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We offer guided walks, wild food forages and rural skills training during the year. Call Jade to find out more... 01803 770219.
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11-13/14 February Watermill Cottages Working Holiday Weekend Spend the weekend surrounded by nature in our rural valley helping us to create sustainably-sourced fuel for our cottages' stoves and planting wild flower banks. Reconnect with nature. Meals provided in our farmhouse kitchen. Private rooms in shared cottages. Plus an opportunity to help plant a traditional orchard with Orchard Link at Devon Wildlife Trust's New Orchard on Monday the 14th. Enquiries - 01803 770219 14 February Devon Wildlife Trust, Traditional Orchard Planting contact Orchard Link 27 February Lustleigh Community Orchard, Work Day, pruning young and ancient trees contact Orchard Link 6 March Willow Coppicing Workshop Spend a day learning how to coppice with professional land manger Ed Parr-Ferris from Think Nature, in our quiet woodland alongside the Gara brook. Following our successful coppicing course last year, this year we are focusing on regenerating our old willow trees to encourage new growth for weaving. Basic willow weaving will be taught too. A lunch of hot soup and bread cooked over the fire will be provided and of course tea and cake. £15 for the day. Enquiries - 01803 770219 10 March An Introduction to Bees and Honey A talk by the Chairperson of Totnes Beekeeping Society run by Orchard Link in Dartington. Contact Orchard Link for more info. 11-13 March Folk Music Performance Residential Weekend The weekend will be led by Jeremy Kahn and will be hosted by Watermill Cottages. There will be just 3 students on the weekend. We will work on aspects of folk performance such as projection, time and rythm, use of sapce and dynamics, making the accompaniment more interesting, basic harmony. £220.00 meals included. Talk to Jeremy on 07931 368 535, to be sure that this weekend is for you. Click Folk Weekend for more details. 9 - 12 March Dartmouth Comedy Festival 29 April - 1 May Paignton Bike Festival 30 April - 1 May Brixham Pirate and Sea Shanty Festival 1 May 2011 30th Blackawton International Festival of Worm Charming BBC - Devon Features - Blackawton Internation Festival of Worm Charming 6 - 8 May Dart Music Festival Jazz, rock, pop, choir, blues, classic music for free in Dartmouth, South Devon | Dart Music Festival 19 - 21 May Devon County Show, Exeter 18-19 June Slapton Open Gardens and Craft Fair 17 - 20 June Beesounds Midsummer Acoustic Folk Music Festival, Beesands with workshops, ceilidh and concerts, including Jackie Oates. £5 per event. Contact Valerie Belsey on 01803 866916 or Underwood Discovery Centre at underwoodorganic@onetel.com for details and tickets Beesounds Programme 2 July Stokenham Parish Fete 9 July Chillington Community Summer Fair 8 - 18 July 2011 Ways With Words Literary Festival Dartington Hall, Totnes 22- 24 July Stokenham Arts & Crafts Exhibition 13 August Slapton Horticulture Show 20 August Celebrate Start Bay Festival 2011- Slapton Celebrate Start Bay - Events, Festivals and Attractions in Devon - Visit South Devon - South Devon 23 - 25 September South Devon Walking Festival Green Holidays - South Devon Walking Festival - South Devon 21 - 23 October Dartmouth Food Festival |
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