Did you know that Berryman's Marsh is a key area for conservation work at Dartington? Here, Estate Warden Mike Newby reveals how hard work is helping us make the most of this small but ecologically rich area of land.
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Author: Dartington Trust
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Architecture students create unique camping experience
A striking new eco-pod for campers - designed and built by students from the University of Plymouth with Dartington's craft tutors - has been unveiled.
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Refugee integration programme to be delivered by South Devon partnership
Plans for a year of activity to build cross-cultural connections and help South Devon-based refugees and asylum seekers settle in the UK have been given the go ahead thanks to a recently secured Big Lottery Fund grant.
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Local primary school helps Luscombe Drinks plant 1,600 trees at Dartington
Local artisan drinks producer, Luscombe Drinks have teamed up with Dartington C of E Primary School to plant 1,600 trees as part of an innovative agroforestry project on The Dartington Hall estate.
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Poet-in-residence at Dartington scoops Costa Book Award
Warm congratulations are in order for Devon-based poet Alice Oswald, who has been named Costa Poetry Award Winner 2016 for her seventh collection, Falling Awake.
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Trust to test new multi-agency agroforestry model on 48 acres
The Dartington Hall Trust is pioneering a new model of agroforestry that aims to combine five food and farming enterprises to create an agroecological system that is both collaborative and commercially viable.
Read More > Food and Farming blog: Will our unique new approach bear fruit?
In her latest blog, Harriet explains how, after a huge amount of work behind the scenes, Dartington is about to deliver agroforestry in a way that has never been seen in the UK before.
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Listed 30s building goes solar in local partnership
A new 30kWh solar-PV array has been put on the roof of the Lescaze Offices in Dartington village to provide renewable electricity.
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Mary Bartlett’s blog: My travels with unicorns
Dartington's tutor for bookbinding writes on why unicorns, and the subject of taxonomy, continue to have such an impact on her work and learning.
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Volunteer blog: How can stone rubbing tell us about the past?
Martin Broadbent, a Dartington volunteer, is collaborating with Mary Bartlett to survey, map and list the gravestones in St Mary’s Old Churchyard. As the project progresses, Sonja finds out how stone rubbing is aiding Martin's work.
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