Gloucestershire Orchard Group

Conserves, promotes and celebrates traditional orchards in Gloucestershire

Some previous events

Annual General Meeting

2008 Agenda – please use this as the agenda on the night, to save paper resources:

               Welcome/Apologies

               Chairman’s Report – Dave Kaspar

               Treasurer’s Report – Paul Bloomer

               Election of Officers (Chairman and Treasurer)

Jim Chapman on the proposed Gloucestershire Pomona, field guides and GOG as a charity

Charles Martell will give a brief update on his Gloucestershire fruit research

Question time/AOB

Speakers and Activities:

• Ted Green, internationally known, of the Ancient Tree Forum, will kindly speak on veteran trees, dead wood as a habitat etc.
• Dr. Keith Alexander, Gloucestershire Naturalists Society, will give a brief talk on the noble chafer beetle.

Both our speakers are experts in their field and we are delighted to welcome them.

• Juliet Bailey (GOG committee) will provide another blind apple taste test (provided apples have survived the storage!)

• We hope to have several committee members who sell Gloucestershire varieties of fruit trees and a representative of Natural England, who can advise on the Environmental Stewardship grant Scheme.  You will also have a chance to speak with chairman Dave Kaspar and Helen Brent-Smith about their museum orchard of Gloucestershire varieties, wildlife and organic juicing business and new GOG Orchard Centre!

We particularly welcome your produce, which you may sell on the night – eg. juice, cider, perry, cheeses, stationery…           

There will be light refreshments (apple juice & biscuits) and a chance to browse GOG’s library and extensive literature.

Borrowed literature: please return your books this evening so that others may use them.  Thanks.

The AGM is free to members and £2 to non-members (waived if you join on the night!)

Nominations: Nominations for officers (chairman and treasurer) and other items for discussion should be submitted to me, the secretary, at least 10 days prior to the AGM

• February 12, 2008 Annual General Meeting | Download Dr. Keith Alexander's presentation (14.4MB) [Copyright Dr. Keith Alexander, Ted Green (Ancient Tree Forum), Peoples Trust for Endangered Species, Rob Homan (Gloucestershire Naturalists Society) for the leaf miner and Ray Barnett.] | Download Ted Green's presentation (13.8MB) [From the Ancient Tree Forum]
• Countywide APPLE DAY events for the public 2007 Download listing of events (PDF, 33KB)
• October 21, 2007 Apple Day Dean Heritage Museum, Chris and Derek Foster/GOG
• September 29 & 30 2007  Malvern Autumn Show,  Extensive Perry Pear display (Image © Jim Chapman and Charles Martell)
• September 23, 2007 GOG Social & Communal Juicing, Breadstone; Berkeley
• August 26, 2007 Habitat & Plum Day, Flaxley
• February 13, 2007 Annual General Meeting
• August 18, 2005 Plum event at Longhope
• February 3, 2005 Annual General Meeting
• October 15 2004 Fruit identification workshop
• August 22 2004, Plum day at Stroat
• July 27 2004, Budding workshop at Brookthorpe
• January 25 2004, Pruning workshop at Brookthorpe
• September 12 2003, Fruit identification skills workshop at Pershore College
• August 17 2003, Plum orchards at Hayling's Farm, Flaxley
• July 24 2003, Budding workshop at Brookthorpe
• March 9 2003, Grafting and Planting day at Brookthorpe.
• February 20 2003, Pruning Workshop, Quedgeley
• January 19 2003, Pruning workshop at Brookthorpe.
• October 2002, Apple Day display at Gloucester Folk Museum
• August 13 2002, Bud grafting apples workshop at Brookthorpe
• June 8 2002, Summer pruning pears workshop at Toddington
• February 24 2002, Winter pruning apples workshop at Brookthorpe