Amie shares her journey after Embercombe’s The Journey programme, an invitation for us to extract what we need and to chart a positive path forward. In months of being disconnected from everything, myself, my body, the land, I find this delight sparks a new feeling of hope. I arrived at Embercombe for the Journey after two years of significant losses; …
The soul nourishment of Embercombe
Anya Montague shares her journey after Embercombe’s The Journey programme, an invitation for us to extract what we need and to chart a positive path forward. “If you’re going to do anything nourishing for your soul this year, let it be at Embercombe” – Anya It’s been 6 years since I finished The Journey course at Embercombe, and I am …
Signs of Otters on our Lake – Carp and the Necrobiome
Our Rewilding Lead, Laura Fairs, shares how carp came to be in our lake, their threat to biodiversity and the ethical issue of removing the non-native species. Many years ago, the community at Embercombe had the intention of being self-sufficient, growing food and rearing livestock so that people could learn to nurture a close relationship with their food and learn ...
On Softening and Surrendering – Experiences from The Journey
By Ian Wilkinson Ian Wilkinson shares his recent experience of the gift of softening and surrender on Embercombe's flagship personal development programme The Journey in March 2023. In recent years I have wandered lost in the wilderness trying to find my purpose and meaning. An old friend has told me time and time again - if you know who you ...
The healing, discovering and empowering journey of The Journey
By Darran Hughes Darran Hughes shares his recent experience of healing, discovery and empowerment on Embercombe's flagship personal development programme The Journey in November 2022. “I invite you to spend some time exploring that…”, were the words Stefan gently spoke, as I sat alone on the edge of a roaring fire late one evening. I looked at him, knowing in my ...
How to help our feathered friends in Winter
Embercombe's Rewilding Lead Laura Fairs shares some tips on how to help our feathered friends during the challenging winter months: This can be the most difficult time of year for small wild birds. Prolonged days of frosty weather restricts their food supply as the bugs and beasties they feed on retreat, in order to protect themselves from the frost, in ...
How to rewild on a smaller scale – Online webinar with Rewilding Britain
Watch this recent online webinar with Embercombe's Rewilding Lead Laura Fairs as she joins Rewilding Britain's latest discussion and shares learnings on how to rewild a piece of land on a smaller scale here at Embercombe in Devon. In this webinar, Rewilding Britain welcomed two Network members, Kate Morley from Hill Crest in Devon and Laura, to talk about how ...
Rewilding the self and the world – Reflections from our Autumn Rewilding Camp
By Darran Hughes Darran Hughes shares his recent experience of joining Embercombe's Autumn Rewilding Camp as he discovers rewilding is not just about the land and plants and animals but about rewilding our souls, our relationships, our communities and ideally our culture. It’s hard to imagine it’s been nearly a decade since George Monbiot first released his best-selling book “Feral”, ...
New Wellness Days at Embercombe
Join us for a new series of free Wellness Days in our Medicine Wheel Garden and Community Orchard for communities in the Teign Valley and around Devon. We will be restoring our heritage apple orchard and traditional medicine garden from October 2022 as we explore the world of wild medicine and plants throughout the four seasons together, and will be …
EmBUGcombe: Building the world’s best bug hotel
Bug hotels and their benefits to wildlife Our Community Rewilding Days are in full swing, and recently a wonderful group of volunteers from our local community gathered together to help build (in our opinion) the most beautiful EmBUGcombe bug hotel on 3 September, also joined by a few of our Autumn Experience weekend participants. The best bug hotels are eco-friendly, ...