Yew Tree Farm at The Motto Barrow Gurney

Yew Tree Farm at The Motto Barrow Gurney Situated in Barrow Gurney, Yew Tree Farm at the Motto continues our brand of home produced and locally sourced food.

With the amazing addition of a much loved village pub. Credit for profile picture Paul Gillis & Bristol live Hi,
I’m Catherine and I have lived at Yew Tree Farm all my life. We have farmed traditionally and some would say in an old fashioned way for three generations. This has resulted in us having a wonderful natural hay meadow with over 90 plant and grass species which not only feeds the animal

s in winter but sustains hundreds of insect and bird species as well. We had ground nesting sky larks move in this summer so we delayed cutting the hay until after they had finished their 3rd breeding cycle, which our wildlife friendly approach to farming enabled. There are hundreds (hopefully more) of mature trees, copses, woodland and the most wonderful hedgerows; all inside Bristol’s city boundary which makes Yew Tree Farm unique. The landscape we have is ‘re-wilded’ and regenerative which is vital for wildlife to thrive. We have cattle that graze this species rich pasture and work symbiotically with the flora and fauna. To say living here excites me is an understatement, it is such a wonderfully rich environment and the contrasting backdrop of a big city is amazing. Following a recent visit from Tim Curley, Avon Wildlife’s Living Landscape Manager he commented;
‘’ Local food production is hugely important and the low intensity farming that your family has practised is a great example of what is possible for those interested in the relationship between farming and wildlife’’
Dr Helena Crouch, Naturalist who undertook a meadow survey wrote-
‘’The meadow supports a huge number of insects and is incredibly important for pollinators.. there really were clouds of butterflies using your meadow all the time and the sounds of grasshoppers’’
Traditional, nature friendly and low intensity farming along with a strong local approach from farm to fork will help save the planet. We are hoping fellow Bristolians will support us so we can be a part of the city for at least another 3 generations.

07/06/2026

Our breakfast baps made with home produced sausages, eggs and bacon. Our fabulous baps made in Bristol too. Truly lovely and local produce here today ( Sunday 7th June) at the Motto from 11! We have pork and stuffing too ❤️

06/06/2026

🐾 The expansion of the Biodiversity Net Gain policy exemptions under the Labour Government is leading to England's most socio-economically deprived communities facing further nature poverty.

Biodiversity Net Gain (abbreviated to BNG) are policies that make sure developers have to leave biodiversity in a better state than it was previously. However, recent backtracking, including exemption for small sites, the abuse of the de minimis threshold (where developers can just state that their development has little to no impact on nature), and the proposed brownfield residential site exemption, is specifically worsening green space and biodiversity access for those already in the most deprived neighbourhoods. This is because the most underprivileged, asset-poor and urban communities have the heaviest concentrations of the majority of potential housing capacity.

With 7.4 million people in England already living in areas devoid of immediate biodiversity, do we really want to make this worse?

Wildlife and Countryside Link, who put together the Green Gap Report, which outlines these findings, urges the government to mandate a statutory Equality Impact Assessment for BNG Frameworks to embed access to nature in planning policy.

To read more, head here: https://www.wcl.org.uk/governments-planning-loopholes-risk-stripping-nature-from-the-most-deprived-communities-in-england.asp

We are on the Tiger stage from 11 am serving burgers and bacon/ sausage and breakfast baps. 😋
06/06/2026

We are on the Tiger stage from 11 am serving burgers and bacon/ sausage and breakfast baps. 😋

This weekends cask ale 🍺
05/06/2026

This weekends cask ale 🍺

Clive very much enjoyed his business meeting at the pub today 😅
04/06/2026

Clive very much enjoyed his business meeting at the pub today 😅

I’ve been noticing customers recording the birds we have around the pub. This was a minute’s recording this morning! So ...
03/06/2026

I’ve been noticing customers recording the birds we have around the pub. This was a minute’s recording this morning! So lucky 😅 we’ve seen bullfinch, greenfinches, woodpeckers and more. The pub garden is buzzing and chirping.

Today’s cask ale 🍺 ❤️
30/05/2026

Today’s cask ale 🍺 ❤️

Hot food, produce, good drink and ice cream today at the Motto. Come on over lovely people ❤️
30/05/2026

Hot food, produce, good drink and ice cream today at the Motto.
Come on over lovely people ❤️

29/05/2026

So lucky to have Chew Moo's Ice Cream Co at the pub. Gorgeous local company and really delicious. pub

Very special offer! Leveret £3 per pint. 🍺 limited stock available.
28/05/2026

Very special offer! Leveret £3 per pint. 🍺 limited stock available.

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Princes Motto
Bristol
BS483RY

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+447811937542

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