Welcome to Lime Tree Alpacas, home to an award-winning herd on the Oxfordshire–Berkshire border.
We breed carefully selected alpacas for excellent conformation, temperament and fleece quality.
We also transform fibre from our own herd into beautiful, naturally coloured scarves, wraps, throws and other limited-edition pieces, made in collaboration with specialist British mills and craftspeople.
Meet our Class of 2026, discover our alpacas and explore products whose story can be traced back to the animals in our fields.
FROM OUR ALPACAS TO YOU
Sustainability begins with knowing where something comes from, how it has been made and who has made it.
At Lime Tree Alpacas, we produce beautiful, practical pieces from the fleece of alpacas raised on our own farm. Each animal is shorn once a year, and the fibre is carefully sorted so that as much of this valuable natural material as possible can be used.
We celebrate the naturally occurring colours of alpaca fleece. Wherever possible, our products are made without dyes, allowing the soft whites, warm fawns, rich browns, greys and blacks of our herd to speak for themselves.
Our fibre is processed in Britain by specialist mills, including Two Rivers Mill and The Border Mill. Finished pieces are created in small quantities in collaboration with skilled makers and manufacturers, including Janis Embleton and Bristol Weaving Mill.
This careful, small-scale approach gives us greater knowledge of the journey from fleece to finished product. It also enables us to create distinctive pieces designed to be treasured and used for many years.
Natural fibre. British craftsmanship. Made with care and with a story that begins here at Lime Tree Alpacas.
Recent Events
2026
CLASS OF 2026
We were delighted to welcome nine cria to Lime Tree Alpacas in 2026 — four females and five males.
This year’s arrivals represent some of our most carefully considered breeding decisions to date. Each pairing was chosen to combine excellent conformation, strong genetics and high-quality fleece, while preserving the individual character and natural colours that make every alpaca special.
Our final arrival of the season was Lime Tree Polonius, born on 1 August after a 343-day gestation. Polonius is by Valley Alpacas The Diplomat and out of Artwork Pantera.
The Class of 2026 has brought enormous pleasure to the farm. Watching the cria grow, develop their personalities and become confident young alpacas is one of the great rewards of breeding.
We look forward to following their progress in the show ring and, in time, welcoming some of them into our breeding programme. A small number may also become available to carefully selected new homes.
2025
The year kicked off on a high note as Lime Tree Nefertti secured the Reserve National Light Champion Huacaya Fleece title at the British Alpaca National Show. Our small show returned with several rosettes, replicating their success at Heart of England Show two weeks later, marking JV's first time in the ring. Shearing with Matthew Kyle was just around the corner followed by the earnest unpacking of eight cria.
Lime Tree Giselle led the way with a lovely Bozedown Wrecking Ball a boy Gules Ceaser, soon followed by Bowland Forest Iris, who had a girl named Iolanta by Bozedown Bronze Moonlight.
Bozedown Nymph welcomed a girl, Nina, by Bozedown Secret Service, while Beck Brow Seuction had a boy, Samson, by Boown Rock of Ages. Bowland Forest Razzel produced a girl , Rodalinda, by Bozedown Secret Service, and Beck Brow Summer Wedding had a boy, Stifellio, by Reddens Agamanon. Finally, Beck Brow Southern Belle delivered a boy Boris and Artwork Pantera, by Lime Tree Tommy, brought us Parcifal.
With great genetics and beautiful cria, we're excited to see how they develop. All females have been remated, along with of our two-year-olds.
Fleece show season arrived with impressive results, as most our fleeces scored over 80 points, and Lime Tree Balthzar was awarded Reserve White at the Three Counties. The fleeces then headed off for processing. New products arrived during the year.
We're now eagerly anticipating the upcoming excitement of the Class of 2026 and the batch of new product.
Summer 2024
Birthing season began unexpectedly with a makeshift operating theater. Melody faced another twisted uterus, having one in 2022. Thankfully, the sunshine roof technique worked, and little Milly Molly Mandy was born with the expert assistance of Bella C from Larkmead, our regular vet Milly needed a plasma transfusion the following day since Melody couldn't feed her cria. After some ups and downs, Milly is doing well, we're still bottle-feeding her. The next two births were textbook, yielding two boys, Ragnar and Shadowfax. After a cold spell, a scorching -degree day saw two girls, Nymph and her daughter Iris, deliver early. One Noisy Nora, arrived at only 224 days and required another plasma transfusion in the field, aided by twoarkmead staff members. The other,ogen’s Antlers, burst onto the scene a pocket rocket! From that point on, everything went according to plan with unassisted, easy births.
We welcomed a total of 10 cria: 7 girls and 3 boys! For once, the girl-to-boy ratio favored us and we hope for some valuable future breeding stock, all boasting excellent.
On the fleece front, Lime Tree Sirius won Supreme Champion, and Lime Tree Nefertti received Reserve Champion Light at the Cornish Show, both qualifying for the BAS National 2025.
