A MICROCOSM OF THE DARTMOOR IN-BYE: do the answers lie in the soil?
Friday 6 September 2024
11am – 3.30pm
Langaford Farm Trust, North Bovey, Chagford, Dartmoor
Langaford Farm is a wonderful 100 acre nature reserve, a mosaic of rhos pasture and hay meadows, with a stunning variety of wild flowers and rare invertebrates. As with much of the in-bye around Dartmoor, Langaford has a range of soils. These reflect both the differing natural environmental conditions and the way people have used the land over the centuries, if not millennia. The soils at Langaford are well studied by a range of groups with land based interests. This workshop will be an opportunity to get up close and personal with the most important of the in-byes soils under the guidance of two soil scientists who have had life time careers studying West Country’s soils.
Sounds of the Earth...a new release
Luke Ramsey, from UWE and his colleagues will be contributing to the workshop with a session on the sound of soil - cutting edge research recording the sounds emanating from marginally above and below ground level. Fascinating stuff. Recordings made at Langaford will be played live.
How to book
If you'd like to come to this free workshop run by Langaford (donations on the door most welcome), book your place now as places are limited: info@langafordtrust.org
or call 01647 432889 (please leave contact details).
Teas and coffees available. Please bring a packed lunch and stout shoes for walking on rough terrain.
For more information about Langaford Farm Trust see: https://www.langafordtrust.org/