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LATEST NEWS | DOWNTON DISTILLERY
Conservation | A New Grove Grows at the Distillery
Thank you to everyone who generously donated towards our new Juniper Grove. Yesterday, 30 young saplings arrived—despite a slightly chaotic (and upside-down!) journey, they have now been carefully planted in...
Distillery Plants | Planting new Grove.
Last month marked an important milestone in our juniper rewilding project. Twenty-five homegrown juniper saplings left the safety of our botanical garden and began a new chapter on the Wiltshire...
Conservation - Rewilding Juniper
Thank you to those who continue to support our conservation work. One of our projects is the rewilding of Juniper. To date we have two groves / colonies, with twenty...
Conservation | Wiltshire Downs | The Great Bustard
The Great Bustard is one of Britain's most remarkable birds and one of the heaviest flying birds on Earth. Fossil evidence suggests that bustard-like birds have existed for millions of...