Kristina Patmore
Medicinal & useful plants advisor
Patmore is a horticulturist who is passionate about researching medicinal plants and demonstrating how they are a tremendous resource for healthcare. She is also enjoying experimenting with sustainable living and eating. For five years, Patmore worked at the National Botanic Garden of Wales and was involved in all aspects of the “Green Medicine” garden and exhibition. |
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Alison Nash
Biochemist
Nash is a research bioscientist who began her career at the Royal Botanic Garden Kew where she investigated how the constituents of plants can be used as medicine. She has published works on natural medicine, and her involvement with plant research at the Institute of Biological, Environment and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University has drawn attention from radio, television, and newspaper reporters.
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Gareth Evans
Writer & researcher on plants & medicine
Evans has been researching and writing on the history of plants and medicine for 16 years. He enjoys introducing people to the unique traditions of Welsh medicine; both the herbal tradition that was an important part of Welsh culture, and also the historic Physicians of Myddfai and their writings. Gareth leads tours at “Medicines In May: A Festival of Plants, Health, and Well-Being. |
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Angela Gray
Chef
Gray is a food writer, television and radio presenter, and course director at Llanerch Vineyard Food School. She grew up in South Wales and has fond memories of early years in Porthcawl and Caerphilly where her family ran a dairy. Today, she spends her time writing, cooking on television, teaching, and working on food-related projects on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government.
www.foodinfocus.com/contact_us.cfm
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Hazel Thomas
Chef
Thomas is a qualified chef, passionate about promoting Welsh food and "food consciousness." Sheis a founder member of the Lampeter Food Festival, which began in 1998to celebrate organic and localproduce within Ceredigion. Her interest in food stems from her childhood on a farm discovering how food journeys from field to plate. |
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Anthony Evans
Chef
Evans is a qualified chef who presents his own cookery program on Welsh TV, aimed at the younger generation. A hunter from a young age, Evans is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the sport. He is also an avid fisher and has travelled extensively, seeking fishing opportunities around the world. |
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Ana Rees
Chef - Patagonia
Rees runs the Welsh Tea room in Gaiman that was started by her great-grandmother 65 years ago. Recently, Rees won the first prize in Chubut’s Annual Agricultural Festival with the Welsh Black Cake, the most traditional pastry in Patagonia. Living in a Welsh community, she has learned how to speak Welsh and has started teaching the language to other adults. |
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Geraldine Griffith
Chef
The daughter of a Welsh mixed race mother and West Indian father, Griffiths was born and raised in Tiger Bay. She studied at the College of Food Technology, gained a few years of experience, and then immigrated to Barbados where she crafted her trade. Upon her return to the Bay, she developed a course to inspire others to put soul back into the kitchen. |
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Gareth Johns
Chef
Johns is the Chef and co-proprietor, along with his brother Paul, at the Wynnstay Hotel, a historic 18thCentury coaching inn. He is one of the few Certified Master Chefs working outside London, and is a great believer in maintaining the traditions of Welsh food. Johns is also a passionate educator, feeling that: 'Knowledge not shared is wasted'.
www.wynnstay-hotel.com |
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Cynnal Cymru/Sustain Wales
Helen Nelson is the Executive Director of Cynnal Cymru (the sustainable development forum for Wales). Previously, she studied at Aberystwyth University, worked in rural community development, and served as the Coordinator of Ymlaen Ceredigion. Nelson is a passionate advocate for sustainable development and initiates change throughpractical programs, engagement campaigns and public policy.
www.cynnalcymru.com |
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Mary Lloyd Jones
Visual artist
Lloyd Jones is an internationally acclaimed Welsh artist whose work reflects her identity, her relationship with the land, an awareness of history and the treasure of Wales' literary and oral traditions. In 2008, she was awarded the University of Wales’ Honorary Degree of Doctor.
www.marylloydjones.co.uk |
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Lowri Davies
Ceramic artist
Davies is a ceramic artist who works at the Fireworks Clay Studios in Cardiff. After graduating from the Cardiff School of Art in 2001, she was awarded a grant from the Arts Council of Wales and won the Young Artist Scholarship at the National Eisteddfod. She recently completed a Masters in Ceramic Design at Staffordshire University. Lowri’s work is inspired by her Welsh heritage.
www.lowridavies.com |
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Ewenny Pottery
Caitlin Jenkins is an eighth generation potter. She was trained at Ewenny Pottery, South Wales,by her father Alun Jenkins. Shestudied at the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff and the Royal College of Art in London. She works with her father at the pottery continuing in its tradition of making hand thrown earthenware pottery for use in the home.
www.ewennypottery.com
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Helen Campbell
Basket maker
Campbell learned how to make willow baskets when she moved to rural West Wales in 1982. Today, her creative work embraces a spectrum of basketry related activities. She is especially interested in exploring traditional craft technologies and the use of sustainable materials. She shares her skills and ideas for contemporary art and design applications primarily through local teaching opportunities. |
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Susie Vaughan
Basket maker
Inspired by the Welsh countryside, Vaughan collects much of the material she weaves from hedges and woods near her home. The weavings are not dyed, but display the natural color of many different barks and leaves. She has exhibited and demonstrated her work in several countries and has written a book, ‘Handmade Baskets - from nature's colourful materials’.
www.susievaughan.co.uk |
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Mike Davies
Lovespoon carver
Davies has specialized in carving Welsh Lovespoons for over 35 years. His traditional Lovespoons are carved by hand from a single piece of wood, and these masterpieces have been commissioned and bought from people all around the world. Having studied Art, Design, and Sculpture, Davies is also a distinguished Celtic Art painter and carver.
www.mikedavieswelshlovespoons.com |
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Emyr Davies
Furniture conservator
Davies is an award-winning conservationist and works as the Furniture Conservator and horologist at St Fagans National History Museum in Cardiff. After studyingat Lincoln University,Emyr stayed in England and worked commercially in the field of conservation and restoration, specializing in 18thCentury furniture. Upon his return to Wales, he, among other things, worked in the Ceredigion county museum. |
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St Fagans National History Museum
Beth Thomas heads the curatorial staff at St Fagans National History Museum, one of Wales’ foremost heritage visitor attractions. St. Fagan’s is an open-air museum which houses over 40 historic buildings, as well as material collections of folk life and a 50 year old archive of recorded oral testimony. Thomas’ research background is in dialect studies and oral history.
www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans |
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