Books and Publications

A number of publications are available for purchase from High Cross House.

All these titles are available for purchase from High Cross House, please contact Dartington Hall on +44 (0) 1803 847000 or to e-mail click here. Please note that postage and packaging costs are not included in the prices listed above.

Inky Rags

by Mary Bartlett

Mary Bartlett recounts a history of Letterpress Printing and Bookbinding at Dartington from 1935 until the present day.

The Elmhirsts of Dartington

The Creation of a Utopian Community
by Michael Young, Lord Young of Dartington
price: £9.95

The story of two remarkable people and the place they made, is told in this book by one who was himself intimately involved in their work.

From the Bare Stem

by Reginald Snell
price: £5.95

The magnificent garden at Dartington Hall, a medieval manor in South Devon, is unique in the British Isles for many reasons, most notably because it was created as part of Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst’s Utopian experiment in ‘rural reconstruction’.

Gaia’s Kitchen

by Julia Ponsonby
price: £12.95

For ten years Schumacher College at Dartington has been brewing up a unique pot pourri of human connections, raising ecological awareness, and stimulating taste buds. For many students and teachers, their stay at the College has opened their eyes to how delicious vegetarian cooking can be.

The Gardens at Dartington Hall

price: £2.25

This publication is shorter and less detailed than ‘From the Bare Stem’, and provides a brief overview of the development and design of the gardens at Dartington Hall.

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