Winter Seminars: Forest Gardening for Well-being; Mind, Body and Ecology Coming Together
Dear Forest Gardeners,
Following the successful online summer seminars, we're planning a second series through Jan/Feb drawing together themes around Forest Gardening and Well-Being. Proposed areas for discussion include:
Green Social Prescribing and Forest Gardens
'Healthy' Health Environments: Using land around healthcare facilities for forest gardens for well-being
Designing and Delivering Forest Garden's for Well-being
Open discussion
The seminars are planned to be about 90mins long giving time for speakers and break out rooms for discussions. We would like the seminars to generate lively discussion and to also support all of our well-being too!
We would welcome your suggestions and comments. If you've got ideas for speakers, or a burning topic you'd like to see as part of the series or if you would like to speak yourself, or to help out in some way please reply to this thread.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Tomas Remiarz Mon 30 Nov 2020 10:56AM
Hi Paula, your experience sounds interesting and useful in terms of what we'll be discussing.
Paula Moore Sun 8 Nov 2020 6:27AM
This will be great. I'm now in France with a 5 acre project and wellbeing during pandemic and political pressures hangs on this space that already includes 5 households. Interested in how policy, local gov support (UK, EU) can help land owners sustain community forest gardens; costs for benefits, health and safety, template agreements... support feasibility of time and resources to drive community and climate health. I'm involved in EU labs researching how bureaucracy and the local level can come closer together, a bottom up democracy.
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman Sat 28 Nov 2020 8:35AM
Hi Elizabeth,
It would be fantastic if you were able to join to speak about green social prescribing. I’ve sent you an e-mail with more detail. I’ve got a funny e-mail address ([email protected]) so it may be worth checking spam! I look forward to hearing from you. Nickie
Elizabeth Westaway Sat 7 Nov 2020 5:32PM
Hi Nickie,My email address is:
[email protected]
Best wishes,
Elizabeth
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman Sat 7 Nov 2020 5:26PM
That’s great Elizabeth. What’s the best way to get in touch with you?
Elizabeth Westaway Sat 7 Nov 2020 4:17PM
I would like to speak about social prescribing of gardens and gardening approaches for health and wellbeing
Jake Rayson Fri 30 Oct 2020 2:42PM
Email is best, [email protected] 🙂
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman Fri 30 Oct 2020 1:43PM
Hi Jake,
Thanks for your kind offer. What’s the best way to get in touch?
Jake Rayson Fri 30 Oct 2020 1:28PM
I would love to contribute to this! I feel that forest gardening is uniquely placed to integrate wildlife, edible and ornamental gardening, with a non-exclusive emphasis on the use of native plants. In much of my garden design practise, I am promoting edible species in combination with native wild flowers, in sometimes quite formal settings. To that end, I’ve been researching native wild flowers that can be easily used within a forest garden.
On a social level, forest gardening also delivers a great deal of promise, as witnessed by the amount of interest in community forest gardens. By harvesting edible crops, residents and participants have a natural route into design, involvement and maintenance.
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Everyone be sure to sign up here: https://nationalforestgardening.org/2021-winter-seminars/