Sat 28 May 2011
Open Day 28th May
Posted by Andy under Events
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Lots of intererest in our open day as part of the Poole and Bournemouth Big Green Fortnight, around 50 people visited the site, lots of interesting questions.
Ruth and Ken kept the kettle on the brew. Mark and Andy led groups on tours around the site, Harriet welcomed people in, Manuella was ever ready with the camera, and Kate and Jamie did a bit of weeding to demonstrate we don’t just stand and talk.
Linda and Karen laid out a stall in aid of the WWF, which also benefitted from the plant sales. Harriet also had a stall for Transiton Town Poole, and several of the conversations ranged widely on some of the topics of Transition – food, energy, oil and climate change.
Open Day Discussion
It seemed the same 3 intrepid children had an endless supply of questions for Mark on mini-beasts.
Manuella caught on camera photographing Mark's bug collection
The weather held well for us until it came time to pack up.
Thank you for your kind hosting in showing us around this beautiful environment, designed and created with such obvious commitment and collective enjoyment. We learnt new things and made new friends.
Thanks also to Teresa for your advice re permaculture.
Emma.
It’s a pleasure to share what we have done, and part of our original aims to provide models that others can adopt in their own gardens or on patches of unloved land. Lots of other possibilities in Poole and beyond, the challenge is always finding time to do stuff, but little by little. Thanks for your kind comments, Andy
What a joy – I am so glad we came along. The children loved it too, especially the mini-beasts and the compost loo! Thanks for the warm welcome, the cake and the tour which helped us make sense of it. Hope to be back soon.