Flete Estate

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New  August Journal
Towards the end of the month the season shifted over a short period of days from Summer to Autumn, ...
July Journal from Shelley Castle
Looking out over the lush summer growth of the reed bed near Orcheton Woods, my daughter takes a short break ...
June Journal from Shelley Castle, Artist in Residence
A huge key to the Flete Estate's Game Larder, built in the mid 19th century to house the pheasants and deer ...
Artist in Residence April/May Journal
During early April the estate seemed to be in a state of suspended animation waiting for warmer winds to ...
Devon Woodland Competition
We were all delighted to hear that our entry of 3.5 hectares of beech woodland came first in Class 4 of the ...
Early summer delights
Efford Causeway, high tide, total silence except for the cooing of woodpigeons.  A sudden flash of blue, ...
March Journal from Shelley Castle, Artist in Residence
"... it is no longer regarded as romantic but exceedingly realistic to fight for every tree, every plot ...
Artist-in-Residence February Journal
Without anthropomorphising nature, it's interesting to see a landscape from a different point of view ...
Artist-in-Residence December/January Journal
Walking on the estate during winter, although limited as everyone by some seriously inclement weather, the ...
Introducing Artist in Residence, Shelley Castle
In September I completed an MA in Arts and Ecology and began looking for an area of land which I could return ...

 

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