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 […]
