Welcome
Dartington Trust is a centre for learning, arts, ecology and social justice based on a 1,200 acre estate near Totnes.
What’s On
National Lockdown: We fully recognise the importance of continued access to nature for the local community during this difficult time. Therefore, our estate grounds remain open to the public for daily exercise purposes.
Apart from The Green Table (which remains open 10am-4pm for takeaways only), all other areas of the estate and our businesses are closed, and much of our events calendar has moved online.

camp dartington: 2021 season
Beat those lockdown blues – look ahead to spring and summer and treat your family to a getaway at our gorgeous campsite.

online courses
Dynamic courses with brilliant tutors! Transform your garden with Schumacher College head gardener Colum Pawson, paint with Anthony Garratt, or join poet Anna Selby to develop your writing skills.

MA Arts and Place
Develop your personal and collaborative art practice through an expanded understanding of place with this new course starting April 2021. We’ve reopened for applications.

new: river dart cabin
Availability going fast: Rustic, isolated and deeply romantic, this repurposed fisherman’s cabin located right on the bank of the River Dart will make adventurers’ hearts sing.

MA Movement, Mind and Ecology
We’re excited to announce a new programme at Schumacher College starting July 2021, exploring eco-philosophical approaches to outdoor activity. Register your interest!
Learning at Dartington
We offer transformative learning delivered by world-class tutors in a truly unique campus experience. If you’re a new student looking for information and resources to support your study, please visit our Resources for Students.
For nearly 30 years, Schumacher College has been at the forefront of engaging ecological, economic, and social challenges, with our portfolio today including our first ever undergraduate programme.
And new for 2020, Dartington Arts School draws on our rich international heritage and our wealth of dance, theatre, music and art studios to provide a dynamic and responsive context for contemporary postgraduate study.

Schumacher College delivers a unique brand of small-group, residential experiences which embrace themes of ecology, wellbeing, and sustainability. Our new programme of arts courses spans music, performance, writing, dance, and contemporary visual art. And a wide, exciting range of craft courses run year-round in collaboration with over 50 makers from across the south west and beyond.
A variety of other programmes run throughout the year – including four weeks of shared music making, learning and listening at our renowned Dartington Music Summer School & Festival.
Learning is the beating heart of our year-round programme of events, which spans genres from film to craft to exhibitions.
Due to the coronavirus crisis, much of our events programme (including our Barn Cinema) is taking a break. Instead, we’re running a virtual programme, which includes the first ever online editions of our long-running Earth Talks.
Learning at Dartington is mainly delivered through the courses and events we offer year-round, but a range of resources are also available online to help get a flavour of what we offer.
Schumacher College has an wide range of talks and interviews available on their YouTube channel, and you can read student essays and dissertations on their website. Our online Earth Talk series is also available in full to watch online.
You can read the latest learning-related news here, and explore the history of the estate online here.
Other resources include our Arts and Learning podcast channel, which includes playlists such as our Laser Talks – inspired by the school climate strikes, Dark Mountain and Extinction Rebellion.
Latest news & blogs
Caroline Aitken: Regenerative farming and the education landscape
We can only achieve widespread transition to agroecological farming if we change the way we educate the next generation of farmers writes our Regenerative Food and Farming lead, Caroline Aitken.
Holistic Science Online Talks
Join us in this exciting new series of free monthly talks on the subject of Holistic Science, organised by Schumacher College in collaboration with the Field Centre.
Schumacher College launches major essay competition for 30th anniversary
We’re excited to announce today the launch of our 30th anniversary Essay Competition, “Education as if People and Planet Matter”, in collaboration with Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine.
Follow us
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On International Women's Day we would like to celebrate our fabulous Head of Food at Dartington Trust, Tara Vaughan Hughes, featured here in Devon Life. She's a great champion of local producers, works hard to help reduce our carbon footprint - and she's an amazing chef! #internationalwomensday
These recent bursts of sunshine and warmth are starting to bring more and more of Dartington's flora out in bloom. Spring really is just around the corner! With that in mind, please can we kindly ask those visiting the Gardens to not pick petals for the purpose of making lovely arty patterns, however pretty. We've had a couple of "creative incidents" this week and at this rate we may not have many blooms left! So please do respect the Gardens and leave flowers in the ground for others to appreciate. We hope to have more news soon about opening the Gardens back up to the wider public... stay tuned! #DartingtonGardens #Dartington #Totnes
We have some rather exciting news to share with you all next week... 🎼 #dartingtonmusic #summerschool2021 #allgoodthings
Two pieces of welcome good news for our Bed and Breakfast offer in the Courtyard... After the recent announcement of a roadmap to relax restrictions in the UK, we’re delighted to confirm that we aim to re-open to the public from 17 May. Just in time for the end of Spring when the estate will be in glorious bloom, buzzing and chirping with wildlife. Also, following a visit and inspection in late 2020, we’re very proud to now be a certified “Special Place” by the highly esteemed @sawdaystravel. Their lovely review said: “For the arty, cultured, and garden lovers, Dartington is wonderful.. you feel like you're being enriched by just soaking up the atmosphere.” Which is rather nice! Look forward to a relaxing Devon getaway this Summer - book your Dartington Hall B&B stay today at dartington.org/stay @visitdevon @visittotnes #staycation #escapetheeveryday #beautifuldevon #getaways #Sawdays #bedandbreakfast #roadmap #countryestate #Devon #SouthDevon #Totnes #DartingtonHall