Meetings Programme
We usually meet on the second Wednesday of each month at the Houghall Centre of the East Durham and Houghall Community College at 7:30pm. Map
Programme for 2009-10
View last year's programme
Friday 31st July, Saturday 1st August and Sunday 2nd August
Gateshead Show.
Wednesday 9th September , 7:30pm at Houghall College. A.G.M. 2009
Wednesday 14th October 2009, 7.30pm at Houghall College.
Terry Marshall will give a talk with slides on tomatoes, covering problems, different varieties etc.
Wednesday 11th November 2009 7.30pm at Houghall College.
'Can You Taste The Difference?' A tasting evening with a selection of organic winter vegetables.
Wednesday 9th December 2009 , 7.00pm for 7.30pm at The Undercroft Restaurant,
Durham Cathedral.
Christmas meal with locally sourced food. Advance booking required.
2010
Wednesday 13th January, 2010
Meeting cancelled due to the adverse weather conditions.
Saturday 30th January 2010, 10.00am until sold out.
Potato Day at Bowburn Community Centre.
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Potato Day, a selection of organic and non-organic varieties of seed potatoes for sale.
Sunday 31st January 2010, 10.00am until sold out.
Potato Day at Nature's World, Middlesbrough.
Please note that this is not the date we originally stated so you may want to check your diary so as
not to turn up a week too soon. This is so that we co-incide with the monthly farmers' market at Nature's World.
Potato Day, a selection of organic and non-organic varieties of seed potatoes for sale.
Download Potato Day poster in A4 or A5 sizes.
Download Potato varieties summary.
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Wednesday 10th March 2010, 7.30pm at Houghall College,
Talk by Nafferton Organics on
growing potatoes and other vegetables. Nafferton farm is near Stocksfield and is used by
the University of Newcastle for research into organic production and environmental studies.
Wednesday 14th April 2010, Practical evening, "Growing and the use of organic herbs" with Dianne
Nichol-Brown of the Polemonium Plantery.
Please note that this meeting will take place at the Polemonium Plantery
and not at Houghall College. Please get in touch if you need directions.
Wednesday 12th May 2010, 7.30pm at Mount Oswald Manor, South Road, Durham,
'The Hidden Beauty of Plants' by Dr Phil Gates, which will look at plants at the microscopic level.
View map. See some of Phil's writing and photography at his blog
A Digital Botanic Garden .
Wednesday 9th June 2010, Evening Picnic in a member's garden.
Wednesday 14th July 2010, Evening visit to Abundant Earth smallholding at Broompark near Durham.
Wednesday 8th September 2010 , 7.30pm at Houghall College. A.G.M. 2010
with Bring and Share Harvest Supper.