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A 3 day permaculture course is being held in Talbenny near Haverfordwest on the weekend of 25^th and 26^th September 2010 followed by a full day Ecotour on Sunday 10^th October.  It is being run by Aberystwyth University in liaison with Transition Haverfordwest and costs £75 (£65 concessions).

3 Day Permaculture Course

Click here to opena PDF poster of the 3 Day Permaculture Course – 2010

The course introduces you to permaculture design and how to create an ecologically sound way of living by applying the principles of natural systems.  It is being held on an amazing 6 acre organic smallholding at Talbenny where there will be plenty of opportunities to see permaculture in action.

If you would like to bring permaculture into your life and want to find out more, please contact either the tutor Angie Polkey on 0845 4583814 or Sally Davies from Transition Haverfordwest on 07766213606.

The Pembrokeshire  ‘Food in Mind’ project helped Haverfordwest’s 2^nd Green Fayre to be a great success – it really showed the advantages of groups working well together.  The Green Fayre was organised by Transition Haverfordwest and Haverfordwest Going Plastic Bag Free and the ‘Food in Mind’ project really put the policy of local produce into practice.  They served locally grown organic baked potatoes with a range of delicious fillings, which were sourced from within the county as far as possible.  ‘Food in Mind’ are developing links with ‘Blue Skies,’ the veggie growing arm of Frame, as well as the award winning local company ‘Pembrokeshire Produce Direct’  which supplies a huge variety of local produce directly to your door – both of these were among the organisations represented at the Green Fayre.

The crowd was entertained by children from Wolfscastle School choir, as well as a fashion show organised by Just Nice, the clothing agency which helps you recycle unwanted outfits.

Wolfscastle Primary School performing "Time"

Adults and children alike made some amazing jewellery using pebbles collected from local beaches and recycled bits of spare jewellery.  People got the chance to try out the local cider and real ale, learnt how to knit or crochet and lots of people took the opportunity to sit out in the sunshine eating some of the scrumptious homemade cakes and goats milk ice-cream.

To find out more about the ‘Food in Mind’ project then contact the local Mind centre on 01437 769982.

If you would like to get involved or find out more about Transition Haverfordwest ring Sally on 07766213606.

The Transition Haverfordwest Co-ordinating Group meets on the first Monday of the month in the centre of Haverfordwest.  We meet at 7pm to share food, which gives us the opportunity to catch up socially before the meeting starts at 7.30pm.  The group is there to co-ordinate all the different transition activities and new people with their new ideas are always welcome.

If you are interested in finding out more, or if you’d like to come along to a meeting to see what you think, please  contact us.

Click here to find out the date of the next meeting