Forth Valley Food Links

Stirling Food Network Meeting (10:00AM - 2:00PM)

 Sunlite Cafe, Cowane Centre, Cowane Street, Stirling

Wednesday 3 March 2010, 10.00 am - 2.00 pm

The network is for those interested in food and health issues in the Stirling area.  

The meeting will focus on volunteering, community gardens, information and resources.

Guest Speakers
• Volunteering
• Health benefits of community gardening
• Square Foot Gardening

 

Contact Info : Community Food Development Workers NHS Forth Valley Dept Nutrition and Dietetics Alison Cairney, Ulrike Maute Mobile Alison: 07771882388; Ulrike: 07881503466 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Square Foot Gardening Workshop (1:00PM - 3:00PM)

If you would like to learn how to grow your own food using the 'Square Foot Gardening' method, then Forth Valley Food Links will be organising and running workshops in Denny in March 2010.

Following a successful run of 4 workshops in 2009, the Denny course is being repeated in association with Denny Wider Access to School Project http://www.dennywasp.org.uk/ each Tuesday from 9th March to 30th March inclusive, from 1.00 – 3.00 pm.  The course will again be delivered by Mike Hamilton.

Contact Info : Pat Beattie 01324 822895

Stirling Seed Swap Social (4:00PM - 4:00PM)

Towards Transition Stirling Seed Swap Social,Birds and the Bees, Easter Cornton Road, Causewayhead, Stirling FK9 5PB

Do you have any unwanted, surplus or even close to expiry date vegetable or fruit seeds you no longer need? Fancy seeing what other people have been growing/ attempting to grow in Stirling and maybe try growing something new?
 
Bring your seeds along to the Towards Transition Stirling event on Sunday 14th March and swap them for different varieties, share growing tips and encourage those less green-fingered amongst us to give food growing a go. With spring just around the corner, this is the time to be thinking about what you are going to grow this year.
 
The Seed Swap Social will follow the Towards Transition Stirling AGM.

 

Contact Info : Glen Elliott, Towards Transition Stirling Coordinator, 07963 282529

Square Foot Gardening Workshop (1:00PM - 3:00PM)

If you would like to learn how to grow your own food using the 'Square Foot Gardening' method, then Forth Valley Food Links will be organising workshops in Denny in March 2010.

Following a successful run of 4 workshops in 2009, the Denny course is being repeated in association with Denny Wider Access to School Project http://www.dennywasp.org.uk/ each Tuesday from 9th March to 30th March inclusive, from 1.00 – 3.00 pm.  The course will again be delivered by Mike Hamilton.

Contact Info : Pat Beattie 01324 822895.

Forth Valley Orchards Evening Event (7:00PM - 9:00PM)
People across Stirling who are interested in the future of Forth Valley’s orchards and fruit trees, are being invited to come along to an evening event that will report on the results of the Forth Valley Orchard Regeneration Initiative Mapping & Feasibility Study, and to help plot the next steps.    The event, organised by local environmental charity, Forth Environment Link, will take place on Tuesday, 16 March 2010 from 7.00 – 9.00 pm at the Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Dumbarton Road, Stirling, FK8 2RQ, and is open to all in Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling areas. We want to share what we’ve found out, and also to ask people how we can help orchard and fruit tree owners to get the best out of their trees in the future.  There is also a growing interest in planting new community orchards, so we would like to hear from anyone who would like to start one. This will be a good forum for discussing lots of good ideas.” Dr Crispin Hayes will be presenting his report on the historic orchards of Forth Valley, and Margaret Miller will present her findings on school orchards across the area.  Results of the Green Mapping workshops will be presented by Action for Change’s Mike Trevett.  The event will be chaired by Kate Sankey, Chair of Forth Environment Link. This initiative is being part-financed by the Scottish Government and the European Community Forth Valley & Lomond LEADER 2007 - 2013 Programme; Falkirk Environment Trust, and Scottish Natural Heritage.    

Contact Info : For further information please contact Diane Alderdice on 01786 449215. Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Url: http://www.fvfl.org.uk/How-You-Can-Get-Involved/forth_valley_orchard_celebration.html

4th Annual Trellis Conference (9:00AM - 11:59PM)

4th Annual Trellis Conference, Wednesday 17 March 2010 at Perth Concert Hall. 

The theme is "Tending Body & Soul: Gardening & Health".

Contact Info : Trellis 40 St John Street Perth PH1 5SP Tel: 01738 624348 Mob: 07770 724399 Url: http://http://www.trellisscotland.org.uk

Square Foot Gardening Workshop (1:00PM - 3:00PM)

If you would like to learn how to grow your own food using the 'Square Foot Gardening' method, then Forth Valley Food Links will be organising and running workshops in Denny in March 2010.

Following a successful run of 4 workshops in 2009, the Denny course is being repeated in association with Denny Wider Access to School Project http://www.dennywasp.org.uk/ each Tuesday from 9th March to 30th March inclusive, from 1.00 – 3.00 pm.  The course will again be delivered by Mike Hamilton.

Contact Info : Pat Beattie 01324 822895.

How To Improve Biodiversity In Your Garden, Allotment Or Smallholding (7:30PM - 7:30PM)

The Central Scotland Smallholders Association invite you to find out how to improve diversity within your garden, allotment or smallholding, at an event on Wednesday, 24th March 7.30 pm at Mayfield Community Centre, Stirling.

Guest speakers include RSPB, and Central Scotland Bat Group.

Entrance is free to members, and donations to CSSA funds from others are welcomed.

(Source: Central Scotland Smallholders' Association, 8 March 2010)

Url: http://www.smallholders.info.

Square Foot Gardening Workshop (11:30AM - 11:30AM)

If you would like to learn how to grow your own food using the 'Square Foot Gardening' method, then Forth Valley Food Links will be running workshops in Tullibody in March 2010.

The workshops will run at the Tullibody Healthy Living's Spring Health Day on Saturday, 27 March.

Workshop 1 - 11.30 am  - 1.00 pm or

Workshop 2 - 1.30 - 3.00 pm.

The sessions will look in various detail, at what Square Foot Gardening is, its benefits; planning your plot; assembling materials and building your plot; planning your crops; sowing / planting /maintenance; and harvesting and using the fruits of your labour.

Contact Info : To register a place, please contact Diane on 01786 449215 Email : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Square Foot Gardening Workshop (1:00PM - 3:00PM)

If you would like to learn how to grow your own food using the 'Square Foot Gardening' method, then Forth Valley Food Links will be organising and running workshops in Denny in March 2010.

Following a successful run of 4 workshops in 2009, the Denny course is being repeated in association with Denny Wider Access to School Project http://www.dennywasp.org.uk/ each Tuesday from 9th March to 30th March inclusive, from 1.00 – 3.00 pm.  The course will again be delivered by Mike Hamilton.

Contact Info : Pat Beattie 01324 822895.