Announcing AGM date 2020; & feed in to shape the event
The NFGS directors have reviewed our ways of working in the last few months in light of the lockdown measures and concluded that we wish to run the AGM as a virtual event this year. This will be held on Saturday 26th September in rhythm with the traditional end of the harvest season in the UK.
We will hold this as a 3 part meeting in the afternoon,
1. Introductions and what we have been doing and what is on our minds (30-45 mins)
2. The formal business of the AGM (for about an hour)
3. Break for tea/coffee (15 mins) A chat room could be set up for these that wish.
4. A seminar on topic to be decided (1 hours).
5. Next steps for NFGS; shaping a strategy to 2022 (30 min)
We are looking at what kind of topics might be good to cover in the session, or consider for further action next year.
We have posed a couple of questions below, please vote on suggestions if they are relevant to you and/or add additional options. We also invite you to add comments/thoughts into the thread.
If anyone would like to be involved in some way in organising the AGM, please get in touch!
Look forward to seeing/hearing all your thoughts
Nickie Bartlett / JakemanSun 28 Jun 2020 5:17PM
Messed up the IT
Nickie Bartlett / JakemanSun 28 Jun 2020 5:13PM
Messed up the IT
Jane Lesley MorrisSun 28 Jun 2020 4:48PM
Friends Of the Earth nationally and/or locally, RHS and organic gardening agencies
Who/which organisation should the NFGS be working with in the next couple of years?
poll by Hannah Gardiner (Current profile) Closed Sat 4 Jul 2020 12:01PM
Thanks so much everyone for completing this. As you can see the popular choices are Social Farms and Gardens, the Permaculture Assoc'n, and National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces. Of course the sample is small but they give an indication. We're about to put out our proposal for the AGM which might shift the context for this question: who do we collaborate with, which might give it even more energy.
Would you be willing to take on a role to lead/co lead work with any particular organisation?
[Please also add ideas to the options!]
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permaculture Association | 22 | 6 |  | |||
| Social Farms and Gardens | 19 | 5 | | |||
| National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces | 19 | 5 | | |||
| Nhs | 11 | 3 | | |||
| Sustain | 7 | 2 | | |||
| Wildlife Trusts | 7 | 2 | ||||
| National Trust | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Bristol Natural History Consortium/Festival of Nature | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Local Government Association | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Bristol bBti | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Undecided | 1 |
8 of 9 votes cast (88% participation)
How could NFGS uniquely contribute to the campaigns for increasing tree cover?
poll by Hannah Gardiner (Current profile) Closed Sat 4 Jul 2020 12:01PM
There is a lot of energy around tree planting right now, but we know the tree planting alone is not the answer and techniques such as forest gardening could give so many more benefits. How can we interact with the energy around tree planting?
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| publish guidance | 27 | 4 | | |||
| campaign to highlight forest garden planting techniques | 20 | 3 | | |||
| Feed into other mainstream media stuff e.g. (BBC...gardeners world, Country File, natural history unit in Bristol etc) work with other established organisations such as the National Trust or the Wildlife Trusts | 20 | 3 | | |||
| Promote links with community orchard group to encourage underplanted orchardsds | 20 | 3 | | |||
| draw together partnerships for bids | 7 | 1 | | |||
| highlight existing research on fg contribution to bio-d and productivity | 7 | 1 | | |||
| Undecided | 1 |
7 of 8 votes cast (87% participation)
emerging opportunities for forest gardeners/forest gardening
poll by Hannah Gardiner (Current profile) Closed Sat 4 Jul 2020 12:01PM
What do you observe is bringing to the most energy towards the forest gardening movement? What draws new people to respond and engage with your forest gardening work?
[please also add your own options to it!]
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Food security agenda | 39 | 7 |  | |||
| Just the idea of growing an edible ecosystem without too much effort | 28 | 5 | | |||
| * Climate Emergency Declarations | 11 | 2 | ||||
| * Tree planting initiatives | 11 | 2 | | |||
| * Environment Bill | 6 | 1 | ||||
| popularity of no till approaches | 6 | 1 | | |||
| Undecided | 1 |
9 of 10 votes cast (90% participation)
Nickie Bartlett / Jakeman ·Thu 4 Jun 2020 1:53PM
Happy to help