28th January 2021 Online Zoom meeting. Talk "Starting an Organic Allotment" Chris Collins, Head of Horticulture at Garden Organic 25th February 2021 Online Zoom meeting. Talk "A Garden Above The Estuary - a highly productive fruit and vegetable plot growing nearly five hundred varieties from around the world ..." Adam Alexander, Seed Guardian for Garden Organic Heritage Seed Library, Seed Collector and Documentary Producer 11th March 2021 - Members Evening & AGM by Zoom 25th March 2021 Online Zoom meeting. Talk "Growing Biodynamically: the principles and practice of biodynamic gardening" Robin Snowdon has a background in landscape architecture and is now running both a vineyard and an allotment in Somerset following biodynamic principles 22nd April 2021 Online Zoom meeting. Talk "Seed Sowing, the Basics of How & Where: essential info for beginners & a good refresher for old hands" Tim Foster, local author, lecturer and allotmenter, known to many of our members, is a popular and knowledgeable speaker, unselfish in sharing know-how from years of practical organic horticulture 27th May 2021 At Grow Wilder, Bristol, BS16 1HB. Talk "Open Pollinated Seeds: a resource for the future" Peter Brinch, passionate about seeds, he actively promotes the practice of using and investing in open pollinated seeds throughout the world The canopy for our outdoor meeting at Grow Wilder. Outdoor footwear and warm clothing advised - dependent on the weather. Bring your own refreshements, other than tea and coffee available on site, and your own reusable cup. Not forgetting plants .... Our annual Plant sale will follow the talk - bring surplus plants and seedlings & buy more to fill gaps! For the October meeting only we return to The Station, meeting in their spacious ground floor Engine Room. 23rd September 2021 Online Zoom Meeting. Talk "Rhizome Clinic: growing herbs to make medicine" Becs Griffiths is a clinical herbalist passionate about working towards social justice. Together with fellow herbalist Annwen Jones, they been working in Bristol for over a decade as Rhizome Community Herbal Clinic and 7 years ago set up a Community Herb Garden in St Werburghs to support Herbalists Without Borders. 28th October 2021 At the Station, BS1 2AG; in the Engine Room on the Ground Floor Talk "Soil Care & Management" Maggi Brown, formerly Head of Education and Senior Advisor with Garden Organic, keen horticulturalist and a popular speaker Group Seed Order - catalogues and order forms available (members only) 25th November 2021 Online Zoom meeting - tickets via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk Talk "Heritage Seed Library: past, present and future" Catrina Fenton, Head of the Garden Organic Heritage Seed Library Group Seed Order - forms and payment due (members only) |
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