About this Event
Christine will be talking to us about perennial plants suitable for creating mini food forests in small gardens and allotments.
She will discuss the various plants’ growing conditions, size & structure, their food crops & other uses, and their role within a food forest system - a form of vegan-organic polyculture which produces food and draws down carbon at the same time.
Christine is a trustee/director of Plants for a Future, a charity dedicated to researching and providing information on ecologically sustainable horticulture.
The PFAF website offers a fantastic free-to-use information database of over 8,000 edible and useful plants, mainly perennials. Copies of their latest publication will be available on the day.
Also tonight the group holds its annual Plant Sale so bring your surplus plants & seedlings & bring cash to buy more to fill gaps!
Tickets on sale from 9th May (earlier for members - look for the AOG email in your inbox)
NOTE: This event will be live streamed from The Station so that you have the option either to attend in person or to access the event online via zoom.
Doors open 6.30pm for informal mingle prior to the start of the talk at 7pm start and we finish at 8.30pm. Please refer to Covid Policy below.
Follow the link here for the alternative Online Zoom option:
Also if you follow Avon Organic Group in Eventbrite "Favourites" you will find both event options listed under the "Collections" tab.
We plan to have a recording of the talk available for a time limited period and all ticket holders will automatically be sent the link a few days after the event.
The Station continues to apply Covid safety measures to reassure and to protect all users of the building. For more information on the venue refer:
COVID POLICY FOR MEETINGS AT THE STATION
Ticket holders are requested not to attend if they feel unwell or have any Covid symptoms
The continued wearing of Masks is advised in all public areas of the building, in line with our room hire conditions
Meetings will be held in a larger room than previously
Tickets are limited to allow for social distancing
The room will be well ventilated
Attendees are encouraged to wear face masks in the meeting room
The speaker will not be required to wear a mask
Hand gel will be available
Contact details will be requested on entrance, for track & trace purposes
Attendees are requested to inform AOG if they test positive for Covid after the meeting, so that everyone else may be contacted
Avon Organic Group is the local group in Bristol for everyone who is interested in organic gardening and organic foods.
Set up in 1984, Avon Organic Group is affiliated to Garden Organic and the Soil Association. We meet 8 times a year on the 4th Thursday of the month from January to May and September to November - with a programme of talks covering a wide range of subjects of interest to members. Membership benefits include early booking for our meetings with discounted entry and discounts on orders for seeds and other horticultural supplies.
We welcome non-members to all our meetings and events.
Information about becoming a member is here:
(Note that the £15 annual subscription runs from the start of the year so that membership can be financially beneficial if you are likely to attend several talks in the months ahead and perhaps also take advantage of the discounts on seed orders and other horticultural supplies available throughout the 12 months)
Or you can join the mailing list and we will send you details of talks and other events as they are planned:
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Station - in the Engine Room, large and airy room on the ground floor, Silver Street, Bristol, United Kingdom
GBP 2.00 to GBP 5.00