The East Sussex spiritual triangle..

Driving to East Sussex today and dropping various amounts of veg off along the way. Went to Emerson College first and took a few pictures. It's the main UK Steiner college and has the Steiner hallmark curved architecture and windows that are not quite rectangular or square. Steiner believed in the beauty and shapes in nature, curves and rounded and tryied to get away from man made square and 90 degree angles all the time. Aesthetics I think it is called. Here's some windows at the college, notice the angles of the top window frame;

Here's a typical curved and holed sculpture;

Whenever I am sanding or carving wood I find myself getting rid of sharp edges and think Steiner was right. The natural curves of nature are much more aesthetically pleasing.
        Next stop was Tablehurst Farm which is a community farm owned by the local community and mostly biodynamic. The butchery is award winning and really spacious and well laid out. In fact the whole place looks like a really ideal set up in terms of farming by the people. Here's a picture of the pond and the pigs on my way out;

Then off to Plawhatch, the sister community farm of Tablehurst and just as nice. They have an amazing dairy herd and make really nice cheeses and raw milk. The farm shop is really well laid out and has a good selection of produce. Here's the shop from the outside, these are all situated around Forest Row, East Sussex. I feel it's quite a spiritual place as nearby is the main temple for the Mormons, the Scientologists and of course the Steiner movement has a school, shops etc. It also has Plawhatch and Tablehurst which are community run farms and very rare in the south of England (we only know of one other which a small one in Wye).

Here are a few photos I took at Emerson College of some lovely looking berries and an interesting tree with leaves that look like lichen;

 

I'll try and find out what they are, the berries were really striking and the tree somewhat oriental. The other farm I visit is Brambletye which has Orchard Eggs (biodynamic eggs) and apples, juice and mushrooms from Tablehurst Orchards. They are run by Dutch people and I must say they are very skilled, building their own houses on site and setting up impressive productions. I think farming is very much in the Dutch blood as they do alot of horiculture/greenhouse production supplying Europe with various salads etc.