Cynhadwyl Hydref 2026
Autumn Confest 2026
Planhigion, Pobl a’r Blaned
Plants, People & Planet
dydd Sadwrn / Saturday
26 - 09 - 2026
Mae Confest yn ddigwyddiad hybrid unigryw sy'n cyfuno trafodaethau ar ffurf cynhadledd ag awyrgylch dathliadol gŵyl. 'Planhigion, Pobl a’r Blanet' yw trydydd digwyddiad Confest Fferm Pandy, ac rydym yn gyffrous i adeiladu ar y themâu o sofraniaeth natur a ffyniant dynol – gan ddod â safbwyntiau byd-eang i'n cymuned leol.
Confest is a unique event that brings together conference-style discussion with the celebratory vibe of a festival. Plants, People & Planet is Pandy Farm’s third Confest - and we are excited to build on the themes of Nature sovereignty and human thriving - bringing global perspectives to our local communtiy.
Beth sy’n Digwydd? / What’s happening?
Paneli /Panel Discussions
Mae ein trafodaethau panel yn dod â siaradwyr arbenigol ynghyd i archwilio sut mae ein cysylltiadau â Natur yn diffinio beth mae'n ei olygu i fod yn ddynol mewn amser mor gymleth a phwysig yn hanes ein blanded.
Our panel discussions bring together expert speakers to explore how our connections with Nature defines what it means to be human at this pivotal and turbulent time in the history of our planet.
Darlithwyr / Speakers
Rydym yn gyffrous i ddod â siaradwyr amrywiol o bob cwr o'r byd ynghyd – siaradwyr sy'n dod â safbwyntiau unigryw ynghyd â chyfoeth o wybodaeth a phrofiad, o'r Amazon i Awstralia ac yma yng Nghymru.
We are excited to bring together diverse speakers from around the world who bring unique perspectives and a wealth of knowledge and experience from the Amazon to Australia and here in Wales.
Cerddoriaeth / Music
Rydym yn falch iawn o gyhoeddi rhaglen ysbrydoledig, yn cynnwys cerddoriaeth werin acwstig wych gan Roseanna. Rydym hefyd yn croesawu Jodie Melodie, a fydd yn gwneud i chi dapio'ch traed a siglo'ch cluniau. Daw'r noson i ben gyda Voodoo Skank yn chwarae cerddoriaeth reggae a funk sy'n mynd yn syth i'r enaid.
We are excited to announce an uplifting line-up including exquisite folk acoustic sounds from Roseanna. We also welcome Jodie Melodie who will have your feet tapping and your hips swinging. The night ends with Voodoo Skank playing some soul-shaking reggae and funk.
Amserlen / Schedule
Prif Ddarlithwraig /Keynote Speaker: Stephanie Hazel
Reawakening sacred relationships with plants, our own bodies and the living world. 12.40pm - 1.35pm
Q&A 1.35pm - 2.00pm
Stephanie Hazel is a qualified Western Herbal Medicine practitioner based in Australia. She has a degree in Anthropology and Human Culture, and has been working with plant medicines for 18 years. She also worked for 10 years part-time (alongside herbal medicine) mentoring non-profit and public health organisations to implement a holistic health framework in community health projects.
We are very excited to host Stephanie at this event - this is an opportunity not to be missed!
Panel: Pridd, Enaid & Chymdeithas / Soil, Soul and Society
What does it mean to work with the Soil? Can working with Nature heal us? How do the current political systems make working the land so challenging?
2.15pm - 3.30pm
To work with soil is to enter a relationship - one built on patience, reciprocity, and humility rather than control. It means reading weather, tending microbial life invisible to the eye, and accepting that growth follows its own timeline, not ours. But this panel asks a harder question too: can that relationship heal something in us? As rates of anxiety, burnout, and disconnection rise, more people are turning to the land not just for food, but for meaning - seeking a kind of repair that clinics and screens can't offer. Yet this return to soil doesn't happen in a vacuum. Land access, subsidy structures, planning law, and market pressures often make working the land an act of resistance as much as livelihood. Smallholders and community growers face bureaucratic hurdles, unstable economics, and policies designed for industrial scale, not human scale.
This discussion brings together practitioners, growers, and thinkers to explore what it truly means to work with the soil, whether that work can restore our wellbeing, and what has to change politically for that relationship to be sustainable - for people and land.
Siaradwyr Panel - Soil, Soul & Society Panelists
Paul Gordon Roberts
Paul yw sylfaenydd Growing for Change, sef Cwmni Budd Cymunedol (CIC) a gardd farchnad organig sydd wedi'i lleoli yn Fferm Moelyci, Tregarth. Maent yn cynnig therapi garddwriaethol i unrhyw un sy'n ceisio gwella ar ôl camddefnyddio sylweddau ac i'r rhai sy'n dioddef o salwch meddwl. Mae'r cynnyrch a dyfir yn cael ei werthu i'r gymuned gan ddefnyddwyr y gwasanaeth.
Paul is the founder of Growing for Change, a CIC and organic market garden based at Moelyci Farm, Tregarth. They offer horticultural therapy to anyone seeking recovery from substance misuse and those who suffer from mental ill health. The produce grown is sold by service users to the community.
Alice Grey
Mae Alice Grey yn aelod o Gydweithredfa Tyddyn Teg, sydd wedi'i lleoli ger Caernarfon yng Ngogledd Cymru. Mae hi'n dod â blynyddoedd o brofiad fel garddwr masnachol, ymgyrchydd a meddyliwr gwleidyddol i'r materion sy'n ymwneud â mynediad at dir a hawliau tir.
Alice Grey is a member of the Tyddyn Teg Cooperative, based near Caernarfon in North Wales. She brings years of experience as a horticulturalist, activist and political thinker to the issues surrounding access to land and land rights.
Mwy o banelwyr cyffrous yn dod yn fuan…
More exciting panelists coming soon…
Panel: Hawliau Natur / Rights of Nature
Whose voice speaks for a forest that can't speak for itself? Can Rights protect Nature, or just prove humans still hold all the power?
3.45pm - 5.00pm
Around the world, rivers, forests, and mountains are being granted legal personhood - the right to exist, flow, and flourish, and the standing to defend that right in court. From the Whanganui River in Aotearoa New Zealand to the Ganges, Lake Erie, and beyond, the Rights of Nature movement asks a foundational question: what if ecosystems weren't property to be owned, but subjects with their own legal interests?
This panel explores what it actually means to extend rights beyond the human - philosophically, legally, and practically. Where does this idea come from, and whose worldviews shaped it long before Western law caught up? Can granting a river the right to flow unimpeded genuinely change outcomes on the ground, or does it simply shift environmental battles into courtrooms where economic and political power still hold sway? And if Nature has rights, who speaks for her, and how do we weigh those rights against human need, development, and survival?
This discussion brings together legal scholars, activists, and academics to examine whether the Rights of Nature is a genuine shift in how we relate to the living world.
Siaradwyr Panel Hawliau Natur - Rights Of Nature Panelists
Nicola Peel
Mae Nicola Peel wedi gweithio yn Amazon ers 25 mlynedd. Sefydlodd brosiect mycoremediad (defnyddio ffyngau i lanhau gollyngiadau olew), mae'n dysgu amaeth-goedwigaeth i atal datgoedwigo trofannol, ac roedd yn rhan o achos 'Hawliau Natur' Los Cedros yn Ecwador – achos a osododd gynsail bwysig.
Nicola Peel has worked for 25 years in the Ecuadorian Amazon. She initiated a mycoremediation project (using fungi to clean up oil spills), teaches agroforestry to prevent tropical deforestation and was part of the precedent setting Los Cedros Rights of Nature case in Ecuador.
Sarah Wynne-Pari
Sara is Nature Recovery Advisor at Tirweddau Cymru, where she supports Wales' Designated Landscapes in driving action toward the global 30×30 biodiversity goal. She has a strong interest in the Rights of Nature, having explored stakeholder understanding of this and the Nature on the Board model within the Welsh public sector for her master's research at Bangor University.
A first-language Welsh speaker with over 20 years in Wales' environmental sector, Sara began her career with the Llyn Peninsula AONB before managing the CAE Sustainable Development Fund at Eryri National Park Authority. She has since supported funding and development work through the Environment Wales Scheme, Llais y Goedwig, and Social Farms & Gardens, and more recently led the Nature Wise ecoliteracy programme and developed biodiversity training at Cynnal Cymru.
With any spare time, you will find her swimming or exploring the beautiful mountains and coast of North Wales.
Mwy o banelwyr cyffrous yn dod yn fuan…
More exciting panelists coming soon…
Tocynnau / Tickets
> 16 - Plant am Ddim / Kids go Free
Concession- £10
General - £15
Contributor - £20
Camping - £25
Evening only - £5
Bwyd / Food
O 12pm – Byrbrydau iachus, te a choffi ar gael i'w prynu drwy'r dydd.
From 12pm - Tea, coffee, herbal teas and snacks available all day.
O 5pm ymlaen – Prydau blasus, cartrefol, llysieuol a heb glwten ar gael – wedi'u coginio â chariad a'u gwneud â chynhwysion a dyfwyd ar fferm Pandy.
From 5pm - Delicious gluten free and vegetarian home-cooked meals available - cooked with love and made with ingredients grown on Pandy farm.
Campio / Camping
Am y tro cyntaf eleni, rydym yn cynnig cyfle i gampio os hoffech aros ar y fferm nos Sadwrn. Pam na wnewch chi cymeryd y cycle I gysylltu’n ddyfnach â chymuned Fferm Pandy?
For the first time this year we are offering a camping option for those who would like to stay on Saturday night. Why not drop deeper into the land and connect with the Pandy Farm community?
Check out our ticket provider for the camping option.
Cyrraedd a Parcio / Getting here & parking
Os ydych chi'n bwriadu dod mewn car, nodwch fod lleoedd parcio yn Fferm Pandy yn gyfyngedig a byddant yn cael eu dyrannu ar sail y cyntaf i'r felin - rheswm da i gyrraedd yn gynnar!
Os oes gennych chi broblemau hygyrchedd, cysylltwch â ni cyn gynted ag y byddwch chi wedi prynu'ch tocyn fel y gallwn ni ddyrannu lle parcio i chi.
Gallwch ddod o hyd i wybodaeth fanwl am sut i gyrraedd yno ar ein gwefan: www.pandyfarm.org/howtofindus
If you are planning to come by car please note that parking spots at Pandy Farm are limited and will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis - a good reason to arrive early!
If you have accessibility issues please contact us as soon and you’ve purchased your ticket so that we can allocate you a parking space.
You can find details information on how to get her on our website: www.pandyfarm.org/howtofindus
