Promoting & Enhancing The Natural Beauty of the Sid Valley
The new Sidmouth Civic Food Forest was endorsed by Sidmouth Town Council at their recent Environment Committee meeting. With sites ranging across the whole valley, the Civic Food Forest is claimed to be the first of its sort in the UK and possibly theRead More
Leave a comment Sunday November 3rd, 2024 is International No Dig Day, a global initiative promoting a sustainable and efficient gardening method. It encourages gardeners worldwide to embrace the practice of no-dig gardening, a technique that focuses on minimising soil disturbance. While the concept might seem counterintuitive,Read More
Leave a comment Heavy rain has prevented us holding many volunteer sessions recently, but there is still good news. We now have a new logo and there are positive signs of growth amongst the food forest plants. The primroses we planted over winter are now blooming andRead More
Leave a comment Lots of willing helpers of all ages joined in our volunteers session last Sunday – planting, weeding, pruning and of course moving woodchip to extend our fruit and veg growing spaces within the forest garden. All are welcome to come to our next session,Read More
Leave a comment Below is an outline task calendar for work at the Food Forest and Forest Garden. Scroll down the list to view the whole year. Monthly volunteer sessions are normally held at 2pm on the last Sunday of each month, but are weather dependant. JoinRead More
Leave a comment Work On The Sidford Food Forest Is Progressing At A Steady Rate, But Has Been Hampered By A Lack Of Water, Hot Weather And Now Rain! But We Never Expected Rapid Progress, A Project Such As This Needs To Be Measured & Paced AlongsideRead More
1 response Food forests, or forest gardens, are often thought to be new to the UK. Popular wisdom is that they were pioneered by Robert Hart in Shropshire in the 1980s and further developed by Martin Crawford here in Devon at Dartington. But whilst these pioneersRead More
Leave a comment Planting At The Sidmouth Community Food Forest Is Progressing With Jerusalem Artichokes, Rhubarb, Mint, Primroses & An Olive Tree Recently Planted. The huge buddleia has now been curt back hard and a habit heap created from the branches. Buddleia cope extremely well with beingRead More
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