I made it to the #WoodMeadow in #Estonia, trip on the #SERE2024 #EcologicalRestoration conference. Huge thank you to everyone who has supported me. I'm busy writing up notes, so much information, so many contacts, so many amazing people.

#ecology

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to a benefactor who's made it 100% easier for me to get to the 14th European Conference on #Ecological #Restoration in #Tartu, #Estonia. Amazing line-up: https://sere2024.org/programme-info/

I will be concentrating on #WoodMeadows, human managed spaces which are amongst the most biodiverse habitats in the world.

The key question is, how can we emulate this in other places?

I'll be blogging at https://www.natureworks.org.uk/blog/

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#WoodMeadow

Flat out with #meadow, #WoodMeadow, #ecology and #ForestGarden work.

Here is a Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris), in a rhos pasture by the #HopeGarden

There should be a paint in this hue by the same name

#NativePlants #WildFlowers #BloomScrolling #ForestGarden #FoodForest

A #WoodMeadow is a low-intensity, high-biodiversity & *productive* way to manage land.

Grants in the #UK seem focussed on capital expenditure, despite ecosystems taking years of skilled management by people. So, idea is to build infrastructure & training up-front, to provide framework for sustainable livelihoods.

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How to live in balance with #nature?

In tandem with ontological shift in socio-economic systems, let's explore *what worked before capitalism*.

A #WoodMeadow is one example (think landscape scale #FoodForest #ForestGarden).

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54% of the way there! Thank you 🙏

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I'm talking about the #WoodMeadow in a wider social context as a model for enhancing #biodiversity, with the brilliant Sarah Wilson on #RootsAndAll #gardening #podcast.

Same principles can be applied in a #garden - it's essentially a #ForestGarden #FoodForest.

I have a fundraiser to attend the 14th European Conference on #Ecological #Restoration https://sere2024.org/, to see & discuss #WoodMeadows firsthand. https://ko-fi.com/natureworks

https://rootsandall.co.uk/podcast/wood-meadows/

@inquiline > The first step should be rethinking the very concepts of “wild” and developed” spaces alike

So very much this. It's what I find so appealing a #WoodMeadow, that's it a productive yet incredibly biodiverse space. Also, Brooklyn Bridge Park interesting as well, particularly from #NativePlants perspective

Last week I was a guest on my favourite #gardening #podcast talking about #ForestGarden & #WoodMeadow and the #ClimatEmergency & #NatureEmergency.

Talking about #GardenDesign & leaving options open for future scenarios (responsive garden design I call it), I actually managed to namecheck my favourite web designer @beep

He's proper inspirational & the reason how I came across the 2 seminal books How Buildings Learn & The Real World of Technology. Thank you Ethan 🙏

https://rootsandall.co.uk/podcast/wood-meadows/

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I think a #WoodMeadow is an excellent model of how human activity can *increase* #biodiversity.

Support my fundraiser to go to 14th #Ecological #Restoration #Conference to see and learn about #WoodMeadows 1st hand.

They're like landscape scale #ForestGarden #FoodForest: productive, light-touch, self-sustaining.

51% there!

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We went to Coed Ty Canol again, #WoodPasture in #Pembrokeshire #SirGar #Cymru

Beautiful, sheltered from the wind, brimming with wildlife.

A #WoodMeadow is incredibly biodiverse & a model for light-touch productive land management

Support my fundraiser for #ecological #conference in Estonia this August so I can find out more first-hand with #WoodMeadows

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