LandWorks Updates

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    Sandridge Park Open Gardens raises £20,000 for LandWorks

    5 June 2025 – An Open Gardens weekend at the Sandridge Park estate, held on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June 2025, was a resounding success, raising an incredible £20,000 in support of LandWorks. Over…

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    Golden legacy brings jewellery making to LandWorks

    21 May 2025 – LandWorks is excited to announce the establishment of a new Jewellery workshop, thanks to a generous donation of jewellery making equipment which has found its way to us via the Worshipful Goldsmiths’…

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    Meet Gary, the One Armed Potter

    28 February 2025 – Anyone who has visited the LandWorks shop on the Dartington Estate can’t fail to have noticed the beautifully glazed and coloured range of mugs and bowls for sale by the One Armed…

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    Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, LandWorks all the way!

    1 November 2024 –    It’s just over seven weeks until Christmas, and where better to get a head start on your gift hunting than the LandWorks shop? Not only will you find a tempting selection…

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    Football comes home to LandWorks

    22 October 2024 – A charity football match held at Totnes and Dartington FC’s home ground at Foxhole – right alongside our market garden – has raised £1000 for LandWorks. The charity match, held on  September…

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    Getting to know May, our Health and Wellbeing Lead

    21 August 2024 – May joined LandWorks three months ago as our new Health and Wellbeing Lead. She recently took time out to tell us about what brought her to LandWorks, and how she spends her…

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    Sun shines on LandWorks’ Supporters’ Day celebra...

     20 August 2024 –  LandWorks welcomed  151 supporters, volunteers, and partners to our 12th annual Supporters’ Day on 16th August 2024 to celebrate another remarkable year of achievement in which we were named Overall Winner of…

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    LandWorks recreates Elmhirst era benches for Dartington Hall...

    8  August 2024 – LandWorks has been commissioned by Marian Ash, granddaughter of Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst, to recreate a series of arts and crafts garden benches for Dartington Hall to a design which first graced…

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    Yurt alert!

    1 August 2024 – LandWork’s dream of creating a new wellbeing support centre on our Quarry Field site has become a reality with the arrival of our beautiful new yurt. Yoga sessions in the yurt are…

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    Take your (LandWork) seats for the Totnes and District Show!

    23 July 2024 – If you’re heading for the Totnes and District Show in Berry Pomeroy on Sunday 28th July, be sure to grab a seat for the main arena events. Not only you will catch…

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    LandWorks lands top prize at the Charity Awards 2024

    11 July 2024 – LandWorks is beyond excited to announce that we won the ‘Overall Award for Excellence’ at this year’s Charity Awards, the longest-running and most prestigious awards scheme in the charity sector. Not only…

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    Making time, and space, for yoga

    11 June 2024 – LandWorks trainees and team members are enjoying the therapeutic effects of yoga, thanks to new sessions led by our in-house psychotherapist, Becca. “In my years working as a counsellor for LandWorks I…