Plans for Edible Open Gardens continue: Stroud permaculture group

Plans for Edible Open Gardens continue apace - we have over 30 gardens opening the weekend of 9th/10th July - see more here. We have been meeting each month and it has been fun to also here about other projects which I thought I would share here....

....but first also take a look below at the poster re the new permaculture group being set up in Stroud - I already have my name on the list!

A couple of nice short films on Todmorden and their Incredible Edible project:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3VLtr26e_E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az3m5ewU9Us&NR=1

I only recently came across the Summer Street Allotment Association website - it is excellent and I added it to my list of Local Key Links: http://www.summerstreet.btck.co.uk/ 

Minch allotments also have a website and they recently covered Vancouver and an edible roof - sadly at the moment we don't have one for our opening in July but if you know of one in Stroud area please let us know:
http://minchallotments.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/edible-crops-in-unusal-places/

We were also considering running a film and at the moment are seeing if it is possible to get either Queen of the Sun or The Garden Movie. Both look fantastic - click on their links to see trailers.

Glos Food Vision give us a plug for Edible Open Gardens in their latest newsletter - but they also carry news of many other food related projects in Gloucestershire: http://visioncic.com/FoodHealthNewsletters.aspx

New courses at Westley Farm including permaculture, charcoal making and building an earth oven: http://www.westleyfarm.co.uk/courses.htm

While Dominic Thomas is running walks about our edible landscape. He is a local artist, permaculture design student and part-time mycologist and is into the art of foraging for seasonal ‘wild’ foods and other useful plants. For more information or to book your place contact Dominic on 01453 887306
Or email dominic(at)mundusloci.org

A community garden takes shape in Worthing: http://transitionculture.org/2011/04/11/transition-in-action-a-community-garden-for-worthing/

Vision 21’s new Sustainable Food exhibition ‘GrowVision’ is now available to tour Gloucestershire! This wonderfully designed exhibition funded by the National Lottery through Big Lottery Fund highlights the importance of sustainable food.  To view the exhibition online, book for your event or to view touring dates click here.