Grange Project

Grange hub in action. (Yes, Tom has found his drone 🤣). Space is available for rent or facilitated team away days in nature.

Ever wondered what goes into building a tiny home? It starts with an idea. Ours? To create cabins that were: - Off-grid but comfortable - Built sustainably, using reclaimed materials where possible - Beautiful in design, but quietly tucked into nature We spoke with Si (the incredible tiny home expert) about how to tell that story. Not just through words, but through timber, windows, stoves, and clever design choices. And now they’re here. Ready to welcome you. Book a stay, immerse yourself in our project, and experience the wonder of wilder nature from your own perfectly tiny retreat. Oh yeah... use code COMMUNITY10 for 10% off. Book now: [LINK IN BIO] #GrangeProject #TinyHomeBuild #OffGridLife #RewildingRetreat #WalesStaycation

👀 Seeing is believing! From fields to thriving wilderness, Grange project in 2040? We’re constantly exploring how to share the power of rewilding with those beyond the conservation community – those who might not yet see how wild spaces are essential for us all. That’s why we’re excited to share this 3D animation, created by the talented Karen Gazzard from The Ruby Cube Ltd. Karen’s work takes us from where our 80-acre site was last year – open fields – to what it could look like 10 to 20 years down the line, with nature allowed to thrive. This animation is more than just a visual; it’s a story, a way to show what rewilding can mean for us all and to help spark connections with people outside the ‘green bubble’. Our question is simple but important: how do we communicate what we’re doing and why it matters? Thank you, Karen, for helping us tell our story. We hope this inspires you all to think about the spaces we share, the wilds that still have a place in our future, and the way each of us can support that journey. 🌍✨ #rewilding #storytelling #naturerecovery #thegrangeproject #3danimation #future

Community day. 16 May. ❤️.

The Grange rewilding project // 🗓️ Sunday 31 May ⏰ 9.00am meet Abergavenny or Monmouth This month is a double full moon month, once in a blue moon, or more accurately every 3 years. For our blue moon ride, we’re rolling out from both Monmouth and Abergavenny as we’ll be heading between the towns into Monmouthshire’s hills to visit a rewilding project. Halfway round each route we’ll meet at the @grange.project , where we’re lucky to be taking a walking tour of the land from one of the founders. By giving nature the space to breathe, the project has become a thicket for ideas to emerge. A beacon for what’s possible in Wales when communities have a stake in land. From creating wood pasture and growing a market garden, to giving young people some of the land to care for, humans are part of rather than apart from the hope of wilder nature here. Bring a packed lunch to eat as we walk and talk. As social rides, we’ll keep as one group and pace, no one left behind. Abergavenny route📍35.6km 📈555m climbing ⛰️6% off-road Monmouth route📍30.2km 📈496m climbing ⛰️38% off-road Routes on the website. Sign up to tell us you’re joining. Start location🚦 @rateofrisecoffeeroaster , Abergavenny & @wyedawake , Monmouth This is a self-sufficient ride and not supported or guided, we simply meet up and ride, so bring whatever you would on a normal ride.

What does it look like when 15 Youngwilders come together to create new pond and wetland habitats? …. 👀 At the end of April, Youngwilders got our feet incredibly muddy at @grange.project , and worked with local legends Olly and Benn to dig two new ponds across the site. This included fighting our oldest and fiercest nemesis - the victorian clay land drain! With one major drain now blocked (🤞) and the ponds dug, all we needed was some plants to kickstart these new habitats! Legends from across south wales and the west country came together to plant these newly created habitats with native wetland species, give them a little water, and learn a bit about aquatic vegetation in the process. Now we just need to keep dancing for that rain to fill our ponds up 🐸 Shout out to @wildlifewarrioraidan for the incredible lunchtime workshop on art and wellbeing, and to @muccycloud for their infinite wisdom and incredible icebreaker. And thanks to @jonathontitmus for the incredible video !! 🔥

Are you interested in how to grow commercially viable crops for your local community? We have a few spaces remaining on our Introduction to Market Gardening course with experienced grower and educator Rachel Hammond this weekend (16/17 May). This is a practical and applied course - Rachel's teaching style is informal, interactive and designed to suit a wide range of learners. There will be plenty of time for questions, conversation and learning alongside a small group of like-minded people. Across the two days you'll cover commercially viable crops for the UK climate, soil health and how to maintain it, fruit and vegetable production, and the practical side of running a food business - pricing, packaging, labelling, compliance and what realistic productivity per square metre actually looks like. Lunch is included each day, made with as much produce from the market garden as possible. Free camping is available on site if you'd like to make a weekend of it. Book at /events/introduction-to-market-gardening-2-days

Drama on the project. One of our pigs being significantly smaller than pigman Paul's pigs. Managed to squeeze themselves through a badger track in the fencing. Which unfortunately resulted in an injury to poor patches poor Patch's leg. Rest assured with taking advice. We've isolated her and giving her lots of care and opportunities to rest and recover.

The month of May is typically a challenging one for growers across the UK; with winter stored products having run out and spring plantings not yet ready. So, it may not have been our best suggestion to plan a Charity Dinner at the rewilding site, using produce entirely from the market garden. However, with thanks to the planting plans of the amazing @Edgelandscapinguk , the skills of our wonderful growers - @hanmorlee & Katja – and the incredible talent of the chef @jane_alty , we produced a beautiful meal for eighteen people - including chard, leeks, radish, salad leaves, spring onions and foraged herbs. If the idea of cooking with food you've grown yourself appeals - and you've ever wondered whether growing could become more than a hobby - come and join us for a two day Introduction to Market Gardening, here at the Grange Project (with food and free camping included). Find out more at: /events/introduction-to-market-gardening-2-days

Shame the room, not the shopper. The shame does not belong with the parent in the supermarket aisle. It does not belong with the person eating a ready meal after a 10pm shift. It does not belong with the family choosing the cheapest calories because that is what is in front of them. It belongs in the boardrooms. The ones that commissioned the research, designed the marketing, and lobbied against every attempt to regulate. Part three of our food system series. Link in bio.

"We don't all have to be doing everything everywhere all at once. We can find our lane." Sue Pritchard, CEO of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission. Episode 53 of the Wilder Podcast. Link in bio / Full episode in comments

Sugar tax. Smoking ban. Seatbelts. Unleaded petrol. Every public health victory of the last 50 years was structural, not individual. Each one was called authoritarian overreach at the time. Each one is now uncontroversial. So why is food the exception? Why are we still asking 60 million people to fix this in the supermarket aisle at 7pm on a Friday? Part two of our food system series. Link in bio.