August 2013 - Foodforestcycle-organise

Hosts in cornwall
by Darren 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

I've emailed all the gardens listed in the new Forest Garden Network list (just published at http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/fgn2013ver3.pdf ) - to try to arrange some other things to do between 8th and 12th, which is the best time to get to the Plants for a Future site. We might well be able to stay on at Gwyls Crankan for a bit longer A few people on the list only have telephone contacts. I'll ring them later. Best Darren

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Numbers
by Darren 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

Various hosts we have arranged stops with want to know how many of us there will be. Who is actually coming and for what dates? The tour will kick off in Penzance on the Saturday 7th September. A few of us are thinking of heading down on the Friday so we are ready to work Saturday We have been invited to - (most hosts are listed onhttp://www.agroforestry.co.uk/fgn2013ver2.pdf <http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/fgn2013ver2.pdf>) <http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/fgn2013ver2.pdf> 7th */Gwyls Crankan /*work day Penzance 8th Love Lane work day Penzance Lisa Guy Morvah - Penzance Pauline Shearer, Black Rock Kennall Vale Mills. Kennall Valley http://freespace.virgin.net/christopher.austin2/ 12th -15th Plants for a Future - Lerryn 16th 17th Trees for Life Kingsbridge Agroforestry Research Trust - Dartington Charlie Morton - Tiverton Megabus has a coach from London arriving in Penzance late on Friday night for £17 Megabus from Bristol to Plymouth for £10 You need to pack your bike up in a bag or box to get it on the coach (I have friends that have used bin bags) Trains from Bristol £35 from London £50

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List
by Darren 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Th elist can be downloaded from http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/fgn2013ver2.pdf

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More dates
by Darren 12 Aug '13

12 Aug '13

Hello Have added more info about dates https://etherpad.mozilla.org/foodforesttour Looking good to start in Penzance on the 7th. Probably good to get to PFAF site on Thursday afternoon - so a few days to fill there. I think we can stay at PFAF for a few days. Then I guess onto trees for health for 16th? Anyone got any time to chase up some other possible hosts from the Forest Garden Network list? Best D

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Fwd: RE: Forest Garden Cycle Tour - possible Visit
by Darren 04 Aug '13

04 Aug '13

I got a reply back from Martin. Anyone got any thoughts? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Forest Garden Cycle Tour - possible Visit Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:54:14 +0100 From: Agroforestry Research Trust <mail(a)agroforestry.co.uk> To: 'Darren' <mail(a)vegburner.co.uk> Hi Darren I haven't got enough work for 10 people to help with! You are welcome to visit the garden by yourselves if you are passing this way but I doubt I will have time to show you around. I am doing a public tour on 7th September (minimum £3 per person charge) which you could join but I need to know numbers in advance very soon as there aren't many places left on it. Weekend of 1st Sept, and 7th are not good times for you to show yourselves around, otherwise any other day in the first 2 weeks of September is fine. I have attached directions. Regards Martin Martin Crawford Agroforestry Research Trust 46 Hunters Moon, Dartington, Totnes, TQ9 6JT e: mail(a)agroforestry.co.uk w: www.agroforestry.co.uk _______________________________________________________________ OUT NOW: Food from your Forest Garden - a forest garden cookbook See also Creating a Forest Garden and Perennial Vegetables - previews at http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/publorders.html See a short video about our forest garden at http://www.agroforestry.co.uk/forgndg.html -----Original Message----- From: Darren [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 22 July 2013 10:54 To: mail(a)agroforestry.co.uk Subject: Forest Garden Cycle Tour - possible Visit Hello Martin, I'm involved with a group organising a cycle tour that will be taking in various forest garden sites in the south west. The tour will run in the first few weeks of September and we would like to visit with you. We are keen to keep costs down, so as to avoid excluding people (some participants are long term unemployed) but also happy to spend time working on forest garden sites, I personally have 15 years experience working in garden maintenance, landscaping and tree surgery, and others also have similar long term experience. We have not got a confirmation on numbers but it is currently looking like we could be up to 10 in number. I've pasted below some more information, what would be the possibilities with you? Best regards Darren Hill ------ The group would spend some time cycling from site to site, learning and sharing knowledge about forest gardens. The group could also spend time working at different sites and swap plant materials between the different sites it visits. Participation in the tour would be free, the cyclists would camp on route. Anyone could join for any part of the tour. Forest garden sites could be established or prospective. I guess it would be nice if the cyclists could camp at the forest garden site or that they would be fed/watered, especially if they spent time working on the site but neither of these would be requirements.

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