Speakers
Terry Walton (left), ‘Allotment
Doctor’ from BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine's Show and
Richard Fishbourne of Bugs and Beasties,
'The Terry and Richie Experience'.
Click
here to go to Terry's Gardeners' Click page to hear his laterst
podcast with Richard.
• Brigit Strawbridge, 'It's Easy Being Green
in the Garden'. Brigit is well-known from TV’s It’s
Not Easy Being Green and The Big Green Idea; click
here to
see a video of The Big Green Bus.
www.thebiggreenidea.org
• Kester Wilkinson, 'How Not To Build A Straw
House'.
www.thestrawhouse.co.uk
• Helen Ridout, Schumacher award-winner on 'Permaculture'.
• Graham
Cole, Tools for Self Reliance.
www.tfsr.org
• Jay Abraham on 'Permaculture Design Principles:
Low Energy Systems - For Wastewater Purification and Energy Production'.
Jay set up Biologic Design, is a Director of the Permaculture Association
of Britain, and Director of Beetlewood Activities.
www.biologicdesign.co.uk
• Elaine Shears of the Women's Farm and
Garden Association on working in The Cuban
Gardening. Brigade. www.wfga.org.uk
• Jane Cobbold,
'Copper tools and their uses'.
www.implementations.co.uk
• Jonathan Bishop of Foliation
Landscape Gardeners, on 'Behind the Scenes of Building a Show Garden
at Chelsea Flower Show'.
www.foliation.co.uk
• Charlie Rye 'The Real Cut Flower Garden'.
Charlie supplies the flower arrangements to all the Jigsaw Outlets
and specialises in wild flower growing.
www.cutflowergarden.co.uk
• Stephen Weir, 'Local food, exploring the options'.
Examining Community Supported Agriculture schemes.
• Laura
Denning, 'All about WWOOF', stories from around the world and
the different people who join and what they do.
www.wwoof.org.uk
• A speaker from the Bulmer Foundation
Booking
If you would like to reserve a seat at any of the talks above, please
phone on 01981 540221 or contact Maggie by e-mail.
Talks at the stands
Wynnes of Dinmore
Call at the stand for useful advise and information on chicken
keeping for the smallholder – on the hour every hour.
Wynnes will have a variety of poultry housing and various hen-keeping
equipment on display as well as some of their free range hens.
Guided walk
Dr Val Cooper of Natural England will be leading
a guided walk to the SSSI wood at 2pm on Saturday and Sunday. She
is a renowned expert in the study of SSSI woods and natural England.
People wishing to attend can book at the information
tent and then congregate at the large iron gates in front
of the terrace and lawns, overlooking the meadow, at 1.50 pm. Start
time of the walk to be at 2pm and will last approximately 1.5hrs.
Appropriate footwear is advisable.
