It is imperative that everyone does the best they can to combat climate change, for our children's future.  Below is an outline of what we are doing, to make a difference and give you a greener holiday. 

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Site Management

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Carbon

We make every effort to keep our carbon footprint to a minimum. For the 2020 season we have got some delightful mini sheep to help with keeping the grass maintained without the need to use the lawnmowers so often. We do not have multi fuel burners in our glamping accommodation (instead we provide efficient electric heaters) and only offer well seasoned wood for use on campfires. We encourage our guests not to waste electricity.

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Compost

We create our own compost from animal manure and plant cuttings on site, mixed with other organic waste. This compost is used in conjunction with peat free commercial compost to improve our clay soil for growing flower and vegetable crops on the field. We feel it is important to use peat free compost. Peat bogs are precious carbon sinks and delicate ecological environments that must be protected.

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Waste

Currently we have a zero to landfill waste contract for general refuse disposal.  

 

Water

We also monitor our mains water usage keeping it to a minimum, all our toilets have half flush buttons. We have moved to a more environmentally friendly washing up liquid and cleaning fluids. For winter 2023 we have installed gutters and water buts on a few of our buildings to collect winter rain water for use during the summer.

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Wildlife Haven

We provide a variety of habitats for wildlife on our site; including log piles, bug hotels, solitary bee hives, long grass areas, tall hedges with berries left for birds into the winter and over grown areas for wildlife to hide. We have also put up bird boxes and scattered wild flower seeds in the spring and summer.

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We allow the grass to grow long and go to seed before being cut to help scatter the seed across the drive and car park to encourage grass to grow across these stony areas. We do not use weed killers on our site.   ​

Our guests are encouraged to explore our natural environment, we provide wildlife information books and displays, bug hunting and bird watching kits. We also provide hot water bottles to reduce the use of electricity on site at night (use of some items has been affected by Covid).

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We have taken part in the Devon greater horseshoe bat survey twice which has given us some very interesting information about the bats that hunt on our field. We encourage our guests to enjoy watching the bats feeding at dusk in the various feeding grounds that our site offers them. We also have a bat detector available to burrow and listen to the bats hunting.

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Plastic Free

Over the years we have been working to reduce our use of single use plastic and reuse were ever possible. We now have reusable hand soap dispensers in our accommodation, re-use animal feed bags once empty, we are looking to replace plastic washing up sponges for more environmentally friendly alternatives in our accommodation. We use recycled plastic garden pots, usually getting several years use out of them. We are actively looking into what other eco products we can offer further reducing our single use plastic. We have moved to re-fillable and more eco-friendly cleaning products.

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