Tree Planting with Moor Trees

By Helen Bruce | February 28, 2026 |

Earlier in the week, we joined our friends Moor Trees for a volunteer tree planting day at Prince Hall. Moorland Farm is Duchy owned land, and Moor Trees had been approached by the Duchy to carry out understorey planting, with the aim of bulking out and diversifying pockets of aging beech woodland. In the 1800’s…

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Ecological Land Management at High House Waste

By Helen Bruce | January 19, 2026 |

A Magical Maze of Moor, Mire, Woodland and Streams Far from actually being a wasteland, the DPA owned land holding at High House Waste is a valuable area of mixed habitats, including: moorland, mire, woodland and streams. It’s home to special lichens, bryophytes (mosses and liverworts), carnivorous plants, such as Pale Butterwort, and Blue Ground…

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