There's a neighbourhood taking root, where
nature, farming and community
are growing together.
Let's meet there.
Bowden Pillars Future
Bowden Pillars Future is a regenerative project being created on 123 acres just outside Totnes, Devon, UK
We’re growing a community where people can come onto the land to explore what is possible, face difficult questions, and discover what truly moves us.
Working with the land, we will create a village that supports genuinely low-carbon living, a new nature reserve that helps store carbon and restore ecosystems, and a regenerative farm.
Our mission is to live the question:
How can we create a neighbourhood in relationship with the land, where nature, community and farming grow together?
By exploring this question together, we hope to create changes - large and small - that reconnect us with the living world.
This is a place of learning for the benefit of future generations of all beings, and a small contribution to the global repair of life.
One land. Three roots
Nature Recovery
Rewilding the Land
Village
Living on the Land
Farmland
Farming on the Land
Nature Recovery
Ready to embark on a journey of nature recovery?
Bowden Pillars Future is revitalising 75 beautiful acres near Totnes and actively promoting nature recovery.
Led by Devon Wildlife Trust, the land is being transformed to create vital habitat for wildlife, store carbon, restore soil health and improve the quality of water that drains from it.
An Atlantic oak woodland is now being established, growing into a temperate rainforest of the future, rich in native trees, lichens, birds and insects.
Thousands of native trees have already been planted by local volunteers, with more added each season. Some areas are returning to their natural state, while others are being managed as open meadow, with views of Dartmoor in the distance.
Village
Join us in shaping a regenerative settlement
Bowden Pillars Future is exploring how a village of around 40–50 homes could become part of a living, regenerative land system, where people, food and nature support one another.
The vision brings homes together with restored habitats and working farmland. Energy would be renewable and generated on site. Food would be grown close to where it is eaten. Water and carbon carefully accounted for. Community life shaped with intention.
We are currently in the design and pre-planning stage, working with architects, engineers and ecologists to test how these principles translate into real spaces and systems.
If this direction resonates, we invite you to follow the journey.
Farmland
Regenerative Farming for a Better Future
Our farmland is becoming a living ecosystem of regenerative food production, biodiversity restoration and community resilience.
Across 40 acres, the Bowden Farm Collective is stewarding the land through interconnected enterprises — from edible ecosystems and seed research to hydroponic growing, tea gardens and wildflower nurseries. Each project contributes to soil renewal, ecological diversity and local food security.
This is farming beyond sustainability.
It is about rebuilding fertility, strengthening natural systems, and cultivating a culture of collaboration between growers, residents and the wider community.
The land is not just where food is grown.
It is where resilience, knowledge and belonging take root.
Supporting Organisations
Join our community
The Bowden Pillars Future journey began when we bought the farm in May 2023. We now need your help for the next steps we are to take
From tree-planting to knowledge sharing, there's a role for everyone in this neighbourhood. To realise our vision, we need to build our community, and that's where you come in!
Contact Us
Interested? Would you like to join the team or support us? Want to share an insight? Please get in touch, we will get back to you shortly.
You can use this form or simply email us:
hello@bowdenpillarsfuture.land