Have a listen! We went Soundart Radio with Totnes Climate Hub to talk rainforest, farmland and village with some music we love in between.

On Sunday 31st May, some 50 people gathered on the land to celebrate three years since its purchase. There were stories told in ceremony field, a walk among the saplings, a talk about the village plans, songs, and a collaborative poem laid around a mandala of found treasures. A look back at a warm afternoon of connection, celebration and hope for what comes next.

by Laura Sky Salomon

I am sitting beside a fresh young Oak sapling on the Hill at Bowden Pillars, a local fellow seeded from a parent tree nearby. He shows us how, given half a chance, nature regenerates themself.

We breathe in what trees breathe out, and they breathe in what we breathe out - a simple exchange, interwoven with all Life on Earth.

by Aleksandra Sliwa

Three years of quiet work.

Hundreds of conversations.

A design nearly ready.

And a village that is closer to real than most people know.

Here is what we have been doing

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Stephanie Bradley interviewing Pritam Singh

Drawn to ethical, community-rooted ways of living, Pritam Singh found in Bowden Pillars Future a model that resonated deeply. One where people, land and ecology thrive together through shared stewardship.

by Steph Pickrell

2025 was a year of momentum at Bowden Pillars — from planting over 7,000 trees to co-shaping the future village with neighbours, volunteers and friends. This post reflects on a year where community, land and vision grew together.

by Nature Circle

In decades to come, this land will be rainforest. Last winter, over 100 local volunteers began that transformation, planting thousands of native trees and setting in motion a 100-year story of ecological restoration.

by Steph Pickrell

“Why does it feel like we’re going around in circles?” Steph’s personal reflection from within the project on letting go of control, embracing regeneration, and discovering progress in spirals rather than straight lines.

by Jerome Tait

From wild woodland and medieval manors to granite pillars, estate families, and forgotten carriageways, this post traces the rich, surprising history of the land beneath our future village.

by Steph Pickerel

An inside look at the Village Co-Shaping Gathering, where the vision, principles and early designs for a regenerative village began to take collective form.