A Day in the Life of a Nature Recovery Trainee
It’s hardly possible to recount what A Day In The Life looks like, as if to fit the daily experience of life here in the farm into a prescriptive chronology, when in actual fact each day is a particular magical, insightful, fun mix of learning, exploring, connecting. If I were to describe a day here […]
Reflecting on Six Weeks of Change, Connection, and Renewal
Sitting on the log bench at the top of Badger Field in the early morning light, watching the mists drift up and down the valley, watching the sun finally, finally tip over the edge of the clouds into a blue sky, we decide that this moment feels like a pivot point. The year gently turning. […]
Rooting to Rise
On a bright and crisp morning, we milled in the sun excited for our Community Forest tree planting session to begin. Jess joined us and invited us to the yurt to share a presentation to put our day’s activities in context. She shared the rationale for the project and the process the team went through […]
Welcome to Ella & David
3 weeks ago myself and David put the skyscrapers and the vibrant, yet polluted, streets of Manchester behind us. We packed our life, and our cat, into our van and headed for the river Dart. Both of us are connected to this beautiful corner of South Devon from childhood holidays and it feels so right, […]
On the 12th week at Ambios…
And like that, our 12 weeks at Ambios were up. I knew it would go quickly but I was unaware of how I would become so curious and learn so much in a short amount of time. We had just finished helping with the Bioblitz event, led by Ambios to count as many species as […]
Magical adventures down at Lower Sharpham Farm – Bethany Caley
I first visited Lower Sharpham Farm back in June 2022. I had been accepted onto the 12 Week Nature Conservation Traineeship offered by Ambios and was lucky enough to be able to attend through one of their bursary placements. Coming from inner city Leeds with no professional experience of the outdoors, this traineeship was truly […]
Emma’s Gold DofE residential at the farm????
I came to Lower Sharpham Barton Farm on a 5-day placement as part of my Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. This experience has encouraged me to work with people as a team, quickly adapt to unfamiliar environments, develop my communication skills, and gain a wider understanding of conservation and farm life. I have thoroughly enjoyed […]
Introducing Medeine
Who could have thought that my back garden would be the river Dart? For the last three weeks, I have been waking up with the morning dawn chorus and eating fresh salad daily from our polytunnel in the top-hill garden. The valley is changing as nature is slowly waking up from winter bringing more warmer […]
A beautiful beginning
The spring season has officially begun, and with it, our introduction to Ambios. Nestled into the hillside amongst swaying trees, nature welcomes us with its usual spring flurries of sunshine, showers, and gusty breezes. Through the veil of trees, the expansive estuary can be glimpsed below, calling us deeper into nature’s embrace. It’s beautiful. Filled […]
