Events
EVENTS

 

TALKS

 

Tuesday 19 February 2008: 7.30pm

PRUNING – talk and demonstration

Ross-on-Wye Horticultural Society, Larruperz Centre, ROSS-ON-WYE, Herefordshire

 

Friday 28 March 2008

‘To Everything the is a Season’ - workshop

MENSA in Malvern weekend

 

Saturday 29 March 2008

‘Dragons – Mythology and Reality’ – talk

MENSA in Malvern weekend

 

Saturday 14 June 2008

‘Permaculture in the Flower Garden’ – talk

The Garden Festival, Hellens Manor House, Much Marcle, Herefordshire

 

 

 

SHOWS

 

MALVERN SPRING GARDEN SHOW

8th - 11th May 2008

Malvern, Worcestershire

Exhibit of drawings and photographs, in Gardeners’ Shopping Pavilion.  Books for sale, and the Blue Man sculpture by Clare Ferguson-Walker.

 

ROYAL WELSH SMALLHOLDER AND GARDEN FESTIVAL

17th – 18th May 2008

Builth Wells, Powys

Exhibit of drawings and photographs in Floral Hall, upstairs on the balcony.  Books for sale, and the Blue Man sculpture by Clare Ferguson-Walker.

 

THE GARDEN FESTIVAL

14th – 15 June 2008

Hellens Manor House, Much Marcle, Herfordshire

Exhibit of drawings and photographs in main festival area

 

ROYAL WELSH SHOW

21st - 24th July 2008

Builth Wells, Powys

Exhibit of drawings and photographs in Horticultural Marquee, Avenue 1.  Books for sale.

 

 

WORKSHOPS

 

Several workshops on the theme of Sacred Gardens, Symbolic Landscapes, Gardening with the Moon, Low Maintenance Gardening and Pruning are planned for the coming year.  Information will be posted once details are finalised.

 

Saturday 12 July 2008: 10am to 5pm

‘The Ley Lines of the Dodman’ – with David Furlong

Gatekeeper Trust Educational Programme – contact the Secretary for further information: 01803 864680 secretary@gatekeeper.org.uk

 

Sunday 13 July 2008: 10am to 5pm

‘Simple Sacred Geometry for Everyone’ – with Fiona Hopes

Gatekeeper Trust Educational Programme – contact the Secretary for further information: 01803 864680 secretary@gatekeeper.org.uk

 

 

LOCAL PILGRIMAGES 2008 – GATEKEEPER TRUST

(contact: Fiona Hopes 01684 892533)

 

Theme for 2008: Chasing Dragons

 

All pilgrimages are on a Sunday, unless otherwise stated.  All dates and times are provisional: please read the appropriate flyer or contact Fiona to confirm arrangements.

 

3 February – 1.30pm start – Walk up Chase End Hill, root chakra of the Malvern Hills Dragon, and visit WhiteLeafed Oak

 

30 March – 9am start – Meet the Dragons of Credenhill and Dinedor.  Possible look at the Rotherwas Ribbon, Hereford. Picnic or pub lunch.

 

4 May – 10am start – Walk Raggedstone Hill and Midsummer Hill, hara and sacral points of the Malvern Hills Dragon, and enjoy the bluebells.  Picnic lunch.

 

22 June – 8.30am start – Journey around the four St Michael churches holding down the Radnor Dragon, said to be the last Dragon in Wales.  Picnic or pub lunch.

 

3 August – 10.30am start – Drake Street, Welland, out on the Dragon’s Wing, and British Camp, at the solar plexus of the Malvern Hills Dragon.  Picnic or pub lunch.

 

21 September – 9am start – Find out what happened to the Mordiford Dragon, and explore Wormelow Tump, home of the Great Worm. Picnic or pub lunch.

 

2 November – 1.30pm start – Walk from the roaring throat of the Malvern Hills Dragon, at the Wyche, to the brow and crown chakras at the Worcestershire Beacon and North Hill.

 

14 December – 10.30am start – Whittington Tump and the Worcester Dragon.  Seasonal celebratory pub lunch.

 

 

 

EARTH SCHOOL EVENTS

(contact: The Earth School: 01684 892533)

 

The Earth School is still in hibernation.  Please look at the Education Programme for the Gatekeeper Trust. www.gatekeeper.org.uk, for similar events.

 

 

CONTACT NUMBERS:

 

Fiona Hopes: 01684 892533

fiona@song-of-the-earth.com

 

Gatekeeper Trust: 01803 864680 secretary@gatekeeper.org.uk

 

The Earth School: 01684 892533 admin@theearthschool.co.uk

 

 

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

 

British Society of Dowsers

www.britishdowsers.org

 

South Herefordshire Dowsers

www.dowsers.org.uk

 

David Furlong/Atlanta Association

www.atlanta-association.com

 

Zoence/Peter Dawkins

www.zoence.co.uk

 

France Bacon Research Trust

www.fbrt.org.uk

 

Aquarius Severn

www.aquariussevern.com

 

The Garden Festival

www.thegardenfestival.co.uk

 

Clare Ferguson-Walker

www.cfwdesigns.co.uk