Climate Action update
We launched Parish Grasslands Climate Action in February 2020 and it seemed that we had got off to a great start, drawing in a whole new raft of members of the local community. Within weeks the first lockdown of the Read More
Wilding film at the Mac Hall October 27
Isabella Tree’s book Wilding was published in 2018 and quickly became a best-seller. It tells how she and partner Charlie Burrell transformed their 3,500 acre estate in the Sussex Weald from a heavily subsidy-dependent arable farm into a haven for Read More
Spotlight on deer and wild boar: October 5
If you would like to know more about deer and boar in the Forest of Dean, come to our autumn meeting at the Mackenzie Hall on Saturday 5 October at 2.30pm. The speaker is Ian Harvey, Forestry England’s wildlife manager Read More
Next meeting – 21 March
Our next public meeting will be held at the Mackenzie Hall, Brockweir, at 7.30 pm on Thursday 21 March, 2024. This will include our annual general meeting. We are still working on the evening’s main content. Full details will appear Read More
Autumn meeting – Saturday October 22
We have two fascinating talks lined up for the PGP autumn meeting at 2.30pm on Saturday October 22 at the Mackenzie Hall. Both speakers are members of the local community: Andy Stott will give us a preview of the UN Read More
Dave Goulson talk: Thursday September 22
We are hosting a talk by one of the country’s leading bee experts at the Savoy Theatre, Monmouth on Thursday September 22. Dave Goulson is a professor of biology at Sussex University, where he specialises in bee ecology. He is Read More
Signs of Spring: Sunday April 3
Last year we held a series of Zoom meetings examining the emerging signs that spring was finally happening: awakenings in the worlds of plants, insects, birds and mammals. In 2022 we will do it again, except that this time we’ll Read More
Climate change relaunch
We plan to re-launch Parish Grasslands Climate Action sometime in early summer, following the massive interruption caused by Covid. In the meantime members have been discussing various ideas about how the community can tackle various climate change issues. We all Read More
Climate change talks at our AGM
Our 2022 annual general meeting takes place at the Mackenzie Hall on Thursday 31 March at 7.30pm. After the formal business we have two excellent talks lined up, from local speakers bringing varied perspectives on climate change. Matt Dunwell is Read More
And so it’s farewell to 2020
The year was not without its frustrations, to put it mildly, but we were able to end on a high note. December’s online talk by Brigit Strawbridge Howard, held in collaboration with Dean Forest Beekeepers, proved exceptionally popular with members, Read More