It’s the time of year for poring over the seed catalogues and deciding what to grow this year. But the cost of seeds is going up fast and it can be quite daunting to realise how much it will cost to grow all the different crops we might like.
But there is an alternative! Very few people need to use a whole pack of carrot seeds, so how about swapping half your pack for half a pack of lettuce seeds?
A seed swap is an opportunity to get together with other gardeners and swap seeds that you don’t need, or that you have collected from last year’s crops. Even if you have no...
Where does our bread come from? What’s in it? How hard is it to make?
Humans have been making some kind of bread for more than five thousand years - it’s central to our culture.
Think of the importance of bread in religious stories, or in the many expressions we use – "best thing since sliced bread"; "putting bread on the table"; and so on.
Originally just ground grains and water, then later leavened (risen) with yeast, bread has been a simple staple food throughout human history. But the bread we see today in supermarkets is full of additives, enzymes and...
A few years ago, you would have been lucky to spot avocets anywhere, but today - a conservation success story.
The Exe Estuary in winter is one of the best places in the UK to get great views of avocets. With their black-and-white plumage, and slender, curved bills, you can’t miss them especially a flock of up to 500 when they’re sweeping the mud to search for tasty morsels. Every winter, over 40,000 birds, including hundreds of black-tailed godwits, Brent geese and red-breasted mergansers, flock to the Exe Estuary from as far a field as Siberia and Greenland.
Come and see Devon Wildlife Trust’s headquarters in the beautifully restored watermill at Cricklepit. Watch as volunteer millers grind wheat for flour in the traditional way.
Admission is free, no need to book except for groups and schools.
To enquire please call 01392 279244 or email contactus@devonwildlifetrust.org
Bristol-based festival favourites The Zen Hussies blend a diverse range of genres – R&B, ska, swing, rockabilly, calypso – into their own punked-up swingska sound. This six-piece present a high octane music revue, guaranteed to set the even the most troubled feet dancing.
Younger visitors can have great fun finding the 10 wooden flowers featuring some of our springtime donkeys hidden around the Sanctuary. Pick up your entry forms from the Visitors’ Centre.
10am-4pm, £1 per entry, booking not required
Donkey dudes
Tuesday 19 February, 11am-3pm
If you've got a budding donkey groom in the family, why not ring them along for a special one-on-one introduction session with one of our events team donkeys.
A 15 minute session will introduce you to the basics...
Younger visitors can have great fun finding the 10 wooden flowers featuring some of our springtime donkeys hidden around the Sanctuary. Pick up your entry forms from the Visitors’ Centre.
10am-4pm, £1 per entry, booking not required
Donkey dudes
Tuesday 19 February, 11am-3pm
If you've got a budding donkey groom in the family, why not ring them along for a special one-on-one introduction session with one of our events team donkeys.
A 15 minute session will introduce you to the basics...
Our annual animation exhibition to coincide with the Animated Exeter Festival will run from 19 January – 2 March 2013
This year’s Animated Exeter exhibition at THG focuses on the wonderful world of printmaking, showcasing animations which feature a variety of printmaking techniques. Examples range from experimental animations by celebrated print studio Double Elephant in Exeter to the award winning ‘A-Z’, a 3 minute short, three years in the making, recounting the creation of the first London A-Z.
Our annual animation exhibition to coincide with the Animated Exeter Festival will run from 19 January – 2 March 2013
This year’s Animated Exeter exhibition at THG focuses on the wonderful world of printmaking, showcasing animations which feature a variety of printmaking techniques. Examples range from experimental animations by celebrated print studio Double Elephant in Exeter to the award winning ‘A-Z’, a 3 minute short, three years in the making, recounting the creation of the first London A-Z.
Purple van man is a hilarious new stand up show from Sean Lock, the most fertile comic mind in Britain. We all know what white van man thinks about the world we live in but its time to hear a different voice, purple van man’s voice. Filled with gags, opinions, deft observations and some silly voices this is Sean Lock doing what he does best, spouting inspired jibber jabber as he crosses the country in his purple van. He will make you laugh like a drunken horse. Sean Lock is one of the UK’s most highly acclaimed and original comedians. The British Comedy Award winner has performed on Live...
