The Duchy Farming Family
The Duchy Farming Family
We hosted an informal meeting of our Lancashire farming tenants in Whitewell at the end of last year as part of our drive to encourage them to learn about the regenerative farming practices adopted by their peers and to share their own ideas and practical experiences. Over 20 tenants attended the evening event which included […]
Regenerative Farming Practices: Knowledge-Sharing
One of the farming tenants on the Whitewell Estate in Lancashire held a very successful ‘Pasture for Life’ (PfL) event at the end of August. Janet Smalley is a passionate advocate for soil health and regenerative farming methodologies, and she and her husband Andrew are one year into the process of transforming their traditional farming […]
Leave Only Footsteps….
Two of our rural surveyors took time out today to join local schoolchildren on a litter pick in the village of Dunsop Bridge on the Whitewell Estate in Lancashire. Lydia Richards and James Pyrah joined forces with pupils at Thorneyholme RC Primary School after Headteacher Mrs Olga Jackson invited the youngster to ‘clear up our […]
Cricket Bat Willow Planted In Crewe
The existing woodland on the Crewe Estate in Cheshire included approximately 15 acres of poplar stands which had become over-mature and which, in line with the Duchy’s woodland management plan, were felled last year. Over the next few years, the Duchy plans to restock these sites with English cricket bat willow (Salix Alba Caerulea), working […]
Restoring The Duke of Burgundy To Yorkshire
The Duchy of Lancaster has been working with a local conservation group in Yorkshire to protect a rare species of butterfly for more than a decade. In the UK, the intricately marked Duke of Burgundy was traditionally found on the chalk downlands of Southern England. However, in 2011, a small number were found in woodland […]
