Events Archive - Page 3 of 23 - Blackdown Hills National Landscape

Hedgelaying event – Churchstanton

Saturday 21 January 2023 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join our growing group of volunteers for hedge laying at Churchstanton Community Field.

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Free tree hub – Hemyock

Sunday 5 February 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Saving Devon's Treescapes project will be giving away free trees for people to plant in their gardens.

Location: Longmead Park, Longmead Hemyock, Devon EX15 3SG

Make your own star map – half term workshop

Thursday 16 February 2023 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Drop in at the Creative Cabin and make your own star map!

Location: Otter Valley ice cream and field kitchen, Monkton Honiton, Devon EX14 9QN

Otterhead practical volunteering day

Sunday 26 February 2023 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Join the Friends of Otterhead Lakes for a practical morning of volunteering clearing invasive rhododendron from the woodland.

Location: Otterhead Lakes TA3 7EE

Volunteers helping with conservation tasks

Tree Planting, Clayhidon

Sunday 12 March 2023 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Tree planting morning at Clayhidon

Location: Blowiscombe Barn, Clayhidon Blowiscombe Barn Clayhidon, Devon EX15 3TL

Paradise Found: New Visions of the Blackdown Hills

Saturday 18 March 2023 - Saturday 3 June 2023

Exhibition exploring the Blackdown Hills through the artist’s lens past and present

Location: Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Elmfield House, Dowell Street Honiton, Devon EX14 1LX

Community tree planting day – Willand

Saturday 25 March 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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The Connecting the Culm project are looking for volunteers to help plant trees at Muddifords Farm, Willand to help make the Culm river catchment more resilient to flooding.

Location: Muddifords Farm, Willand,, Muddifords Farm Willand, Devon EX15 2QG

A View from the Hills art exhibition

Tuesday 2 May 2023 - Friday 26 May 2023

An exhibition by artists from the Blackdown Hills Artists and Makers group to complement the Paradise Found exhibition of the Camden Town Artists work in the Blackdown Hills.

Location: Beehive Honiton, Dowell Street Honiton, Devon EX14 1LZ United Kingdom

A black and white photograph with trees in the foreground and a patchwork of fields in the background

Whetstone mining walking tour

Saturday 9 September 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Whetstones, used for sharpening tools, were mined in the Blackdown Hills from the 17th to the 19th century. Join Bill Horner, Devon County Archaeologist, on a walking tour of Witness Moor to find out about this forgotten industry and the impact it had on the landscape of the Blackdown Hills.

Location: Witness Moor, Opposite Hembury Hillfort Near Honiton, Devon EX14 3LA