SITE STRUCTURE
Updated 7th Sept 2003
Ø Entry point for site. Including main funders acknowledgements and background.
Ø People then click on their County Page. Any group can apply to have a County Page for their County on the requirement they provide and maintain the local contact directory for their area. An elsewhere category covers those areas with no County page or the general browser.
Ø The main listings page with details of the local 'County' partners.
Ø Filtered diary of local activities
Ø Listing of the site's directories.
Ø Introduction text: History, why important, role of allotments.
Ø Grow your own wood: coppice, pollards, xmas trees, basketry material, orchards
Ø Common Rights: Allotments cheap land for, How to get access to woodland even though you do not own it: Conservation work parties, recycled wood
Ø Case studies of actual sites: Shaw coppice at Bayleaf/Ipswich plots/Hampshire thatching spars plot/Bromley Xmas trees plots
Ø Tools and techniques for working green (fresh) wood in the garden
Ø Practical Projects: Prepared in such a way that they can be used as paper factsheets as well as on the Internet.
ØInformation sheets
Ø Listing of woodland product suppliers giving tel number, Mobile number and e-mail address. Photographs of rustic furniture at least to highlight general styles.
Ø Customer information on main woodland products (See Appendix 1 for product categories to be listed)
Ø Filter for county/national listing.
Selected suppliers for
Charcoal.
Plant Supports.
Garden Furniture.
Willow,hazel and gate
hurdles.
Garden Utensils.
Rustic Poles.
Bean poles
Ø Listing of relevant publications with publication details and short review.
Diary (Coming soon)
Ø Listings of relevant events/ courses from anywhere in the UK.
Ø Links to other relevant Internet Sites
Ø Contacts directory of relevant organisations without Web Site.
Forum Page
Ø Discussion page. Not live, all comments to be filtered through the Webmaster before being put on the site.
Articles
Geoffrey Sinclair argues that the most effective way to promoting local wood consumption is from the bottom up. Published in Small Woods Magazine Summer 2002A community initiative Geoffrey Sinclair & Adria Pittock , IWG's tree wardens, describe the allotment forestry project. This article was published in Permaculture Magazine.
Appendix One: Woodland Product Categories
| Bean poles and pea sticks |
| Fencing: Sawn post and rail |
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Fencing: Chestnut |
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Fencing: Hedgelaying |
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Fencing: Sawn Lap Panels |
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Garden and Conservatory Furniture |
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Garden Structures |
| Grow your own |
| Gypsy Kipsy baskets |
| Miniature gate hurdle |
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Planters/containers |
| Rustic chairs |
| Simple bentwood garden projects |
| Simple rustic fences |
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Tools and equipment |
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Traditional garden equipment: Brooms |
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Traditional garden equipment: Oak Swill baskets |
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Traditional garden equipment: Rakes |
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Traditional garden equipment: Trugs |
| Twig Archway |
| Willow structures |
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Woodchips and Bark Mulch |