EVENTS, TRAINING, TALKS & WALKS
To discuss your requirements for bespoke training, talks or events or to book your place on a course please contact me on 07790505232 knotweedcontrol@gmail.com
Knotweed Control offers bespoke and personalised CPD, training, talks and presentations to a range of groups and individual interested in learning more about how invasive non-native species (INNS) affect the us, biodiversity and the wider environment and economy.
- CPD training for estate agents, surveyors, lawyers & property developers
- Training for ecologists, conservationists and land managers
- Tool box talks for construction site workers
- Talk titles to community, gardening or wildlife groups
- Educational workshops to schools and teachers
- Lectures and presentations to colleges and universities
Events for 2019 & 2020 to date;
Every 1st Sat of each month 2019 – Babell Graveyard Community Days, 10am-12pm
Babell Graveyard, Carmarthen Road, Cwmbwrla, Swansea SA5 8BL
Help restore this much-neglected graveyard to enable safe access to graves and to create a green space for the local community and a haven for wildlife every first Saturday of the month babell-chapel.com Jo Mullett, Knotweed Control, 07790 505232
Fri 22 March 2019; Wanted dead, not alive, Gower Society, 7-9pm
Sketty Parish Hall
An illustrated introduction to problematic invasive non-native species in the UK with a focus on the Lordship of Gower. How they arrived, why they are so successful, control methods and forecasting potential problem species.
Thursday 25 April 2019 – Invasive Non-native Species Awareness Training, 10am–3pm,
Crymlyn Bog NNR, Dinam Road, Port Tennant SA1 7BG
Learn about the main issues of Invasive non-native species (INNS) in the UK and globally, including ID, control methods, legislation, recording and campaigns. Some prior knowledge of ecology would be useful. £50 per person.
Monday 6 May – 2019 Wanted Dead, Not Alive: Invasive Non-native Species, 7.30–9.30pm
St. Paul’s Parish Centre, De-La-Beche Rd , Sketty SA2 9AR
An illustrated introduction to problematic invasive non-native species in the UK and a focus on plants locally, with Sketty and District Horticultural Society.
Thursday 6 June 2019 – Invasive Aliens and Invasive Species Walk & Talk, 2–4pm
Singleton Park, Gower Road (A4118) entrance
Find and learn more about some of the problematic species in Singleton Park, Botanic Gardens and Swansea University. Part of the Swansea Bay Gower Walking Festival and Wales Nature Week..
Saturday 8 June 2019 – Biological Recording & Biodiversity Enhancement Training, 10am–12pm
Babell Graveyard, Carmarthen Road, Cwmbwrla, Swansea SA5 8BL
Learn how to identify, record and improve conditions for biodiversity on this much-neglected graveyard. Part of Caring for God's Acre's Beautiful Burial Ground Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and part of Wales Nature Week.
Thursday 21 November 2019 – Invasive Non-native Species Awareness Training, 10am–3pm
Crymlyn Bog NNR, Dinam Road, Port Tennant SA1 7BG
Learn about the main issues of Invasive non-native species (INNS) in the UK and globally, including ID, control methods, legislation, recording and campaigns. Some prior knowledge of ecology would be useful. £50 per person.
Thursday 28 November 2019 – Wanted Dead Not Alive
An illustrated introduction to problematic invasive non-native species in the UK and a focus on plants locally, with U3A Gardening Group - members only.
Tuesday 12 May 202o – Invasive Non-native Species Awareness Training, 10am–3pm
National Botanic Garden of Wales, , Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HN
Learn about the main issues of Invasive non-native species (INNS) in the UK and globally, including ID, control methods, legislation, recording and campaigns. Some prior knowledge of ecology would be useful. £50 per person.
For more detail see https://botanicgarden.wales/visit/whats-on/invasive-non-native-species-training-day/
Knotweed Control offers bespoke and personalised CPD, training, talks and presentations to a range of groups and individual interested in learning more about how invasive non-native species (INNS) affect the us, biodiversity and the wider environment and economy.
- CPD training for estate agents, surveyors, lawyers & property developers
- Training for ecologists, conservationists and land managers
- Tool box talks for construction site workers
- Talk titles to community, gardening or wildlife groups
- Educational workshops to schools and teachers
- Lectures and presentations to colleges and universities
Events for 2019 & 2020 to date;
Every 1st Sat of each month 2019 – Babell Graveyard Community Days, 10am-12pm
Babell Graveyard, Carmarthen Road, Cwmbwrla, Swansea SA5 8BL
Help restore this much-neglected graveyard to enable safe access to graves and to create a green space for the local community and a haven for wildlife every first Saturday of the month babell-chapel.com Jo Mullett, Knotweed Control, 07790 505232
Fri 22 March 2019; Wanted dead, not alive, Gower Society, 7-9pm
Sketty Parish Hall
An illustrated introduction to problematic invasive non-native species in the UK with a focus on the Lordship of Gower. How they arrived, why they are so successful, control methods and forecasting potential problem species.
Thursday 25 April 2019 – Invasive Non-native Species Awareness Training, 10am–3pm,
Crymlyn Bog NNR, Dinam Road, Port Tennant SA1 7BG
Learn about the main issues of Invasive non-native species (INNS) in the UK and globally, including ID, control methods, legislation, recording and campaigns. Some prior knowledge of ecology would be useful. £50 per person.
Monday 6 May – 2019 Wanted Dead, Not Alive: Invasive Non-native Species, 7.30–9.30pm
St. Paul’s Parish Centre, De-La-Beche Rd , Sketty SA2 9AR
An illustrated introduction to problematic invasive non-native species in the UK and a focus on plants locally, with Sketty and District Horticultural Society.
Thursday 6 June 2019 – Invasive Aliens and Invasive Species Walk & Talk, 2–4pm
Singleton Park, Gower Road (A4118) entrance
Find and learn more about some of the problematic species in Singleton Park, Botanic Gardens and Swansea University. Part of the Swansea Bay Gower Walking Festival and Wales Nature Week..
Saturday 8 June 2019 – Biological Recording & Biodiversity Enhancement Training, 10am–12pm
Babell Graveyard, Carmarthen Road, Cwmbwrla, Swansea SA5 8BL
Learn how to identify, record and improve conditions for biodiversity on this much-neglected graveyard. Part of Caring for God's Acre's Beautiful Burial Ground Project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and part of Wales Nature Week.
Thursday 21 November 2019 – Invasive Non-native Species Awareness Training, 10am–3pm
Crymlyn Bog NNR, Dinam Road, Port Tennant SA1 7BG
Learn about the main issues of Invasive non-native species (INNS) in the UK and globally, including ID, control methods, legislation, recording and campaigns. Some prior knowledge of ecology would be useful. £50 per person.
Thursday 28 November 2019 – Wanted Dead Not Alive
An illustrated introduction to problematic invasive non-native species in the UK and a focus on plants locally, with U3A Gardening Group - members only.
Tuesday 12 May 202o – Invasive Non-native Species Awareness Training, 10am–3pm
National Botanic Garden of Wales, , Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8HN
Learn about the main issues of Invasive non-native species (INNS) in the UK and globally, including ID, control methods, legislation, recording and campaigns. Some prior knowledge of ecology would be useful. £50 per person.
For more detail see https://botanicgarden.wales/visit/whats-on/invasive-non-native-species-training-day/
