Greener Gardening – how we can garden and grow greener in our changing climate to ensure sustainability and maximum biodiversity.

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Doors open at the venue from 12.15pm for a 1pm talk.

Having spent 25 years working in the dynamic industries of retail fashion and creative events, Arit found that the visual nature of fashion and the healing properties of her therapies could beautifully meld in the garden. This became a passion and drove her to explore the unique relationships between plants, people, and place. Working as a presenter for BBC’s Gardeners’ World, many satellite shows such as Chelsea Flower Show, and writing for national publications has enabled Arit to publicise issues about the future of gardening in an ever-changing climate, and to promote solutions to the wider public.

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’Saving our Insects and turning our gardens and urban green spaces into oases for life’

Book Signing

We are grateful to Five Leaves Bookshop’s support in selling Dave’s books and other gardening literature on the day. Dave will be available to sign his books after the talk

Tickets

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Poster

Please feel free to download a poster for this event to display in communal areas here

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Dr Hayley Jones, Senior Entomologist in the RHS Plant Health team, researches slug and snail diversity in UK gardens, and will be telling us about sustainable control of slugs and snails.  

The talk will be about 45 mins with 15 mins for questions.  

More information about Hayley here: https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/meet-the-team/plant-health-team/hayley-jones 

Online talk via zoom : 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start 

Learn how to choose the most environmental peat-free composts.

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No keen gardener can be unaware of the call to stop using peat. It is an issue that has been raging within professional horticulture for more than three decades. But although companies such as Melcourt have been blazing a trail with very effective peat-free products since the 1990s, it is only in recent years that peat and its problems have come to the attention of the wider gardening public.

The Responsible Sourcing Scheme looks at seven different aspects of ingredients from an environmental and social impacts standpoint:

• How much energy is used to both make it and transport it?

• How much water is required to prepare it?

• What impact does it have on habitat and biodiversity?

• Is it renewable?

• Resource use efficiency – how much waste is created by its manufacture?

• Does its manufacture cause pollution?

• What are the social compliance issues associated with it?

"Growing Beans is an inspiring, mouth-watering and practical guide to growing beans and much more. Susan Young’s personal love of beans is infectious and she persuasively sets out why we all should all be growing and eating more beans, for our own and the planet’s sake. It’s full of fascinating history, charming wit and sensible easy-to-follow advice on choosing, growing, storing and cooking beans. We love this book as much as we love beans!"

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Susan has written a new book growing beans and her talk will be sharing some of this knowledge with is - Learn how to grow, store and cook a wide range of nutritious and tasty beans for eating fresh from the vine, or to dry for warming winter meals. Susan Young shares 10 years of experimentation with growing a range of varieties from around the world.

Click through to view/pre-order Susan’s book