Date and Location
These are now confirmed, and as follows:
20 September 2008, 9:30am – 5:30pm
Oxford Botanic Garden, High Street, Oxford
Coffee and Tea provided
Costs
I am not looking to make any profit on this, so I will total up the costs at the end and ask everyone to pay a portion of this according to the number of people who attend.
I expect this to be about £10-15 per person, including entrance fee to the garden.
An International Event
Kate from Hills and Plains Seedsavers will travel from Australia to be with us! I will come from Amsterdam.
Accommodation in Oxford
I expect most people attending will travel to and from their homes, but if you want to stay overnight in Oxford rooms are available at some of the colleges. I will be staying at Queen’s College, within walking distance of the Botanic Garden.
Limited Spaces Available
There are a very limited number of seats available. The room we have holds exactly 25 people, and there is simply no space for anyone else to stand to the side or to squeeze in one more chair. I hope to accommodate everyone who wants to attend, but may have to turn away some late comers. It’s very important you tell me if you decide later not to attend, otherwise your seat will be empty and someone else may miss the opportunity to come.
For anyone who has not already told me they want to attend, I’m afraid I won’t be able to confirm space until closer to the time. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are interested.
Are you expecting to come, but you don’t see a link to your blog below? Get in touch, it probably means I’ve forgotten about you.
Is there a link to your blog below, but you don’t plan to come? Let me know! Someone else wants your seat(s).
I will be sending emails in August to everyone confirming their attendance. If you will be away all or most of August, please let me know in advance so I can confirm this with you before you leave.
Picnic
Rain or shine we will have a picnic, so bring any food you want to share with others. Since most of us are gardeners, consider bringing something from your garden, but anything you want to bring is fine.
Also bring something to sit on, and anything else you want for the picnic.
Our room can be locked, so personal belongings can be left inside while we go outdoors.
In case of bad weather, we can eat indoors.
Seed Swap
Be sure to bring any seeds or other propagation materials you want to share with others. I will bring some seeds and other things from my garden.
The most interesting of course are seeds you have grown and saved yourself, but don’t be afraid to bring any seeds you think anyone else might be interested in.
You don’t need to bring seeds in order to receive them from others.
Speakers Needed!
At the moment we don’t have any speakers scheduled, except I plan to say a few words about what I’m growing in my garden. If you would like to talk about your garden or anything else, please let me know. Please let me know if you have other ideas about people we might invite, or just things you would like to hear about.
With or without speakers the event will go ahead. If necessary we will just chat with each other, or walk around the gardens, but it will be a lot more interesting if we can find some people to speak to us too.
Sunday
The main event is on Saturday, but I will be around Sunday as well. Are you interested in making informal plans on this day too? Let me know. Kate from Hills and Plains will be around Sunday too. I may visit some people’s gardens or allotments this day.
Other Get-Togethers
Ours is not the only blogger’s get together being planned! On August 24th in a number of places in Australia, France and the US there will be several blogging/food growing gardener get-togethers. Have a look on Ian’s blog for more details. If you are planning or know of other get-togethers, please leave a comment below and let people know about it.
MustardPlaster
Spade Work
Daughter of the Soil
The plot thickens
Vegmonkey and the Mrs.
Joanna’s Food
Growing Our Own
The smallest smallholding
A Blog Called Fuggles
Veg Plotting
Soilman’s Allotment Blog
My Tiny Plot
Manor Stables Veg Plot
Fluffius Muppetus
NomeGrown
Purple Podded Peas
A Nice Green Leaf
Hills and Plains
