About My Gardens



	Events
	TALKS, WALKS AND EVENTS Wednesday 17 February 2010: 7.30pm Grasping The Nettle – talk and discussion Buttercup Connection, Beacon Clinic, Portland Road, Malvern, Worcestershire Monday 3 May 2010 Bluebell Walk on Raggedstone Hill Song of the Earth event: contact Fiona for details: fiona@song-of-the-earth.com Thursday 18 March 2010 Pruning – talk and demonstration Leigh and District Gardeners’ Club, Fox and Hounds, Lulsley, near Alfrick WR6 5QT Sunday 10 October 2010 Autumn Colours Walk Song of the Earth event: venue yet to be decided! Contact Fiona for details: fiona@song-of-the-earth.com SHOWS ROYAL WELSH SMALLHOLDER AND GARDEN FESTIVAL 15 - 16 May 2010 Builth Wells, Powys Exhibit of drawings and photographs in Floral Hall, upstairs on the balcony. Books for sale. THE GARDEN FESTIVAL 12 – 13 June 2010 Hellens Manor House, Much Marcle, Herefordshire Exhibit of drawings and photographs in main festival area. Books for sale. ROYAL WELSH SHOW 19 - 22 July 2010 Builth Wells, Powys Exhibit of drawings and photographs in Horticultural Marquee, Avenue 1. Books for sale. WORKSHOPS Further workshops on the theme of Sacred Gardens, Symbolic Landscapes, Gardening with the Moon, Low Maintenance Gardening, Organic Gardening, and Pruning are planned for the coming year. Information will be posted once details are finalised. Saturday 27 March 2010: 10am to 5pm ‘To Everything There is a Season….’ Workshop – with Fiona Hopes, at the Friends Meeting House, Orchard Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3DA Gatekeeper Trust Educational Programme – contact the Secretary for further information: 01803 864680 secretary@gatekeeper.org.uk or Fiona on fiona@song-of-the-earth.com to book Saturday 29 May 2010: 10am to 5pm ‘Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space’ workshop – with Fiona Hopes, at the Friends Meeting House, Orchard Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3DA Gatekeeper Trust Educational Programme – contact the Secretary for further information: 01803 864680 secretary@gatekeeper.org.uk or Fiona on fiona@song-of-the-earth.com to book Saturday 4 September 2010: 10am to 5pm ‘The Living Land’ workshop – with Fiona Hopes, at the Friends Meeting House, Orchard Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3DA Song of the Earth event: contact Fiona for details: fiona@song-of-the-earth.com LOCAL PILGRIMAGES 2009 – GATEKEEPER TRUST (contact: Fiona Hopes 01684 892533 or fiona@song-of-the-earth.com) Theme for 2010: Sacred Water – Salt, Sweet, Chalybeate 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. Sunday 31 January 2010 – 10.30am start – The Healing Waters of Malvern Sunday 21 March 2010 - 9.30am start – Exploring the salt waters of Droitwich Sunday 2 May 2010 – 9.30am start – Gloucester: the meeting of the salt and the sweet waters, and the spring on the sacred hill Sunday 20 June 2010 – 8.30am start – Chepstow: the meeting of the Wye, the Severn and the Bristol Channel Sunday 11 July 2010 – 8.30am start – A day in the Avebury landscape, looking at this year’s crop circles. Picnic or cafe lunch. A Gatekeeper Trust National Event. Sunday 1 August 2010 – 8.30am start – Old Radnor and the Hindwell landscape, including ‘Water Break Its Neck’ waterfall. Pub lunch Sunday 19 September 2010 - 9.30am start - Cheltenham: exploring the different wells and waters of the Spa - chalybeate Sunday 31 October 2010 – 9.30am start – Bromyard: the Teme and Frome valleys Sunday 13 December – 9.30am start – Evesham: the Abbey and the Avon, the third major river of the Three Counties. Pub Solstice lunch. EARTH SCHOOL EVENTS (contact: The Earth School: 01684 892533) The Earth School is still in hibernation. Please look at Song of the Earth Events and the Education Programme of the Gatekeeper Trust. . www.gatekeeper.org.uk, for similar events. CONTACT NUMBERS: Fiona Hopes/Song of the Earth: fiona@song-of-the-earth.com Gatekeeper Trust: 01803 864680 secretary@gatekeeper.org.uk OTHER USEFUL LINKS Royal Welsh Agricultural Society www.rwas.co.uk 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 Astrological Society www.aquariussevern.com Gloucester Connections bimonthly holistic magazine www.gloucestershireconnections.co.uk The Garden Festival www.thegardenfestival.co.uk The National Botanic Garden of Wales info@gardenofwales.org.uk