11 MARCH 2016. This time last year, our crowdfunding campaign to raise money to build the -:- Fruit Factory had been launched. We were on tenterhooks every day to see if we would be able to raise the money to finish the building. The campaign was successful! The build continued last summer. By the time Apple…
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Big bad wolf legend quashed
11 MARCH 2016. For several years now we have enjoyed the company of local straw bale builder -:- Ian Brown. He is the tutor on our -:- Building with straw bales course, and without him our -:- straw bale Fruit Factory would not be the building of beauty that we see today at Stanmer Park! Ian is…
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09 MARCH 2016. How Ben Law’s home became a vocation and new architectural vernacular An extract from The Woodland House by -:- Ben Law I live in the middle of a woodland. The woodland is predominantly sweet chestnut coppice. Sweet chestnut is a very durable, fast growing hardwood. I built a small cruck frame boathouse with…
More information ...One of our guest tutors gets mushy
18 FEBRUARY 2016. Once a year, we have the pleasure of a visit from -:- Bill Knight from Keverall Farm in Cornwall who is the main teacher on our -:- Mushroom cultivation course. A great tutor and all round fun guy, he speaks about his love of mushrooms and the course: “Did you know that hidden under your…
More information ...Polytunnel appeal update from our plot team
18 FEBRUARY 2016. In our last newsletter, we thanked everyone for their help in raising money to pay for a new polytunnel cover at out plot – our last one was -:- ripped off in the January storms. The team were just wishing for a sunny winter day with no wind to be able to fit…
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