Following the results of a feasibility study which recommended proactively reinstating wetland habitats in Queen’s Marsh, Harriet has been trying to do exactly that - but it's not the simplest of tasks...
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Volunteer blog: Dartington’s ancestral stones
The identity of those buried in St Mary's Old Churchyard, is to a significant degree, unknown. Martin Broadbent, a volunteer, has begun research to discover more of this Dartington story.
Read More >Conservation diary: Keeping track of nesting birds at Dartington
Each year Mike and the volunteers carry out a nest box survey across the Dartington estate for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) - a scheme that has been going for over 25 years.
Read More >Conservation Diary: Recognising the stonechat
In his latest blog, Dartington's Conservation Warden Mike explains how to identify a stonechat - a bird at its most visible in the spring.
Read More >Gardens blog: Connecting Dartington gardens to the landscape beyond
As a 50-page research project mapping the history of Dartington’s Gardens is completed, Gardener Katherine reflects that ‘in order to move forward we need to understand what went before'.
Read More >Food and Farming blog: Wetland restoration vision takes shape
Last autumn we asked for help with a feasibility study we had commissioned into the potential to restore Queens Marsh to a wetland habitat. Here, Harriet reveals the study's conclusions...
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