Values : Nature and Family

Corbenic Day Service and Community Barn

Corbenic Poetry Path

Corbenic Camphill Community value being together and the environment that they are in. Their aim is to care and provide opportunities that promote independence and fosters worth in each person.

To connect with your surrounds comes easily when the community is nestled in the picturesque setting of rural Highland Perthshire, just a few miles from Dunkeld. The site is within the grounds of the old Drumour Shooting Lodge and estate, sitting above the River Braan and surrounded by trees and open hillside. Activity workshops offered at Corbenic enhance the residents’ connection to nature through meaningful work and creative projects, including bakery, craft, estate, farm, garden, horse care, house garden, pottery, woodwork.

Our involvement with Corbenic dates from 2018, and we really feel a part of the community, attending family weekends and the annual advent market. Corbenic Poetry Path surrounds the estate, and on more than one occasion, (Gavin) has taken a dunk in the river (it always seems to be lovely weather whenever we head up there)! Our engagement with the community is through participation on the ground and at board level. We share their values of sustainability, and respect of the physical environment around us. 

The new Community Barn is of a typical farmyard portal frame structure, and where possible, we are using local, natural and sustainable materials, a shared desire for both client and architect. It was important that the new barn would fit into it’s surroundings and feel part of the existing environment. The building is primarily a place to gather, celebrate and socialise. It has been designed to be flexible and open, full of activity and movement, of people coming and going, and an extension of the open farmyard setting. The concept is to create a building that has many points of entry to reflect its position at the centre of the community.

It is a special place and we would encourage anyone to visit the Poetry Path, or come along to the Advent Market at the end of November. The Corbenic Poetry Path meanders through the beautiful landscape, and is always open and free to all.

The Community Barn is due for completion early 2026 , and there are already a plan of exciting events to celebrate it’s opening. We can’t wait to see it.

More information on this project can be found here