THE CARSE OF GOWRIE ORCHARDS:
SURVEY, RESTORATION, MANAGEMENT
PROPOSED REVISED PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 16th October 2007 - Inchture Hotel, Inchture, Perthshire |
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| 9.15am Registration and Refreshments |
| 9.50am Welcome and Introduction to the Orchards
and Tree-fruit Growing in Scotland - Syd House, Forestry Commission
Scotland |
10.10am Report on the Extent, Status and Condition
of the Carse Orchards – the
Official Launch of the Carse of Gowrie Orchard Survey Report
Dr Crispin Hayes, CW Hayes Associates, Eco-Consultancy |
| Followed by 10 minutes Q&A |
11.10am
Case Study:
Cider Production in the Borders - the Commercial Aspect of Orchard Restoration -
(Syd House to cover for 5 minutes) |
| Apologies from Philip Elliot, Managing Director,
and Tony Douglas, Sales & Marketing Director, Eden Brands
Ltd., Berwickshire |
11.15am Rural Development Contracts (formerly
Land Management Contracts) - Potential Grant Support for Local
Orchards
David Imlay, Forestry Commission Scotland |
11.35am
Refreshments (no change in time) |
11.55am Case Study:
Adding Value to Locally-grown Fruit – the Cairn O’Mhor Experience,
Ron Gillies, Cairn O’Mhor Winery |
| 12.20pm The Slow Food Movement: Integration
of Local Foods, Local Markets, and Green Tourism,
Kay Lamb, Steering Group Member: Cittaslow Perth |
12.45pm Open Discussion and Way Forward
Chaired by Syd House, Forestry Commission Scotland |
1.15pm Buffet Lunch
Information Tables; display of Scottish heritage fruit varieties |
| 2pm Depart for Megginch Castle Orchards, by
Errol |
2.30pm- 4.30pm Site Visit: delegates to
be split into 2 groups of 1 hour duration each –
(1) Guidance on Practical Orchard Management – Condition;
Potential for Positive Management and Restoration; Future Management
Options
John Butterworth, Butterworth’s Organic Nursery, Ayrshire
(2) Tour of Gardens with Catherine Herdman of Megginch
4.45pm – 6pm Optional Guided Tour to the Commercial Elderberry Plantation
at Cairn O’Mhor, by Errol, followed by wine tasting in the Winery Shop
Ron Gillies, Cairn O’Mhor Winery |
Thanks to the Forestry Commission and Perth & Kinross
Countryside Trust
for funding this seminar and to Mrs Catherine Herdman of Megginch
and Ron
Gillies of Cairn o’Mhor for hosting the afternoon site
visits.
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