Our story
Welcome to LACOCKALPACA, a small, friendly farm run by Jane Gardner-Turrell and David Turrell, and home to our wonderful herd of alpacas. We started our alpaca journey in 2015. We were fortunate to have an alpaca breeder not far from us who had many years of experience and bred alpacas with elite genetics.
How did we get into breeding alpacas? Well … it’s a long story. The short version is that during a short break we went to stay in a cottage on an alpaca farm and these endearing creatures caught our imagination. In addition, we were moving house and wanted a larger garden and a long view… so that was it!
Welcome to LACOCKALPACA, a small, friendly farm and home to our wonderful herd of alpacas. The farm was founded by husband and wife team Jane Gardner-Turrell and David Turrell. David currently manages a team that works to uphold the values of their joint vision, after the quite sudden loss of Jane to Mesothelioma on 24 June 2022.
We started our alpaca journey in 2015. We were fortunate to have an alpaca breeder not far from us who had many years of experience and bred alpacas with elite genetics. We'd been on a short stay in a cottage on an alpaca farm and these endearing creatures caught our imagination. In addition, we were moving house and wanted a larger garden and a long view… so that was it!
Since living on our small farm, our appreciation of nature and our desire to conserve and protect the biodiversity of our corner of the world, has flourished. It's a part of all of our decisions; from the areas we leave to grow wild, to provide a habitat for birds and pollinators, to the avoidance of plastics and installation of earth-friendly composting loos for our glampers. We're committed to our responsibility to create a sustainable way of living and to share this with our guests, in the hope that they're inspired to start their own eco-adventures. To quote Thoreau, "It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful and gives birth to imagination."
We are members of The British Alpaca Society, which is dedicated to the welfare of alpacas and education of their owners across the UK.
We welcome any visits by appointment and are happy to answer any question you may have …or to just talk all things alpaca.