POGOE

POGOE @ the NBI February/March Events

2011-01-19T13:54:00.000-08:00

Three POGOE events have been arranged at the NBI in February/March:

Sunday 6th Feb 2:30pm - 'A Permaculture Approach to Designing a Garden Space', NBI Pub Garden: interactive session providing an overview of the permaculture design process and some tools that might help design a garden space.

Tuesday 22nd Feb, 7:30pm - POGOE @ the NBI - 'What On Earth is Permaculture?' a talk by Permaculture Teacher George Sobol. Followed by networking - and bring any seeds that you might want to swap!

Tuesday 22nd March, 7:30pm - POGOE @ the NBI - 'Soil and Biodiversity - Some Big Reasons to Grow and Eat Organically' a talk by Martyn Bragg of Shillingford Organics. Followed by networking - and bring any seeds that you might want to swap!

NBI - formerly the North Bridge Inn - St David's Hill, Exeter - just up from the Iron Bridge

Plants For A Future talk: 7:30 pm Tue Nov 30th at the NBI

2010-11-18T12:59:00.000-08:00

The first of our new monthly meetings at the North Bridge Inn (11 St David's Hill, Exeter) will take place on Tue 30th Nov - these evenings will consist of a talk or film followed by seed-swapping, browsing permaculture mags/books/resources, and generally catching up with other permie/organic folk from the Exeter area. It's a great independent local pub!

This first talk will be given by Chris Marsh who will give us an update on the wonderful Plants For A Future project.

click through to the facebook wall (link above - no need to be a facebook member) for details of this, the results of the earlier action planning meeting, and other posts ...

Action-Planning Meeting 4th Nov, 7pm, Exeter Picture House Cafe

2010-10-28T06:05:00.001-07:00

POGOE action-planning meeting! Exeter Picture House Cafe/Bar, Thus. 4th Nov, 7pm - for those who want to get involved in planning - and MAKING HAPPEN - a programme of events over winter and beyond (digging, mulching, planting, seed-saving/swapping, films, talks, visits - whatever). Follow the link to the POGOE Facebook wall for further details...

Introduction To Permaculture Course Aug 2010

2010-07-13T05:51:00.000-07:00

An Introduction to Permaculture Course is to be held in Exeter over the weekend 14-15 August (£60 - with some concessionary places) - for details, follow the link to the POGOE facebook wall and check out the poster, or contact Chris White 07878 642169 / ciwhite@hotmail.co.uk

Forest Garden visit in June - plus more POGOE stuff!

2010-05-10T14:56:00.000-07:00

For details of our June visit to the Agroforestry Research Trust at Dartington, hosted by Martin Crawford (as featured in the BBC A Farm for the Future) - and other exciting POGOE news - visit the POGOE facebook group page (click through the link above)

Open Core/Action Group Meeting - Fri 16th April

2010-04-13T01:39:00.000-07:00

For members of the POGOE network - (all newbies welcome too)

- Who want to be actively involved in getting projects moving -
Come along to an 'open invitation' core POGOE meeting...

There are already some ideas to follow up from the 'World Cafe' exercise and we can come up with more, but we are interested to get moving on some projects, and to start planning a programme of talks, film screenings and visits to projects - gain inspiration and practical experience.

Wanna get involved? - Come along!

Please see the event picture (follow Facebook link above)for location - Queens Crescent Gardens

Bring any refreshments (your choice) / homemade cakes & cookies :)
Perhaps a blanket to sit on - notebook and pencil always handy

If the weather should turn we shall move to Wells Tavern -

Hope to see you there on the evening, buzzing with ideas to rehabilitate some unloved land!

Launch Meeting wed. 7th April, Global Centre

2010-04-02T07:08:00.000-07:00

We will be meeting at the Global Centre, St David's Hill on 7th April, 6-00 to 9-00 pm to watch the BBC documentary A Farm for the Future (a good introduction to why permaculture is important, and what a permaculture approach to growing is like), launch the network, decide what our priorities are for action and set some action groups running. Come along if you are at all in interested (or interested in learning about) permaculture and organic growing.