A weekend Retreat based at Fircroft College in South Birmingham caters for those seeking nature-connected experiences to combat the challenges of climate change and to balance the rigours of your everyday busy life. Spend two days immersed in practical sustainability, including growing, harvesting, creating and understanding how small changes can make a big impact. Reconnect with nature, learn valuable skills and...
August Bank Holiday weekend sees the return of the Hereford Indie Food Festival with a line-up of great local food producers and a range of bands.
The Leominster branch of the Herefordshire Wildlife Trust invites you to a Moth Hunt. Learn about identification and get involved with recording using your phone. Families Welcome! Meet in front of Grange Court on The Grange, Leominster Free but donations appreciated. Please bring your own refreshments for the end of the walk It is suggested that you download the iNaturalist...
Applewood Permaculture, a GOLD member of HGN, run in-person and online courses throughout the year. This 2-day introduction to the concept and techniques of forest gardening involves theory and practice from visioning to harvesting. See their website for more details.
Growing Local (a Gold Member of HGN) hold a Community Day on the first Saturday of each month. For their September community day they are joined by Tim from CLAN CIC. Help Tim discover all the species of animal, fungi and plants in their education garden! Adults are very welcome too – join the growers for a Southside Farm tour...
Hay Regenerative Soils CIC, who work under the name of Hay We Got Worms' and CLAN are holding a Soil Safari and Biodiversity Building Workshop Click on the website links to find out more.
Yolande and Andrew of Taste of Self Sufficiency are building a one bedroom hempcrete bungalow in Herefordshire. They are both Permaculturists and have used Permaculture Principles and Ethics in their build. They have had volunteers helping them hempcrete their walls and install natural insulation. Most of the volunteers who stepped forward were wanting to get hands-on experience for their own house...
This event is out of county, but which may be of interest to our members: The Wild Summit takes place at Bristol Beacon. The event will bring together people from across the nature sector to share ideas, hear from leading voices and discuss how wildlife and wild places across the UK can be restored. Speakers include campaigners, conservation leaders, policy...
Screening to follow the group's AGM at 2.30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend both, or just the screening. Cradley Village Hall, WR13 5LH Here is the link to a UK map of National Emergency Briefing screenings complete with the links to the organisers. If anyone has seen the film and has questions or comments resulting from it, do send them...
The Grange in Leominster hosts an autumn plant and craft fair - perfect for filling those bare borders before the cold and picking up something handmade. Spare pots and seed trays lurking in your shed? Someone nearby would happily take them off your hands.
Join Herefordshire Meadows to help create a nature rich wildflower meadow at Oatleys Meadow, Ledbury. Click here for more details
