details when booking.

We are pleased to offer 10% off our tariff for guests arriving by public transport. We are just 7 miles away from Ludlow mainline station and have a country bus service passing our gate. We can arrange cycle hire, a reliable local taxi service, drop off / pick up for walks and delivery of groceries.

We were delighted to be given the Gold Award for Sustainable Tourism in the 2007 Regional Tourism awards. Since then we have achieved a Silver award under the Green Tourism Business Scheme www.green-business.co.uk and have joined the Shropshire Hills Buy Local, Be Sustainable initiative. www.shropshirehills-buylocal.co.uk