The Organic Growers Gathering 2024

Name: The Organic Growers Gathering 2024
Start: 2024-09-27T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-29T23:30:00+01:00
Location: Tolhurst Organic CIC,Hardwick Estate,Whitchurch-on-Thames,South Oxfordshire,RG8 7RB,GB

Schedule

Fri Sep 27 2024 at 10:00 am to Sun Sep 29 2024 at 11:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Tolhurst Organic CIC,Hardwick Estate,Whitchurch-on-Thames,South Oxfordshire,RG8 7RB,GB | Reading, EN

Cultivating skills & knowledge within the organic growing community. The annual gathering of growers.
The Organic Growers Gathering is for small scale fruit, vegetable, herb and flower growers to land workers, crafters and purveyors of folk music.
Whether you’re a weathered master of the soil or a new entrant gaining experience seeding your ideas, there is something here for everyone. Expect lots of practical sessions and break out spaces. We gather to network, skill share, build community, discover, and learn.
We are building a resilient food and farming network. As we work on our farms and the land, we must have moments where we can connect and share our knowledge. As big corps circle all around us in both weather and political extremes, we must collectivise our love of soil and nature. We root for each other, to watch each other grow.
To create a viable future, we invite the young ones into our growing event, as they will be our future farmers. Sowing seeds whilst they are young. Find the ‘Young Growers Plot’ where they will be practical, fun and inspirational landy workshops. We encourage thinking about the next generation becoming knowledgable at healthy land-based activities.
We are keen to grow alliances between farming networks and platform growers voices for a more resilient community farming future, as part of a ripening food and land justice movement.
As members of Hardwick, where organic agriculture has been encouraged and nurtured, the farmers, growers, businesses, projects, crafters and residents here will welcome you onto this land we share. The gathering is hosted at Tolhurst Organic CIC, one of the longest-running organic farms in the UK renowned for pioneering, ethical stockfree organic standards.
OGG Partners:
🌽 The Organic Growers Alliance www.organicgrowersalliance.co.uk
🥕 Ooooby
www.ooooby.com
🥬 H*mpen Organic
insta: @theorganicgrowersgathering
fb: @theorganicgrowersgathering
www.organicgrowersgathering.org
The Details:
Food...
All meals can be purchased from our on-site kitchen, café and bar. Local, fresh and organic farm produce!
Camping & Vehicles...
Camping is included in the ticket price. You can arrive From Thursday 4pm with access only to the camping field and not the main event (make sure you have food with you, some facilities will be open) as the event opens on Friday 10am to Monday 10am. In the camping field, you are welcome to cook your own food on stoves, though not open fires.
Live-in vehicles will be inside the camping space, we have limited spots that will require advance purchase of a live-in vehicle pass, you will be guided to a particular place to park.
Purchase of vehicles passes helps us understand how much space to create. We are hoping that ya'll will try to car share to reduce emissions and compaction in our fields.
LIFT SHARE DOC: https://shorturl.at/ewORU
Travel…
Arriving via train, bike or walking is possible.
The closest train station is Pangbourne Station, which is a 10-minute train from Reading Station. The options are to walk (40 mins) or cycle (15 mins) to Tolhurst Organic, RG8 7RB.
The vehicle parking will be in the Tolhurst 'Lins' Veg Shed Growing Field, this will be the first thing you see. Head further down the Hardwick Road to see the green gates into the Hardwick Estate, follow the path down until you see the signs.
What To Bring...
Please bring cash with you, as the card machines in the fields can be temperamental. Bring your tools to sharpen, farm hacks, good boots\wellies, waterproofs, warm stuff. Please bring your own MUG! A head torch and other good trusty camping gear. Oh, and a swimsuit if you're up for a dip in the river!
Dogs...
We kindly as you not to bring dogs to the event. This is hard for us to ask of you, however it's going to be a busy place, with food and children, and crops to care for. Thank you for your understanding.
🍄 Call out for contributions to the programme!
We want to platform the voices from the fields, share our practical skills and knowledge gained from direct experience. Send your proposals for workshops, talks & entertainment. Email: [email protected]
🥔 Partner/Sponsor the OGG!
Join as an OGG Partner, Sponsor or Small Business Sponsor.
Get in touch with us to find out more...
Email: [email protected]
🥒 Become a Steward!
Fill out a volunteer steward form: coming soon...
To note...
**Please try not to leave it to the last minute to get your tickets. We will be investing in this festival, and early ticket sales really helps us make this event happen. We also have a limited capacity onsite, and we don't want to disappoint you, so if we do reach capacity we may not advertise tickets on the door.**
**This event is for growers and land workers, or for those that are serious in pursuing land based activities. As we have limited tickets, please leave space for those that would benefit most from the event.**