2022 saw some great pledges from Businesses

Nature Award Winner: Venn Valley Vineyards 

• Conservation - Implement wildlife-enhancing land management practices / gardening
• install bird nest boxes/ bat boxes etc.  
• Putting in a hedgerow of native species across 1/3 perimeter of the vineyard to feed bees and other pollinating insects.  
• Looking at schemes regarding birds in vineyards - will be attending a webinar on this and will advise us of actions.  
• Planting spring bulbs in the headlands which will be oversewn with a herbal mixture for bees and insects.  
• Make a Pledge for Nature turning 3 overgrown ponds into wildlife ponds.

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To find out more about Venn Valley and what they are doing for nature watch here: https://youtu.be/DW1BxV1RB_Y

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2. Ostlers Cider Mill 

• Ostlers Cider Mill is managed with nature in mind very pollinator friendly
• We have solar panels, wood burners and polytunnels in the aim to be as self-sufficient as possible.  
• We will be taking out all the Ash die back with horses (2 acres out of 4)(hopefully, we're nearly all trained up!) and replanting (with Southern beech screen/hedge, eucalyptus, hazel and willow for coppicing)
• Looking to put in more solar panels and a wind turbine.  
  We are an organic apple orchard which has wildflower meadows beneath the trees.  
• We plan to repair and expand our ancient woodland. 

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Bulworthy Project 

• Environmental sustainability is central to the project  
• They hold gold awards from Devon Wildlife Trust and Green Tourism  
• for this reason.  
• Most of our land is managed as a nature reserve and we are currently starting a charity to acquire land to manage  as (a) nature reserve(s)
• We're restoring patches of culm grassland on our land including 1.5 acres which is under a scheme with Devon Wildlife Trust. We have plans to restore more culm grassland in the future.  
• We are always looking to lower our use of water and other resources.  
• Our set up is off grid and powered from solar.