Saturday, September 14 · 10am – 4pm
Format of the day and speakers
- 8-9am Woodland Walk with Gwyn Jones, Director and Iwan Hughes, Assistant Director followed by breakfast.
- 10-10:15am Welcome and introductions with Daloni Metcalfe Owen
- 10:15-10:25am Gwenan Griffith from Ecoamgueddfa. Sponsors of the event.
- 10:25-11:10am Junko Mori and John Egan introduce the project and their work
- 11:10-11:30am Dafydd Wynne Finch, grassland farmer and landowner will discuss his passion for increasing diversity.
- 11:30-11:40am Break
- 11:40am-12:10pm David Lamacraft and Cassie Crocker, Nature Connections Officer from the charity, Plantlife, will focus on the importance of Lichens and lower wood species and the role of Plantlife.
- 12:10-12:30pm Morning sessions Q&A
- 2:30-2:50pm Artist Manon Awst will share her creative research on local peatlands, which she is currently pursuing as part of her Future Wales Fellowship.
- 2:50-3:10pm Landscape Designer, Dan Bristow will talk about an element of each of the two parts that create a garden: landscaping and planting.
- 3:10-3:20pm Lea Connelly, Biodiversity Officer, Gwynedd Council
- 3:20-3:40pm Afternoon sessions Q&A
- 3:40-4pm Round up with Daloni, John and Junko.
*Only the talks will be live streamed
