Seminar recording: April 30th A recording of the session here Daniel Scharf (MRTPI); Has recently written a ‘Supplementary Planning Document’ for Forest Gardening and will be describing the document and how to use it for advocacy Hannah Gardiner; Has recently undertaken a review of the evidence base of the benefits of Forest …
As part of the wide-ranging efforts many have undertaken to keep us all entertained/ learning and connected during this time of social distancing, the National Forest Gardening Scheme and its members have organised a 8 week series of FREE seminars covering a variety of topics related to forest gardening. We …
Today the National Forest Gardening Scheme published a letter on Access to our Forest Gardens in Public Spaces during the COVID-19 lockdown aimed in particular at local authorities. We believe that the useful jobs that can be carried out now in publically accessible forest gardens can be classified as ‘daily exercise’ if conducted …
We are ‘soft-launching’ this offer of a unique guild of plants, a forest garden starter-kit if you like, intended for a 3m x 3m space. It’s designed by a collaboration of our national forest gardening talent and comes with full planting, harvesting and cooking instructions and it’s available NOW at …
The Conference was a great success – a lot of enthusiasm – all our flyers were taken and we collected 21 email addresses. We connected with the charity Food Matters and will explore further collaboration with them. Food Matters facilitated a ‘big tent’ event for Worthing and Adur’s local food …
We are pleased to make available the notes from our AGM and Roundtable in Mancheser at the end of September. NFGS Roundtable, AGM and FGiB Workshop 28.09.19
The Forest Garden in a box concept is a simple concept that helps community groups, councils, business parks, schools, and individuals to do this really easily. You simply select what type of space you want to re-wild (e.g. Community Garden, City Park, School or Home garden) and we send …
September 28th, National Forest Gardening Scheme AGM, Manchester We plan a round table dialogue with a range of Climate Change actors in Manchester, together with a number of national and regional organisations in support. Our question: what level of connection do we need across all climate and food focused groups …
With 26 people in attendance, from across the UK and even some making the journey from Germany, the gathering began over a delicious shared lunch. Presentations were shared which gave a range of perspectives and covered different experiences. The full report of the event is available here as a PDF, with …
September 29-30, Oxfordo Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Rd, Oxford OX4 3NH Please read the September Agenda You’re welcomed to join the first national conference to build momentum AND provide tools and guidance to get forest gardens planted up and down the country. This conference brings together practitioners, teachers, …
