One of three evenings in the Pioneering the Potential 2026 series focusing on Earth, Timber and Bamboo, hosted by Fourth Door Research and supported by Making Lewes.
Homegrown 01: Forest & Frame. Friday, 23rd October 2026 | 18.30-20:30 | Studio Hardie workshop, Unit 4, Phoenix Works, Lewes, BN7 2PE, East Sussex
Rob Wheaton, Stride Treglown. Gwynfaen, South Wales, the UK’s largest local timber housing project.
David Hopkins – CEO Timber Development United Kingdom, the UK’s main timber promotional, R&D and lobbying organisation.
Finbar Charleson, dRMM on their English woodland research and Matthew Woodcock from the Forestry Commission Southeast.
Homegrown 02: New Bricks for Old. Friday, 6th November 2026 | 17:00-19:00 | Circus Kinetica, The Soap Factory, Phoenix Works, Lewes, BN7 2QJ, East Sussex.
Ben Bosence, Local Works Studio and Sian Ricketts, Carmody Groarke Architects, on the recently re-opened Design Museum, Gent and its super-low carbon waste bricks.
Alice Hardy, Global Generation’s Community Build Manager talking about the community Triangle‘s New Garden Story urban gardening home and hub project.
Homegrown 03: Bamboozler – Bamboo and a warming planet. 20th November 2026 | 19.30-20:30 | The Lodge, 18 Phoenix Place, Lewes BN7 2QJ.
Neil Thomas, atelier one and Will Cottrell (artist and Lewes resident) on their Isle of Wight Pavilion collaboration, and other Bamboo related projects.
Details and booking links via the fourth door website