About the farm
Wantonwells is a small family farm near Insch in Aberdeenshire. Most of it is mixed woodland now; the rest is a market garden, and increasingly a place where people come to learn how to make things from what grows here.
Our story
1990–1994
Humble beginnings
We bought the farm and started farming. Cattle and sheep roamed the land.
1994–2018
Reforesting Scotland
Most of the farm went into the Reforesting Scotland scheme, developing mixed woodland for ecological purposes alongside areas of timber.
2018
A farm within a farm
Beatrice moved home to make use of the remaining arable land, and the market garden began.
2021
To market
We started selling vegetables at the Huntly farmers market.
Be part of our story
Come to a workshop, find us at the Huntly market, orjoin the newsletter.
The people
Rosie Wilson-Leagas
Chief Forager
A botanist and forester. Put most of the farm into the Reforesting Scotland scheme from 1994, growing the mixed woodland that covers much of the land today.
Beatrice Fettes
Head Farmer
Came home in 2018 to start a farm-within-a-farm on the remaining arable land. Runs the market garden, the Huntly stall, and the workshops.
Fergus Fettes
Hydrogeologist & Engineer
Looks after the water, and everything with a plug on it — including this website.