HESTERCOMBE House and Gardens, near Taunton is collaborating with edge, a food growing consultancy, to grow food and educate others on food growing at the historic site.
Edge, a non-profit fronted by landscape architect Rachel Hammond, creates food growing systems and educates people on sustainable farming practices for crops.
It started out as an international grassroots movement/group encouraging food production within communities to build local food supply and education around food systems.
Hestercombe will be working with Edge to offer education for adults, with family sessions also planned to start from November onwards.
This comes after the appointed co-administrators of Hestercombe Forvis Mazars confirmed that the future of events are looking uncertain.
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According to a spokesperson, this is in the hope of the historic site creating “echoes of its past”, producing food from the estate which can “feed the modern community of Hestercombe".
Warren Leavens, managing director of Hestercombe Gardens said: “The gardens at Hestercombe are well known and much loved for their centuries of design and celebration of heritage, and I’m thrilled to be embarking upon this new chapter with Rachel: highlighting themes of education, food production, sustainability and finding joy in the simple act of nurturing life… a modern approach to gardening at Hestercombe.”
The regenerative Market Garden is currently in its set up phase, with half-day courses scheduled from November 8 on site.
These courses will include lessons about “deeply sustainable growing techniques”, regenerative soil management, incorporation of ecosystem services and integrated plants and livestock, for a unique and effective approach to food production.
