Saving the saltmarsh at Sharpham

We have partnered with the Environment Agency, the Bioregional Learning Centre, Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority and other partners to receive £200,000 of funding from the Environment Agency, Duchy of Cornwall, South Hams District Council and South Devon National Landscape.

Now work is well underway to restore around four hectares of marshes - including saltmarsh on our land at Sharpham Point and above North Quay.

River D+Art

Closer to Totnes, efforts at the 40ft off and Home Reach marshes are nearly complete.

Work on improving pedestrian access and adding signage within Long Marsh, near Steamer Quay, Totnes is due to be finished in March this year, including the creation of a new boardwalk. 

As part of a weekend celebration, the Saltmarsh Artist Collective will be exhibiting work created as part of the three-year project on March 22, and the project team will be sharing the story of the whole project at an event on March 24, with presentations, short film screenings and conversation.

Students from Schumacher College visited the reedbeds on the Sharpham Estate early last year – a cold but valuable learning experience

We’re being a Friend of the Dart

Sharpham means ‘a bend in the river’ and we wouldn’t be here without the River Dart.

Our work as a nature and mindfulness charity, our mission to make the world a more mindful, compassionate and environmentally-sustainable place, as well as our riparine position makes us important stewards of the river.

We recently gifted two mindfulness retreats to the Friends of the Dart Crowdfunder appeal, helping to bring in nearly £60,000 to stop sewage in the Dart. 

Our Director Julian Carnell is Chair of the River Dart Catchment Partnership which is working to create a new Action Plan for the river which it plans to launch in April. We’ve enabled their website to be built, helping them to communicate their stories and connect with stakeholders in the project and the general public.