This year saw an exciting nearly year-long collaboration between Turner Dumbrell Workshops occupant Julie Rignell and Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft. Julie is a contemporary basketmaker and fibre artist who has been at the Turner Dumbrell Workshops since 2018. Julie specialises in English rush work, sculptural coiled basketry forms...
A £20,000 grant to help fund a complete renewal of the play area at Ditchling Recreation Ground has been awarded by local charity the Turner Dumbrell Foundation. Ditchling Parish Council had planned the upgrade and the Turner Dumbrell Foundation stepped in with a pledge of £20,000 to kick-start the project. Contractors...
A new flagship event in the heart of London will feature The Saturday Dress, a tenant from the Turner Dumbrell Workshops. The Saturday Dress has been invited to take part in Frock Me! Victoria at the Royal Horticultural Halls in Victoria on Sunday November 17th. This new fair will bring together leading...
The Turner Dumbrell Foundation would like to apologise for any disruption along Boddington’s Lane and the adjacent land at the bottom of Lodge Hill this week, as contractors are due to start work on bamboo clearance on Monday September 9. The Foundation is in the first year of a five-year plan...
The Turner Dumbell Foundation has been making progress on its project to revitalise the ecology of Lodge Hill. Cattle have been reintroduced after a six-year absence and together with work by the Monday Group and volunteers from the South Downs National Park will help to control the bracken, which was...
Grants totalling £20,000 have been awarded to a range of Ditchling organisations by the Turner-Dumbrell Foundation. At its AGM the trustees of the charity agreed to make grants to: Beacon Parish for both upkeep and maintenance of St Margaret’s churchyard and renovation of a tapestry designed and woven by the renowned...
The Turner-Dumbrell Foundation is following up Michael Blencowe’s presentation on the flora and fauna of Lodge Hill with a series of free nature walks there, guided by him. They are now all fully subscribed, but we are hoping to be able to organise more later in the summer. Anyone wishing to...
Local naturalist Michael Blencowe held a packed audience spellbound during a 70-minute presentation at Ditchling Village Hall, at the launch of the Lodge Hill management plan on Saturday February 24. For those who missed out imagine David Attenborough’s in-depth knowledge of all types of flora and fauna, focused on Lodge Hill...
Creating ponds, tree planting and buffer strips of vegetation are all being proposed as ways to improve drainage on Lodge Hill. The proposals are contained in a report by a flood prevention expert from the Adur & Ouse Rivers Trust. The report recommends using Natural Flood Management (NFM) techniques to improve drainage,...
Final details for the launch of the revitalisation of Lodge Hill have been agreed. It will be a pop-in event from 1:30 to 4:30pm at the Village Hall on Saturday February 24th enabling the local community to see what is being planned and hopefully get involved. At the event, at 2:30pm, local...
