Join expert forager Daniel Blackmore for a guided walk across the Bowden Pillars Future site, exploring its landscapes while learning to identify edible, medicinal, and poisonous fungi. Discover traditional uses of fungi, including natural fire-lighting techniques, and finish around the fire with a warming cup of homemade wild mushroom chai.

Curious about Bowden Pillars Future?

Come and meet the BPF team at Totnes Climate Hub every second Saturday, 11am–1pm. We’ll be bringing drawings, plans and project updates, and we’d love to chat.

Ask us anything about the land, the village plans, low-carbon living, shared vehicles, food growing, nature restoration, or how to get involved.

Open Eco Homes: Bowden Pillars Future Village
On Sunday 4 October, Bowden Pillars will open its gates as part of Open Eco Homes Devon. Unlike most stops on the trail, there’s no finished house to tour yet. Instead, visitors can explore the site, enjoy the views across to Dartmoor, and discover plans for a new village of 50 low-carbon homes, developed over the past two years with future residents.

With a planning application due this winter, this is an opportunity to meet the team, see the proposals and ask questions about everything from low-carbon heating and car-free streets to affordability and community life. A member of the design and planning team will lead guided walks around the site and talk through the vision for the village.

Anyone Can Breed Plants
Learn the basics of plant breeding for climate resilience, flavour, and diversity in this practical workshop with Justin from the Crop Breeding & Seed Research Project. Visit the Breeding Station and discover how gardeners can develop their own locally adapted crops. 🌱

Curious about Bowden Pillars Future?

Come and meet the BPF team at Totnes Climate Hub every second Saturday, 11am–1pm. We’ll be bringing drawings, plans and project updates, and we’d love to chat.

Ask us anything about the land, the village plans, low-carbon living, shared vehicles, food growing, nature restoration, or how to get involved.

Join us in person to explore the Bowden Pillars regenerative agriculture land and connect with both the growers and wildlife community.

Meet the Land at Bowden Pillars Future

Bowden Pillars Nature Circle and Bowden Farm Collective Open Day for all ages...

Come along to discover Land Regeneration in action and celebrate being part of the Community of Nature at Bowden Pillars Farm. This will be the inaugural open day for the first six regenerative agriculture projects that are part of the Bowden Farm Collective. Bowden Pillars Nature Circle will also be bringing some fun activities to help us connect to the land and wildlife at Bowden Pillars in both creative and practical ways.

We're live on Soundart Radio this Friday, 12–1pm - talking rainforest, farmland and village, with music in between. Come listen.

Curious about Bowden Pillars Future?

Come and meet the BPF team at Totnes Climate Hub every second Saturday, 11am–1pm. We’ll be bringing drawings, plans and project updates, and we’d love to chat.

Ask us anything about the land, the village plans, low-carbon living, shared vehicles, food growing, nature restoration, or how to get involved.

Join foragers Hannah and Daniel for an immersive day at Bowden Pillars Farm, combining a guided foraging walk with woodland cooking and a three‑course wild food feast. Learn to identify, harvest and cook seasonal wild plants sustainably, connect deeply with nature, and enjoy a delicious meal cooked over the fire.

A family‑friendly, three‑and‑a‑half‑hour workshop inviting you to slow down and connect deeply with your senses, your body, and the land. Guided by nature connection facilitator Jade Moon, we’ll spend time with the old beech trees overlooking Totnes, exploring sensory awareness, more‑than‑human presence, and shared reflection, with an optional creative writing element.

Three years ago, a community came together and bought this land. On 31st May we are gathering on it to mark what has been quietly built since then - and to share, for the first time, what is coming next.

Curious about Bowden Pillars Future?

Come and meet the BPF team at Totnes Climate Hub every second Saturday, 11am–1pm. We’ll be bringing drawings, plans and project updates, and we’d love to chat.

Ask us anything about the land, the village plans, low-carbon living, shared vehicles, food growing, nature restoration, or how to get involved.

Join Hannah for a gentle walk around the BPF site where you'll learn how to identify a range of wild plants that can be used for food and herbal remedies.

Join us for a Family Day in January — a relaxed, all-ages gathering with time to connect, share ideas and play, as part of our Village Co-Shaping process.

A chance to step into the conversation before the plans are fixed. This public engagement event invites the wider community to explore the vision for Bowden Pillars Future and share thoughts on what this project could offer through a set of interactive workshop tables and a simple exhibition of the wider vision.

No need to book! Just drop in.

A chance to step into the conversation before the plans are fixed. This public engagement event invites the wider community to explore the vision for Bowden Pillars Future and share thoughts on what this project could offer through a set of interactive workshop tables and a simple exhibition of the wider vision.

No need to book! Just drop in.