Volunteering opportunites

Repair Café News

All the Repair Cafés listed are GOLD members of HGN Saturday 30th May Hereford City Repair Café – 10.00am – 12 noon.  Hereford City Repair Café’s next session is on the last Saturday in May. They are at Holy Trinity Church, Whitecross Road. You can book your items in or just walk in on the day. Everyone is welcome to come along. Saturday 6th June Ledbury Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm.  Booking for the next session is now open. Go to Booking Page for details. Leominster Repair Café –  10.00am – 12.00pm Items for repair must

Applewood Permaculture Courses

HGN GOLD member, Applewood Permaculture have a busy programme of courses over the summer: 2nd – 7th June PEACE course (Peace, Empowerment and Cultural Emergence) with Looby 4th July Fruit tree Summer Pruning and Budding workshop with Chris 16th -19th July Practical Volunteer long weekend at Applewood 24th -26th July ACE course (Activating Cultural Emergence) with Looby 5th -6th September Forest Gardening with Chris Click on the links to find out more.

St Michael’s Hospice Plant Fair

St Michael’s Hospice, Hereford are holding a three day plant fair from today Friday 15th May until Sunday 17th May. Alongside the plants there will be local food, crafts, garden furniture and recycled items on sale. Local charities will also have a presence. The organisers are looking for volunteers to help. Click here for full details.

Repair Café News

All the Repair Cafés listed are now GOLD members of HGN Saturday 16th May South Hereford Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm The next session of South Hereford Repair Café (a GOLD member of HGN) will be on 16th May. Booking for this session are now closed. Click here to find out more and to book in an item for their next session in June. Malvern Hills Repair Café 10:00am – 1:00pm Part of Transition Malvern Hills (a GOLD member of HGN) the next session of Malvern Hills Repair Café will be at

Root to Fruit Festival

Saturday June 6th – Plant & Food Fair at the Steiner Academy Hereford. The Steiner Academy in Hereford are organising a Root to Fruit festival on Saturday 6th June which will celebrate gardening, horticulture, and traditional crafts with carefully selected stalls, talks and activities set in the school’s beautiful grounds. Entry and parking are both free, so they are anticipating an excellent turnout. Plants – talks – lunch – live music – artisan market – local food produce – children’s activities – cake – coffee – ice cream Put the date on your calendar! They are currently inviting local growers, artisans and speakers to

Orchard Surveys

Herefordshire is renowned as a cider county. Blossom events at this time of year are a reminder of the value to wildlife of traditional orchards. 90% of this habitat has been lost since the 1950s. Through PTES you can play a role in finding and surveying these vital habitats to help preserve them. Click here to get involved.

CLaN CIC Events

Dorstone Settlement Timeline Event  Saturday 9th May 10.00am – 1.00pm St Faith’s churchyard, Dorstone A free drop-in session discovering wildlife, run by HGN GOLD member CLaN CIC. The theme of this session is Birds. No booking required – just turn up. All equipment provided Spot birds Explore nests and eggs Craft a willow bird feeder Find out more on the Dorstone Timeline Facebook page Soil Meso-fauna Session  Saturday 16th May 10.00am – 12.30pm Suitable for families with children. Explore mini-beasts and build bio-diversity. Contact tim@clan-cic.org for more information Wildlife Quest 26th May 10.00am till 12.30pm    Ross Community Gardens, Gloucester Road, Ross Join CLaN CIC

Repair Café News

All the Repair Cafés listed are now GOLD members of HGN Saturday 9th May Archenfield Repair Café 2.00pm – 4.00pm Unhinged, battered, frayed or blunt? Come along to Archenfield Repair Café and let us straighten you out and sharpen you up again. Sorry: Tool sharpening service not available at this session. More details and read the happy story of Piglet and his ear on their Facebook page. Saturday 16th May South Hereford Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm The next session of South Hereford Repair Café (a GOLD member of HGN) will be on 16th May. Booking for this session is now open.

Food! The Musical

Food! The Musical is a new project from Footloose Community Arts. It is an interactive piece exploring the nature of food in the 21st century – what we eat and why, and the impact of a profit-driven, global food production system on all forms of life as well as human society. It aims to provoke discussion and action as well as entertain. Humour, catchy tunes and dance are used to map out alternatives to a destructive, corporate-driven globalised food system. We can work with and for the earth and its ecosystems and eat well. We invite participation: joining in with

Repair Café News

Saturday 2nd May Ledbury Repair Café – 10.00am – 12.30pm.  Booking for the session on  Saturday 2nd May is now closed. The next session will be Saturday 6th June: booking for this session will open on Sunday 3rd May. Go to Booking Page for details of how to book for the next session. Leominster Repair Café –  10.00am – 12.00pm The session on Saturday 2nd May is now fully booked. For this session only, the venue has moved toLeominster Sports and Social Club. South St. HR6 8JQ 10-12. They will also be hosting a