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EVENTS ARCHIVE 2006/2007:
Woodlands Festival at Lochgilphead
In
the heartland of ancient
Scotland,
a celebration of access and inclusion in the woods of mid-argyll
History, habits, land-use, wild-life and mythology, in three
beautiful locations. Four days of festivities, woodcraft, walks,
orienteering, story-telling, and music in and around
Lochgilphead,
with provision for all needs, abilities and ages. With exhibits and
sales and refreshments. Gaelic interpretation. Sign language. No
admission fees.
Sunday August 26 12-6pm
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Woodcraft and Orienteering and Woodland Management and History of
Forestry at Kilmory Woodland Park (Argyll and Bute Council HQ) on
approach to Lochgilphead (A83 from Glasgow)
Monday August 27 10-5pm
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Woodcraft and Arts and Walks and Stories at Barnluasgan Forest
Reserve, seven miles West of Lochgilphead (A83, A816, B841 Crinan
Canal road, then 1 mile South of Canal on B8025)
Tuesday August 28 10-4pm
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Grand Opening of Blarbuie Woodland at Argyll and Bute Hospital, with
Crafts and Music and Guided Walks. Argyll and Bute Hospital,
Blarbuie Road, Lochgilphead (A83 from Glasgow) - turn right up the
hill at Parish Church at top of the town, park in Visitors Car Park
of Mid Argyll Community Hospital or in Car Park of Argyll and Bute
Hospital just beyond.
Tuesday August 28 5-8pm
-
Orienteering and Woodland Management at Kilmory Woodland Park,
Lochgilphead – as Sunday.
Wednesday August 29 10-5pm
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Event at Barnluasgan, as Monday – sawing, splitting, shaving,
singing, stories, seeing, strolling, sitting, signing, scenery,
squirrels, sprites and spirits and spectres….
For
enquiries, contact
hugh@reforestingscotland.org or phone Hugh on 01546 830
212
Touchwood
Festival 2007
Friday,
Saturday
01/06/2007 till 02/06/2007 at Highland Football Academy, Ross
County Football Club, Victoria Park Stadium Dingwall Ross-shire IV15
9QZ
A new two-day festival showcasing all that's good in terms of
the Highland's trees, woods, forests and environment. It will
highlight the social, environmental and economic elements of our
natural environment and provide a fresh platform to showcase new and
existing products and services thus enhancing the public's awareness
of their existence. As well as featuring timber and its many better
known uses the Festival will also highlight alternative energy
potential and a wide range of other non timber forest products. Also
held at Jubilee
Park in Dingwall.
Contact: Lara McDonald (event)
Tel: +44 (0)1463 811606 (event)
Web: http://www.highlandbirchwoods.co.uk (event)
Highland Environment Network Conference 07
Saturday 12 May 2007 in Grantown on
Spey - the focus will be on Environmental Arts and the day will
offer opportunities for hands-on training in a wide range of
particular arts projects for schools and communities. Much
more detail to come in the spring edition of An Arainneachd.
If you would like to have some input into helping to organise the
conference or have particular suggestions for activities on the day
- please contact HEN
admin@highlandenvironment.org.uk
The Big Tent 2007 -
15 to
17 June 2007 at Falkland in Fife -
The Big Tent, Scotland's
Festival of Stewardship is returning to Falkland in the summer of
2007.
Stewardship
is about taking care of the things that matter and leaving our world
a better than we find it. Good stewards draw from the past,
mind the future and always look beyond themselves. Whether
you're interested in preparing for climate change, good management
of industry, looking after our heritage, the future of local food,
rowing a strong craft culture or the places people live in, you'll
find people with a common passion at the Big Tent. This
year's theme is Minding the Future, looking at ways we can make a
difference to the world around us. For further information:
www.bigtentfestival.co.uk
Conference at
University of Stirling June 2007 “Tools & Techniques for Pastoralism
and Wildlands”
The conference aims to broaden our thinking and challenge our dogma
over land
management practices which meet nature conservation objectives for
individual
nature reserves, farms and woods as well as for whole
landscapes. The
conference is being held at the University of Stirling on 12-14 June
2007.
Highlights of the conference will include: a keynote address from
Dick Balharry (John Muir Trust), presentations by over a
dozen leading practitioners from the
UK and Europe and
field visits to some wild and inspirational sites.at
lunch time Thursday 14th June.
The cost will be confirmed by the end of December but will be around
£250 and provisional bookings (names and contact details) are being
taken now.
If you have any
questions please contact Adam Cormack on 01636
670095 or
adam.cormack@grazinganimalsproject.info
ELAV
in Orkney
6-9th
September 2006
Delivering the benefits of community
involvement in forestry
A
reminder that the East Sutherland focused ELAV project (Enhancing
Local Activity and Values from forest land) is having its
international conference in Stromness, Orkney. Should be a great
event covering a wide range of community forestry activity from
Scotland and across Scandinavia. Free to community groups related to
woodlands. Contact:
Malcolm.wield@forestry.gsi.gov.uk or 01349 862144 or go to
www.elavproject.com/
Art
in Caithness -
Caithness Arts Week
2006,
will run from 16th - 24th
September.
Linda Hutton, the new Caithness Arts Festival Co-ordinator, is
co-ordinating the programme, and is keen to be contacted by groups
of individuals who have an event which could be part of this week.
Linda’s
role extends beyond the Festival and she is also the
main point of contact for those wishing to post information via our
e-mail
list, or send items for inclusion in our
Newsletter
and
What's On. Contact Linda at:
Traill House,
Olrig
Street, Thurso (also the office of Grey Coast
Theatre Co.)
01847 895500
or
adnil72@gmail.com
Reforesting
Scotland in Fife
RS
Gathering, Falkland, Fife 6th to
8th October An early warning
that this years RS gathering, Low Energy
Living and Stewardship of
Land -
15 years of Reforesting Scotland,
will be
happening in and around Falkland in October. There are a
wealth of exciting RS inspired and inspiring projects and groups
around Fife to visit at and the theme will hopefully build on the
huge success of the Stewardship event at Falkland Palace (which RS,
and NHFT took part in. See News above) earlier this month.
CWA
in Sunart - Community Woodland Association
Conference, Strontian, 10 - 12 November
An early warning that this years
conference entitled: Growing Confidence - Building a Future
and will take place in Strontian, Lochaber in November. The
theme is Working in Partnership which will demonstrate the value in
developing networks and partnerships with agencies, community groups
and local authorities but will feature affordable housing, building
in timber and Forest Schools. More information will be
available over coming months (see
www.community-woods.org.uk/).
North Highland Forest Trust, Alba,
Main Street, Golspie, Sutherland KW10 6TG T: 01408633986
E:
info@nhft.org.uk
W: www.nhft.org.uk
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Highland Forest Trust - Events Archive 28/05/2008