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Goren Farm has been in the family since 1955 and was farmed as an extensive dairy farm up until 1990. Since then the fields have been set to hay meadows to develop a natural balance with nature. No chemicals have been used on the farm and no fields have been ploughed in living memory.

Julian arrived at Goren in 2001; he was just 28, and had come from London where he had a career in IT and oil exploration. The farm belonged to an old family relative who had been living more or less as a recluse in a couple of rooms of the farmhouse which, although a listed building, was dangerously close to falling into dereliction. Julian had decided to come and live in this 70 acre plot of land and try to save the house and help Ken, but it was the meadows which were to shape the future path of both Goren Farm and Julian and his family.

What had struck him about these fields was the complexity and variety of plants growing in them. Having been raised in a Devon farming family, he knew the signs, and he was inspired. The native wildlife had flourished over the years, partly due to Ken’s gentle and old fashioned approach. Rejecting modern farm machinery, all Ken had was a small blue tractor, a sickle, a billhook, a Devon shovel, a bowsaw and a mattock. Inspired by his meadow moment, and wanting to restore what remained of the formal gardens, Julian enrolled in a horticultural course at Bicton College. When a neighbour commented on the amount of weeds growing in the meadows, Julian began to wonder who might want the seeds and how he could utilise the diversity of native plant species growing naturally at Goren. It was only a matter of time before the wildflower business began.

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Goren Farm Seeds Goren Farm, Stockland, Honiton EX14 9EN

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Flexibility, understanding & creativity.

The practice has constantly maintained its founding ethos, which is based on:-

Gaining detailed understanding of the needs of the building users and community.
Imaginative but well-grounded design solutions - neither ivory-towered nor hum-drum.
Recognition of environmental responsibilities, and perception as positive opportunities.
Rigorously updated understanding and application of developing building technologies.
Regular review and updating of office practices.

As an RIBA Chartered Practice we are committed to the appointment of dedicated and experienced staff and an ongoing programme of professional development. The practice has been able to establish and maintain a well-balanced and productive team which is able to respond to complex problems and challenging deadlines.

Changing patterns of procurement for buildings over recent years have in some areas resulted in a move away from traditional architect-led methods in favour of design-and-build, contractor/client partnering and so on. Grainge Architects have positively embraced this and now work regularly within all procurement routes - hence in some cases our direct employer might be a contractor rather than the client. But irrespective of this the end user client and community remain at the heart of the decision-making process.

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Grainge Architects Exeter Office The Boat Shed, Michael Browning Way, Exeter EX2 8DD

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