Green news from Chatsworth
Recycling Old Carpet |
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As gardeners we always hope to work with nature whenever possible, amongst many things we compost huge amounts of plant material and leaves, in the outer parts of the garden we leave piles of ... read more... |
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Woodland on The Warren |
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The Warren 2010 The largest tree-planting project to take place at Chatsworth for over 90 years is now underway. 40 hectares of new native woodland are to be planted on an area known as The ... read more... |
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Turning waste to good use |
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The Chatsworth farm shop, alongside our many other trading enterprises, is working hard to reduce the amount of packaging used on its products, and also looking at ways of reducing the waste ... read more... |
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Flushed with success |
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Visitors to Chatsworth sometimes notice the 'muddy' water in our visitor loos. The reason for this is that the water comes off the moors behind Chatsworth, and is the same rainwater that feeds ... read more... |
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More than a century of hydro-electric power |
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In 1893, the 8th Duke of Devonshire commissioned water-powered turbines to harness the gravity-fed water system that already existed to feed the famous Chatsworth fountains. Gilkes of Kendal ... read more... |
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