An exciting new plan to manage Lodge Hill, including action to nurture its rare animals and plants, reintroduction of livestock and proposals to create two new ponds, has been adopted by owners the Turner-Dumbrell Foundation. The five-year plan was drawn up by Dolphin Ecological Surveys after a study of the flora...
Grants totalling £40,000 have been awarded to a range of Ditchling organisations as the Turner-Dumbrell Foundation marks the 40th anniversary of its inauguration. In addition to £20,000 backing for the revamp of the recreation ground, which was announced earlier this year, at its AGM in July the trustees of the charity...
The Turner-Dumbrell Foundation is developing long-term plans to revitalise the native wildlife and plants on its land at Lodge Hill and the neighbouring Bowries Fields. The overall plans won’t be finalised until an ecology survey, funded by the South Downs National Park Authority, is completed at the end of the summer,...
Many Ditchling residents will be familiar with the land around Lodge Hill and the workshops as you head north out of the village, but fewer know how they are linked and how they contribute to the vitality of our local organisations. Both the workshops and the land where Lodge Hill is...
