Dartington Estate is a stunning centre of heritage, culture, entertainment, hospitality and innovative sustainability set in rolling south Devon parkland.
🌲 The ancient yew tree here in the graveyard behind the Hall is said to be somewhere in the region of 1,500 and 2,000 years old. Maybe a good candidate for the The Woodland Trust's Tree of the Year 2020. Have you nominated a tree yet?
#trees
We're delighted to say High Cross House is back to its best! The pre-eminent 1930s Modernist building in Devon & one of the earliest International Style buildings in the UK, it will be a key venue for our expanding Learning programme from this autumn on.
We are full of joy that we have received
@ace_national
funding to bring you a spectacular Thrive festival this year! More information coming soon - just save the date: 28th April to 1st May
We are thrilled to announce the Gustav Metzger Foundation Scholarship in partnership with
@hauserwirth
. The scholarship will support a student with refugee status or an application for asylum in the UK on our ‘Arts and Place’ MA course.
We’re thrilled that our little Barn Cinema has received vital funds from the
@DCMS
Culture Recovery Fund
@BFI
- we look forward to sharing some films with you in this space again as soon as we can!
#HereForCulture
Happy
#DevonDay
! You can't beat the rolling hills of South Devon in our opinion. Our estate near
#Totnes
is open for hiking and walks all year round. Find out more about visiting us here:
Snowdrops in the Dartington gardens - beautiful to see the first signs of the year's growing cycle! If you're planning to grow more this year our online Sustainable Growing course, with
@SchumacherColl
's Colum Pawson, has just opened for bookings:
We are very happy to announce that following the update to government guidelines we have now partially reopened the estate. Full details via this link:
The Green Table Café is reopening for takeaways this Friday, 19 June, offering a range of delicious cakes, coffees, salads and more. The café opening hours will be 11am-4pm daily. Head Chef Tara is organising a very exciting ‘dinners to go’ option too!
We’re delighted to announce two new lecturers at
@DartingtonArts
School: Dr Jo Joelson, Programme Lead, and Dr Tine Bech, Senior Lecturer, MA Arts and Place. Read the latest on our dynamic learning programme, of which Jo and Tine are a key part, here:
Really sad to have to announce this but we have had an unfortunate case of vandalism in North Woods on the estate. Please can we ask everyone visiting us to leave it as you find it and try to minimise your impact on wildlife and habitats as much as possible. Thank you.
🦌Just a note to say we fully recognise the importance of continued access to nature for the local community at the moment so our estate grounds remain open to the public for daily exercise. The Green Table is open 10am-4pm but for takeaways only.
Really proud of recent graduate Kadir Karababa with his new video installation "One Song" at the
@MuseumoftheHome
, commissioned by
@CounterArts
. Read more about it and listen to an interview with artist on our blog:
We're thrilled to unveil a new undergraduate degree
@SchumacherColl
dedicated to sustainable and regenerative agriculture! The new BSc in Sustainable Food and Farming starts in September 2021. Find out more and register for updates here:
#Sustainability
*Lockdown update*
With news that we are entering a new period of “lockdown”, the Trust fully recognises the importance of continued access to nature for the local community during this difficult time and so will keep the grounds open to the public for daily exercise purposes.
From poets to biologists, farmers to sailors, journalists to philosophers and beyond. This year’s programme of fascinating talks in the Totnes Bookshop and up at The Great Hall spans a bewildering spectrum of disciplines and experiences.
@GeorgeMonbiot
Willi Soukop's Swan Fountain (1950) is one of many artworks commissioned specifically for the Dartington estate. From next January you can study Arts and Place at Dartington Arts School. (Application deadline: 01/09/2020)
Find out more here:
We have news! Announcing an incredibly exciting new collab with the fine folk at
@BylineFest
and
@BylineTimes
- a carnival of ideas, food, dancing and thinking about to change the world for the better. 14-16 July. Weekend tickets limited, book now at
Tickets Live!
Book your early bird tickets for our festival at beautiful Dartington Hall in collaboration with
@DartingtonTrust
14-16 July.
Just 600 tickets available.
Book now
We are so excited to announce that undergraduate teaching has once again returned to Dartington this week after a 12 year hiatus. Read more about the arrival of students on the BSc Regenerative Food & Farming
@SchumacherColl
here:
📷 Josh Pratt
On this
#WinterSolstice
we wish you all a time for renewal and rebirth, and encourage you to search for the green shoots of hope that new experiences can bring!
Timelapse by Ella Whittlestone
Our revitalised focus as a centre for learning means lots more courses, programmes and educational events! We want to welcome you on our journey to develop a radical, ambitious, alternative learning programme fit for the 21st century. Find out more:
Now we have reopened the estate and as we programme new events & courses, it's a good time to think about becoming a Dartington member. There are discounts on food & drink, shopping & craft courses. It's the best way to get more involved with the Trust!
We're looking for academic staff for 5/6 master's programme posts
@SchumacherColl
and Dartington Arts School. This is an exciting step for us - the future is bright and we hope you'll come along for the journey. 👇
Join bestselling writer and naturalist,
@Anna_Selby
, for a brand new online poetry course exploring themes of intimacy, life, and nature. Starts 20th Feb.
"We take the River Dart for granted at our peril." On
#WorldWaterDay
we celebrate our local water source and spare thoughts for the 2 billion people living without access to safe water round the world. We're so lucky to have the Dart on our doorstep!
From tomorrow, 10 July, we are reopening some of our medieval courtyard rooms for stays and retreats. Book a room while you still can via our fast-track online system:
#Staycation
#Devon
#devonandcornwall
@VisitEngland
Good to Go!
📷 Aubrey Simpson
Next Thursday, join us for a special evening in the genial company of wine writer and broadcaster,
@ozclarke
, as we celebrate his brand new book, ‘English Wine: From Still to Sparkling”. Hosted by our Assoc. Dir of Wine at Dartington,
@Just1nHS
Some Trust staff and learning community members can often be found taking a quick morning plunge in our stretch of the Dart. Some say it's the best way to get yourself set for the day ahead!
What's the role of writing in times of unravelling & loss? Can the written word help re-entangle hearts & imaginations in the living breathing world? Join
@charlotteducann
&
@underscrutiny
@darkmtn
for an Earth Talk on their newly launched books:
Intriguing talk from
@SDevonPrimary
(in the
@WCountryVoices
hosted Michael Young Room) on their plans to formalise collaborative, tactical voting for progressives at the next general election. Find out more at a
#dartbyline23
Huge congratulations to
@LandWorksHQ
for winning the ‘Outstanding Local or Regional Organisation’ award in the national Criminal Justice Alliance (CJA) awards 2021
@cjalliance
A historic moment for learning at Dartington Trust as students on our two new MA programmes, Engaged Ecology at
@SchumacherColl
and Arts and Place at
@DartingtonArts
School, experience their first day of teaching on site here at Dartington.
We're very pleased to say that, following the latest government guidance, we are reopening our unique collection of shops down at Shinner's Bridge, Dartington, this Wednesday, 17 June. For full details, including opening hours, visit:
📷Kate Mount
Work on the external cleaning and decoration of High Cross House has started after a great deal of intensive, behind-the scenes restoration work on the inside. Here’s a member of staff putting the finishing touches to one of the distinctive blue exterior walls!
Great guide to what's on locally in May from the lovely folk
@muddydevon
- including our events to celebrate pioneering landscape architect Beatrix Farrand with
@thedanpearson
👩🌾 Imagine spending 3 years on our magnificent estate learning regenerative practices essential to the well-being of our society. With our BSc Regenerative Food & Farming
@SchumacherCollege
you can!
📨 Apply via UCAS by 26 January
💷 Bursaries available
On the estate for
@bylinefest
? Don’t miss our small but perfectly formed pop-up bookshop in the Courtyard. Head to the Holand Room for a curated selection of reads (and signings) from authors appearing at the festival, and on topics raised across the weekend.
#dartbyline23
You are a unique gift from the universe, to the universe. ❤️ Listen to the whole interview with Satish Kumar on the importance of love, hope, and self-care as an activist via our SoundCloud:
Our BSc Regenerative Food & Farming starts this September and we can't tell you how excited we are about it! We'll be making some key announcements related to the course soon so to be one of the first to hear the news, register for updates on this page:
During these extraordinary times, the Green Table Cafe at Dartington will now offer a take away service for collection and (if you live in Dartington village) delivery. For all details on how to order delicious, fresh meals, please head to:
It's so exciting to have a literary festival back on site! We caught up with one of the
@Ways_With_Words
Directors,
@LeahVarnell
, to find out what it's like to be back and the talks she's looking forward to this weekend!
@LitWorks
@WritersCentre
Are you planning your
#Staycation2020
? If so, why not try out our unique medieval courtyard or chilled out campsite? The perfect place to explore Dartington’s rich cultural heritage and the natural beauty of South Devon, the River Dart and
#Dartmoor
.
**Please retweet and spread the word**
The Dartington Hall estate is now closed to the public. Please do not come on to the estate unless you are one of the groups identified below (including tenants or their visitors).
@visittotnes
@VisitDevon
@DartingtonArts
@BarnCinema
Head up to the Dartington Estate this weekend! The White Hart is open from today until Sunday for drinks & nibbles, while the Green Table Cafe is serving coffees, cakes and more 10am-4pm daily + Dinner on the Terrace Thu-Sat, 5-9pm.
📷 Kate Mount
It was a pleasure to welcome TV presenter Fern Britton,
@twofourtweets
and the
#WatercolourChallenge
contestants to the estate last April. Tune into Channel 5 at 4pm today and this Friday 21st Jan to see to see how they got on painting the Gardens and High Cross House!
"Glinting pools secreted by oak in the shielded parts of the Dart." A nice piece in
@guardian
this morning by poet and author
@ejbpoetry
on the hidden places of south Devon, incl. the quieter corners of our stretch of the river.
@visittotnes
@VisitDevon
Ecology on the Dartington Estate feeds into all elements of our work, from our approach to land management to our
@SchumacherColl
postgrad degrees in Engaged Ecology and Holistic Science starting January 2021.
📷 Alan Letcher of a male kingfisher
It saddens us to report that last night vandals caused significant damage to the beloved Playhouse in the Gardens. Original windows brocken and fire damage to extererior and interior. Anyone with info regarding this crime pls contact the police on 101 and quote ref: CR/031139/19
Open Studio alert! Don't miss the chance this Fri & Sat to see work from
@DartingtonArts
's current
#ArtistInResidence
, the hugely talented
@gillespieseyes
who'll be opening doors to atmospheric Aller Park on the estate. More info at
Happy birthday Dorothy Elmhirst, our founder, born
#onthisday
in 1887. Dorothy is the reason for so much that has gone on here over the past 100 years & she continues to inspire our progressive education
@schumachercollege
and active arts programme today. 📷Dartington archive
Our Roundhouse cafe at the
@BarnCinema
has run some trials with social distancing measures, and we're pleased to say that it will now be open daily 11am-4pm. So if your passing on a walk across the estate, feel free to drop by for a coffee and snack.
What an incredible four weeks of music-making-and-listening we experienced at the Dartington Music Summer School & Festival. A huge thank you to everyone involved!
We’re already excited for what next year will hold... but for now, cheers to a well-earned rest! 🎶🎵
📷 Kate Mount
Free gig series launching tomorrow! The Great Lawn Sessions will showcase the finest acoustic talent on the grassy meadow at Dartington. First up are the acclaimed folk sounds of
@Harbottle_Jonas
. Plus BBQ field kitchen and bar. Music from 8pm
How did a building considered to be one of the UK's finest examples of
#modernistarchitecture
go down in rural 1930s
#Devon
? Find out this weekend at our
#free
exhibition in this incredible building for
#OpenHouse02
and have a glimpse at its past & future...
We're looking forward to tomorrow night's
#EarthTalk
with best-selling author Margaret Wheatley as she explores the "brave new world" we are all now facing following the siesmic changes of recent weeks and the leadership this might require. Join us!
Last week
@SchumacherColl
headed up to the Oxford Real Farming Conference
@ORFC
to host and contribute to panel discussions on the real issues that face the farmers of today. Thanks to everyone involved for hosting such a vibrant and inspiring three days!
📷Hugh Warwick
#orfc23
BSc Regenerative Food and Farming spaces are available through Clearing for those considering their options after today's A Level results. You can call our Clearing Hotline at 01803 847220 or visit our Clearing page at: .
Dartington Trust joins the nation in mourning the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As a mark of respect our White Hart flag will be kept at half-mast until the funeral.
We were honoured to receive a visit from Her Majesty in 2010 (pictured here).
We are incredibly proud to announce that Dartington is now a
@The_RHS
"Partner Garden"! What a wonderful way to acknowledge one of the most atmospheric gardens in Devon. RHS members go free every Friday throughout 2022. Book via