Forthcoming Events


March 2010


Tuesday, 23rd March start at 7.30pm
Bear and Billet, Lower Bridge Street - 2nd Floor

In 1994 Martin Crawford started to plant a forest garden on a two-acre site on the Dartington estate in south Devon, and it is now largely mature. In this DVD he explains the principles of forest gardening, which is a kind of agroforestry.

Forest gardens ...

  • are largely self-sustaining, containing a large number of very diverse species;
  • provide a wide variety of fruits, nuts, edible leaves, medicinal plants and fibres;
  • are self-fertilising by the use of specific plants which supply nutrients;
  • use a large number of perennial crops, and are highly productive in terms of land use.

The DVD was filmed over a ten-month period to show the forest garden in all seasons of the year.


Thursday, 25th March at 7.30pm
Heart and Soul Group - open space gathering
Location - Handbridge

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