Understanding urban policy, Biodiversity Net Gain, habitat creation & establishing community growing projects.
The amazing Peter Masinni will be sharing thoughts and ideas around Biodiversity Net Gain. This planning condition has been in place for a year now and we will explore how it might affect gardeners and the care of green space.
Most importantly we will look at how we think it might be improved. Does it work well in an urban context? Should the metric used be changed to reflect recent science and research into greenspace design that adds to the habitat potential of the space and doesn’t just mimic what is already there?
Along side Peter we have the cool Greig Robertson from Edible estates. An early pioneer in improving greenspace within social housing and understanding of what people want and need the greenspace around them. Working in Edinburgh, he will talk about fund raising and the do's and don’ts of setting up communal food growing and community spaces.
John Little will be with Peter and Greig to add his own thoughts on BNG and his experience looking after social housing green space for 18 years.
It will be a day of frank discussion and practical advice around these fascinating and important tools to improve urban space for people and biodiversity with plenty of time to look round the garden and enjoy the wildlife.
The day willl start at 10 am (tea and coffee will be available from 9.30) and end at 4.00.
Most importantly Fiona’s famous lunch will be served at 1pm :)
Peter Massini is an experienced green infrastructure strategist, policy-maker and practitioner. Following a 30-year career working for environmental NGOs, government agencies and London government he established his own practice - Future Nature Consulting - in 2021. He advises both public and private sector clients on the policy and practice of green infrastructure, nature-based solutions, urban greening and biodiversity conservation in the urban environment. 
Peter was the green infrastructure policy lead at the Greater London Authority between 2008 and 2020. He successfully embedded a policy framework (including the first citywide Urban Greening Factor) in the London Plan and ensured green infrastructure objectives were incorporated into other Mayoral policy frameworks and programmes. This has resulted in widespread implementation of nature-based solutions across London to address climate change, public health, biodiversity conservation and other sustainable development objectives.
Greig Robertson is the founder of Edible Estates, an Edinburgh based social enterprise which promotes and delivers community gardening/greenspace projects across the city’s council estates. Greig has been developing community gardens for 20 years. He is not a skilled gardener, his role more that of designer, developer, fundraiser, organiser etc.
Edible Estates uses community gardening as a tool for individual and community wellbeing in disadvantaged communities. Our gardens are built through a combination of community self-build and the Growing Youth programme which creates opportunities for young people to gains skills and experience in construction and landscaping. We also have a School Farm service which puts community gardeners into local primary schools. More information here - 
www.edibleestates.scot
 (the website is being redeveloped and is in pretty poor shape just now!)
Greig is also, part-time chief executive of Wester Hailes Growing Communities, 
www.westerhailesgrowing.org
.
Information Source: John Little | eventbrite

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