Every week until the end of June, our conservation wardens will be gently checking our bird boxes in order to contribute to a UK-wide analysis of avian activity.
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Dartington Estate to become an agro-forestry ‘lighthouse’
Dartington Estate is part of a pilot project for the government’s new agri-environmental scheme to encourage farmers to manage their land in a more sustainable way.
Read More >Diary: Notes from the Walled Kitchen Garden
Regular, rolling updates from the brilliant volunteer team at our beautiful Kitchen Garden! Follow the progress of this beautiful organic garden as zero-food miles produce is grown for our café, The Green Table and our pub, The White Hart.
Read More >Volunteer blog: Seeking a swift encounter
As a new project beings to attract swifts back to a disused church tower, volunteer Alistair Whybrow writes on his own fascination with these beguiling birds.
Read More >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.
Read More >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.
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