| Tayside Biodiversity
- Information - Events 2008 |
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RIPARIAN SEMINAR:
Sustainable river management for biodiversity, fish and people
Thursday 29th January 2009
Birnam Institute, Birnam, by Dunkeld, Perthshire
CLICK HERE to open the programme (pdf) |
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BUILDING BETTER
BIODIVERSITY’ TRAINING PROGRAMME 2008
CLICK HERE to open the programme
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if you right click the 'CLICK
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| Dates
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| Tayside Biodiversity
Festival 2009 |
The Partnership
is planning its own Festival between 1st
and 10th May 2009. Contact
Tayside.biodiversity@ukf.net for further details. If you would
like to propose an event, or could host an event, please let us
know as soon as possible. |
Scottish Biodiversity
Week 2009
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The dates for
the Scottish Biodiversity Week 2009 are 16th to the 24th May 2009 |
Orchard Festival
2008
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CARSE
OF GOWRIE ORCHARD FESTIVAL - 18th to 26th October
18th /19th October - Glendoick Apple Weekend (Glendoick Garden
Centre) 11am to 4pm daily
* Bring your apples along for identification by renowned Fife
expert Willie Duncan;
* Sunday: t.b.c. Watch Scottish chef Christopher Trotter demonstrate
his favourite fruit recipes;
* See the colourful display of 120 varieties of Scottish fruit;
* Enjoy the fruity menu at the Garden Centre Restaurant;
* Fruit-themed books, food tastings by local producers, fruit
trees to buy;
* Find out about the history of the orchards in the Carse;
* Help make and taste fruit juice with John Hancox of the Scottish
Childrens'
Orchard;
* Take part in children's art competitions and pass on your favourite
fruit recipe!
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25th
/26th October - Family Fruit Weekend, Elcho Castle, Rhynd, by
Perth Usual Historic Scotland hours and admission price - but
accompanied children free in October
* Explore the orchard and pick a bag of fruit for an apple pie;
* Saturday - Historic Scotland Ranger events for all the family, including
Bug Hunts in the Orchard;
* Sunday - Pick the fruit, make and taste the juice with John Hancox of the
Scottish Children's Orchard;
* Take part in children's art competitions and pass on your favourite fruit
recipe!
Also - School Orchard Days for local schools: help plant new
trees throughout the Carse Volunteer Days - your chance to help
restore local orchards
See local posters and programme of events throughout the Carse,
or telephone:
01382 433042; e-mail tayside.biodiversity@ukf.net.
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CLICK
HERE to open the Carse of Gowrie Orchard Festival programme -
if
you right click the 'CLICK
HERE' You can download it to your computer |
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CLICK
HERE to open the Carse of Gowrie Orchard Festival A4 Poster
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if you right click the 'CLICK
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CLICK
HERE to open the Cider Making Course information
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if you right click the 'CLICK
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PRACTICAL TRAINING COURSE: SMALL-SCALE CIDER MAKING with Michael Pooley of the
Shropshire Apple Trust.
A one-day course (choice of Saturday, 18th October or Sunday, 19th October 2008)
to be held at Glendoick Garden Centre, Glendoick (between Perth and Dundee)
10am to 5pm with lunch and refreshment breaks: pre-booking essential. Fee payable.
Further details, together with booking form, elsewhere on this website soon. |
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| Building Better
Biodiversity Training |
7th
February 2009: Winter Pruning Training at Elcho Castle, by Perth.
A half-day course on this essential orchard task. Further details
will be available in due course. Enquiries to Tayside.biodiversity@ukf.net. |
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19th
February 2009 – Assuring the Swifts’ Place in the Built
Environment – Edward Mayer, London Swifts will lead an afternoon
workshop in Tayside (venue t.b.c.) |
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20th
February 2009 – 2nd ‘Accommodating Wildlife in Development’ Seminar,
Forfar – key speakers: Dusty Gedge (Living Roofs) and Edward
Mayer (London Swifts) |
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21st
February 2009 – DIY Guide to Green Roofs (practical workshop
led by Dusty Gedge and John Little), Tayside venue t.b.c. |
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So
what happened this year?
Take a look at the slideshow to
see photographs of the some of the great events that took place
this year, including the colourful Perth Street Theatre.
© Lorne Gill, SNH |
© Lorne Gill, SNH |
© Lorne Gill, SNH |
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CLICK ABOVE THUMBNAILS FOR
LARGER IMAGES
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If you would like to add images of your events, send your jpegs to bit@snh.gov.uk. |
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