The garden also mentioned that it is next to it, not part of the plot occupied by a new tenant. “The tenant could not do anything with him.” “We had a constructive and productive discussion with Martin last week. The eviction was not in the agenda and was not intended.”
According to the statement, DHT’s goal was to agree with “physical solutions to safely and safely the boundaries of the forest garden, and to meet the preliminary tenants’ demands for the larger adjacent sites of the previous university” and Crawford.
“We understand Martin’s concerns about the security of Martin’s lease and occupancy. He has already gained a legal opinion that he has a good security of his term, but he is grateful that he wants to discuss this more. It is a long -term conversation. But it will not include selling plot to art or other parties.”
Rebuttal
Crawford refuted DHT’s statement. He met with DHT last week and led to a letter from Sir Triesman, which did not provide long -term security for this A -site this week.
Crawford said in a statement: “DHT has not withdrawn the notice of quitting, in no case, as our lease is insufficient for more than three years, this is not a good security of the term. Ecologicalist.
“From all our agreement on ‘physical solutions’, which means fencing from our point of view, it is incomprehensively connected to DHT to satisfy special education demands that are interested in acquiring a former Schmarker Le University building, and is associated with a solution that provides long -term employment security.
“We wrote this point from David Triesman, publicly saw a sense of DHT and asked for an agreement.”
survival
Dartington Estate has been established as the center of creative innovation since it was purchased by Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst in 1925.
As they are regarded as an innovative thinker, they are Jacqueline Du Pré, Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, Te Lawrence (‘Lawrence of Arabia’) I began to explore how the place to attract artists, educators, and political philosophers, including Lovins and Jonathon Porritt, can change the world.
They restored real estate buildings and lands and conducted groundbreaking experiments in land use, agriculture and education. DHT was established in 1932 to supervise Elmhirst’s charity.
But charity is currently struggling to survive. The annual account of the year ended in August 2023 According to the statement of Sir Triesman, the charity committee was submitted to the charity eight months later.
According to this account, DHT suffered an operating loss of £ 4.53m. It received £ 13.85m from the activity and spent a total of 18.38m.
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The processing strategy of Trusts aims to secure a sustainable future of Dartington Estate. “This does not depend on the combination of perennial disposal, unpredictable benefits, and many years of hope.” The trust is a registered charity, but our status is not a constant charter that can suffer continuous losses. ” Added.
Cobid epidemic, Ukrainian war and life crisis all contributed to the financial problems of the trust, which was written by ‘survival mode’.
According to the independence auditor of this account, “There was an important uncertainty about the ability to continue due to the group’s concerns.”
In August 2024, Schumacher College, which operates ecological degree programs, short courses and horticulture programs, has been supported by DHT since 1991, and has been suspended after receiving notifications about lease. The university was in Dart Turn Real Estate next to the Crawford Garden.
no way DHT statement At that time, Schumacher College continued to lose monthly losses, and Dartington could not acquire this deficit indefinitely from limited reserves. “
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DHT’s handling plan, which is described in detail in the account, “Real estate occupation review…
The charity committee opened a regulatory compliance case in DHT. At the formal stages of the official investigation, this type of case focuses on allowing the management committee to resolve failure to manage charity. One spokesman said: “We continue to participate with the Dartington Hall Trust’s management committee as part of the continuous regulatory compliance case.”
petition Sussex University’s students find a garden and ask DHT to change their minds. Crawford said, “It was amazing and very positive for us.”
Public support, including horticultural and eco -world figures such as Royal Botanical Garden, Dave Goulson, professor of biology professors of KEW, KEW and BEE EXPERT.
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Catherine Early is a freelancer environment journalist and the best reporter. Ecologicalist. Find her in BlueSky @catearly.bsky.social. Ecologicalist Owned and published by Resurgence Trust. Satish Kumar is the founder and member of the management team of Resurgence Trust. He is also the founder of Schumacher College and is a long -term tenant of Dartington Hall Trust until recently Schumacher Wild.
