Living Heritage
Escot is privately owned which allows the Kennaway family to set their own Living Heritage agenda. As custodians of this beautiful corner of East Devon, they have pursued a vigorous programme of researching and recording the history of the estate on a continuing programme of restoration of the built and the natural environment, and on education.
In all these activities, Escot takes great care to treat Nature sensitively. After all, Escot is known as the Natural place...
This section illustrates some of the current activities and more are planned. We are always pleased to receive proposals for similar projects.
The Otter Valley Harvest Hub is an exciting new community project based at Escot. It's permaculture-for-everyone and aims to raise enthusiasm locally for grow your own and to provide an educational centre of excellence on the subject. As the programme evolves, it will see the historic walled garden restored to the food and flower production role they enjoyed in centuries gone by, and the greenhouses will also be gradually restored.
In these early days, the organisers are keen to recruit volunteers, so if you have an interest, or just to find out more, please see www.harvesthub.blogspot.com
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