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Killerton floodplain walk and talk
Take a walk with a National Trust ranger to hear about work to restore the floodplain to support wildlife and help build the River Culm's resilience to flood and drought.
Dunkeswell Abbey heritage tours
A unique guided tour delving into the skills and masterful water management of the monks at Dunkeswell Abbey. There will be tours at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
Fungi Foray – Dalwood
A guided walk in search of wild mushrooms
Working with nature along the Culm
For the last two years ‘nature-based solutions’ (NBS) have been going in the ground and river channel along the Culm and its tributaries as part of the Connecting the Culm project. But what are these nature-based solutions? Why do we need them? And where are they? These questions will be answered at this online event (sign up here) by our guest speakers who are: Jo Neville (National Trust) – brief introduction to what NBS are and why we need them, including an…
Springline mire wildlife walk
Explore the springline mires close to the source of the River Culm.
Fungi Foray – Otterford
Join local botanist David Allen on a guided walk, in search of wild mushrooms.
Mushroom Extravaganza – Upottery
A guided walk in search of wild fungi, followed by a mushroom cooking demonstration and taster session.
Fungi Foray – Staple Fitzpaine
A wild woodland walk, in search of wild mushrooms, followed by mushroom tasting around an open fire.
Dunkeswell Abbey
Autumn clear up around the ruins of the Abbey and a walk to discuss the recent geophysical survey findings.
Connecting the Culm forum #5
Our next (and fifth) Forum event will be our second one in person and we’re delighted to welcome Rob Hopkins back as our key-note speaker. Rob, who works internationally as a “champion of the collective imagination”, played a key part in the development of the Blueprint for the Culm (our 25-year catchment management and investment plan) back in Spring 2021, when he helped us develop our vision for the future. Since then we’ve been working on how we make that vision a…
