About
Everywhere and under our noses, some plants seem common to us and yet, like us, they are in fact extraordinary, humble, powerful and resilient. Primarily perennials; trees, dyes herbs and vegetables grown to give away. Promoting symbiosis and abundance.
Half of this highly productive 2 hectare speck of space in south Devon is a border of 1, 700 of 11 mixed species trees for our forest garden. We also have a 100 tree orchard of locally sourced fruit trees and community growing spaces. We are off grid using rainwater and solar for all that we do.
All the species are useful to us and harvested for their edible, medicinal, veterinary, pigmentation and horticultural properties. Our sales page is on this link.
We deliver sessions for a local charity working to enrich the lives of neuro diverse young people. We are wheelchair accessible with our own all terrain wheelchair plus ramps and accessible toilet and shower.
We are certified organic with BDA Certification, providing habitat for the local wildlife, rooted in the local community and economy. We have measured biodiversity doubling annually. We are under net zero carbon emissions, in 2021 we captured 14.5 tonnes of C02. We are off grid and use water from the sky and power from the sun for all that we do.
We use the principles of regenerative agroecology, permaculture and local economy. We are members of the Landworkers Alliance. We are registered as a company limited by guarantee. We are members of Nature Recovery Network. This is a social business, not for profit, responsible and ethical.
We are currently Jane an ethnobotanist, Sam a textile artist and PhD student in natural dyes, and Stuart a soils expert. Our third Director is Beccy Strong photographer and film maker. Together our 3 women Directors aim to make our work driven by values of social and ecological justice while at the same time being commercially sustainable.
We have an Occupational Therapist, Play Therapist and psychotherapists all using the natural world to enhance recovery from physical and mental trauma and wellbeing. All our people are experts in their fields, qualified and insured.
Please make contact if you would like to join us or ask us anything. We will not share your details. Keep in touch on social.
The Offer
Our space is perfect for you to come to rest and recuperate. We are a beautiful setting in the heart of rural south Devon, with an orchard, new strawbale barn and growing spaces. Surrounded by a young woodland with views across hills, our site is dedicated to increasing biodiversity and human wellbeing. We have a programme of land and plant, therapy and play based activities in the making. Also a product range. Please see here for the details. Keep up to date via the contact form. Also make contact if you think you could use our special site for your work.
The Request
We are looking for people to join us on the journey by investing their time or resources into our vision. Set in the red earth of the south Devon landscape, south facing, organically certified, we have a strawbale built barn, growing spaces and soon large pond on 2 hectares. Half the site is young woodland and orchard. Our business plan is based on harvesting from trees and perrenials to make small batch high value products for largely non food uses. The site is not open to the public so provides peace and tranquility for people to recuperate and learn about themselves and the natural world. Please make contact if this is something which interests you.
