Project Name
TV088 – The Flax Project

Farm / Business name
Flax Project CIC

Town (location)
Metherell

Summary of proposal inc. proposed outputs
Modelling a nature friendly textile craft farm with weed suppression trials and habitat improvements

Trial a craft materials crop rotation: Flax, Sorghum, Oats Wheat using Ramial Chipped Wood (RCW) and micro clover to supress weeds and create:

• Dye plant garden in the area next to the poly tunnel.
• Long grasses habitat area
• Erect water capture compost roof next to re-sited IBC designed to be appealing to horseshoe bats
• Install retting tank and ret water tank in poly
• Erect small combi greenhouse-shed
• Create a small pond habitat
• Improve the willow coppice