Permaculture - Resilience by Design April 27 2024 Macandrew Bay. Proud to be part of the WILD DUNEDIN FESTIVAL.

$80.00
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1.00 - 5.00 PM

An Introductory Course taught at a beautiful, and abundant Permaculture Garden in Macandrew Bay. We will begin with some theory - introducing and playing with the philosophy, ethics and principals of Permaculture - to get a feel for what Permaculture is: An innovative design framework for designing resilient human-scale systems in harmony with nature (the scope of which is limited only by your imagination!)

We will balance this theory session with two hands-on practical activities which will enable you to immediately apply Permaculture Principals at your home, school, or workplace.

  1. We will build a No-Dig Sheet Mulch Garden

This method allows you to turn a bare or weedy garden, a lawn or even a paved driveway (!) into a productive food garden in just one afternoon. Once the specific layers of mulch are applied we will plant and sow immediately. Harvesting can begin in only a few short weeks!

2. Prepare an Established Orchard for a Food Forest Make-Over

We will prepare an existing orchard for development into a multi-layered, regenerative Food Forest System. In this session we will use two weed control barriers in different areas - durable weed mat and biodegradable mulches. The latter, we will plant and sow with hardy companion plants which will initiate the multi-layered, diverse understory of productive and beneficial plants - known as ‘guilds’ in our Food Forest. This session will enable you to begin building resilience in your own orchard system and converting it to a Food Forest immediately. You will start to see the results of your planting by spring!

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1.00 - 5.00 PM

An Introductory Course taught at a beautiful, and abundant Permaculture Garden in Macandrew Bay. We will begin with some theory - introducing and playing with the philosophy, ethics and principals of Permaculture - to get a feel for what Permaculture is: An innovative design framework for designing resilient human-scale systems in harmony with nature (the scope of which is limited only by your imagination!)

We will balance this theory session with two hands-on practical activities which will enable you to immediately apply Permaculture Principals at your home, school, or workplace.

  1. We will build a No-Dig Sheet Mulch Garden

This method allows you to turn a bare or weedy garden, a lawn or even a paved driveway (!) into a productive food garden in just one afternoon. Once the specific layers of mulch are applied we will plant and sow immediately. Harvesting can begin in only a few short weeks!

2. Prepare an Established Orchard for a Food Forest Make-Over

We will prepare an existing orchard for development into a multi-layered, regenerative Food Forest System. In this session we will use two weed control barriers in different areas - durable weed mat and biodegradable mulches. The latter, we will plant and sow with hardy companion plants which will initiate the multi-layered, diverse understory of productive and beneficial plants - known as ‘guilds’ in our Food Forest. This session will enable you to begin building resilience in your own orchard system and converting it to a Food Forest immediately. You will start to see the results of your planting by spring!

HEALTHIER FOR US AND OUR BEAUTIFUL LIVING SOIL

The layered organic materials offer an abundance of food for microbes to work on, and to release nutrients for plant growth, whilst also offering warmth, moisture and aeration for root growth PLUS fantastic weed control. As this method requires NO DIGGING, soil health is greatly improved, and it is also excellent for human health - no dig means no back pain!

PERMACULTURE ETHIC - EARTH CARE

Embrace and provide for all life forms, and enhance natural resource health by creating diverse and regenerative food systems.

PERMACULTURE PRINCIPAL - OBTAIN A YIELD

No-Dig and Food Forest approaches increase your garden ecosystem’s resilience to wacky weather changes - ensuring that you always have a harvest, and food on your plate.