Annual General Meeting 2019

Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)

Sunday 10th February 2pm to 5pm

Explore the past and plan for the future at Reading Food Growing Network's AGM and visit to MERL (Museum of English Rural Life).

Visit the gardens and community growing spaces (weather permitting), swap seeds, view the archives with principal archivist Caroline Gould, hear what RFGN did in 2018, and help plan for 2019.

2pm: we'll gather in the Studio at 2pm for a seed swap and optional visit to the MERL gardens (weather permitting) with Helen Kemp, who coordinates the community growing space.

2:30pm AGM: chair and treasurers report on the last year, and election of committee

3pm: viewing archive materials, including the Suttons archive, in the Reading Room with MERL archivist Caroline Gould; optional garden visit (weather permitting) with Helen, and visit to galleries

4pm: reconvene in the Studio to look at our plans for 2019. This workshop will include a short session from Eugene Mohareb of Reading University about a project we could get involved in.

Hot drinks are available from the MERL cafe, please bring cake to share.

MERL is in Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5EX.