The next Signs of Spring walk
The next Signs of Spring walk will take place on Thursday 1st May 2025 led by Gemma Bode. All welcome. We will meet at the village shop carpark at 7 p.m. According to the forecast it should be a glorious 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
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
Water Mini-Symposium
Saturday 1 October saw our autumn meeting, this year a mini-symposium on the subject of Water. It was a full house at the Mackenzie Hall with over 60 people packed in to hear the speakers. The PGP’s George Peterken began Read More
Scythe Festival
I spent Sunday 13 June in a large field near Muchelney in the Somerset Levels at the annual Green Scythe Festival, mainly so that I could see scything done properly. The event attracted all ages to an arena of well-grown Read More