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What’s on at Forster & Pacific Palms just 3 hours north of Sydney…

For lovers of great food…what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

Join us for a Local Organic Harvest Lunch prepared by Chef Sarah Wilton. Enjoy the delicious flavours of the Winter Harvest where our focus is on local, seasonal, organic, sustainable, whole foods. Our philosophy is all about using in season produce that will be harvested locally and from the garden at Pacific Palms and enjoyed around the table with friends…

After the starters you’ll be guided around the garden by Permaculture Teacher Megan Cooke, to harvest some produce for lunch and hopefully you’ll leave inspired to start growing your own produce.

If you are passionate about eating organic food and love meeting like minded folk, then this Harvest lunch is not to be missed!

August 13^th Harvest Lunch Winter Harvest Grazing Menu

Starters antipasto style

Garden green goddess soup shots

Deviled beetroot topi topi open range organic eggs

Silverbeet Dolmades with Parsley, lemon, garlic & tahini sauce

Marinated Burraduc buffalo labna

Spiced Roasted pumpkin dip

Raw Seed crackers

Homemade gluten free sourdough bread

Vegetable crudities ,raw chips & ferments

Mains to share

Local grassfed BBQ Beef skewers with smokey chimichurri salsa

Vegetable fritters

or

Cauliflower & kale gratin tarte, pine nuts

Salads

Chopped salad of freshly harvested winter produce, lemon vinaigrette

Roasted pumpkin salad, spiced pepitas

Shredded beetroot & citrus salad ,caramelised honey Hand & Hoe macadamias & burraduc fetta salad

 

Chef Sarah’s Kimchi & Sauerkraut

Mini Dessert canapes

 

Citrus curd tartlets

Banana almond friands

Lavender scented chocolate mousse tartlets

Chef Sarah’s Kombucha

Menu subject to slight seasonal variations depending on produce availability

 

to drink

filtered rainwater with lemon & lime

a section of Organic Herbal Tea & Fairtrade Organic Coffee

 

Please note our menu is:

*gluten free/refined sugar free *all grains fermented or sprouted

*local/organic/free range/ where possible * subject to change due to seasonal availability of produce

When: Sunday August 13th, 2017

Time: 12pm – 3.30pm

Price: $95 + booking fee credit card. No booking fee for direct deposit.

Earlybird Special: $85 + booking fee. Only 2 tickets available

These tickets are non refundable, non transferable. Please click here for our full policy.

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* Part of the proceeds of our business is donated to a Permaculture Project we have set up and support in Africa. Click herefor more information

Book now only 20 tickets available! (Our last lunch sold out)

To pay via direct deposit,  enter code direct deposit at check out. NO BOOKING FEE APPLIES

& email bank transfer receipt to megan@gardentotable.com.au

Please register here for our newsletter to get updates on our events.

* Part of the proceeds of our business is donated to a Permaculture Project we have set up and support in Africa. Click here for more information

Book now only 20 tickets available! (Our last lunch sold out)

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What’s on at Forster & Pacific Palms just 3 hours north of Sydney…

For lovers of great food…what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

Join us for a Local Organic Harvest Lunch prepared by Chef Sarah Wilton. Enjoy the delicious flavours of the Summer Harvest where our focus is on local, seasonal, organic, sustainable, whole foods. Our philosophy is all about using in season produce that will be harvested from the garden at Pacific Palms and enjoyed around the table with friends…

After the starters you’ll be guided around the garden by Permaculture Teacher Megan Cooke, to harvest some produce for lunch and hopefully you’ll leave inspired to start growing your own produce.

If you are passionate about eating organic food and love meeting like minded folk, then this Harvest lunch is not to be missed!

*Please note the menu below is from the May 2016 Harvest Lunch. The menu for the next lunch will be created in July so we can see what produce in our garden will be at it’s best!

 

on arrival

A platter of seasonal dips

house made pepita, linseed & sunflower dukkah spiced seed crackers

roast pumpkin dip

garden greens pesto

crudities (sliced or whole raw vegetables)

A stroll through the Food Forest & garden to harvest the salad

to start

Green papaya & mustard green salad with asian herbs & toasted sunflower seeds

Main

Slow cooked beef checks with red wine jus

& fresh seasonal vegetable accomplishments

Or

Vegetarian/Vegan option

dessert

Raw Guava Cheesecake topped with fresh passionfruit & coconut macaroons

to drink

housemade lemongrass tea

Filtered rainwater with guava & lime

 organic tea/ coffee

Please note our menu is:

*gluten free/refined sugar free *all grains fermented or sprouted

*local/organic/free range/ where possible * subject to change due to seasonal availability of produce

 

When: Sunday August 14. 2016

Time: 12pm – 3.30pm

Price: $65 + $1 paypal fee per person

Earlybird Special: $55 + $1 paypal fee per person. Only 2 tickets available

Please register here for our newsletter to get updates on our events.

* Part of the proceeds of our business is donated to a Permaculture Project we have set up and support in Africa. Click here for more information

Book now only 20 tickets available! (Our last lunch sold out)

Once your registration is complete you will be automatically redirected to a payment page to secure your booking.

 

What’s on at Forster, What’s on Pacific Palms

Join us for a Local Organic Harvest Lunch prepared by Chef Sarah Wilton. Enjoy the the delicious flavours of the Winter Harvest where our focus is on local, seasonal, organic, sustainable, whole foods. Our philosophy is all about using in season produce that will be harvested from the garden and enjoyed around the table with friends…

After the starters you’ll be guided around the garden by Permaculture Teacher Megan Cooke, to harvest some produce for lunch and hopefully you’ll leave inspired to start growing your own produce.

If you are passionate about eating organic food and love meeting like minded folk, then this Harvest lunch is not to be missed!

on arrival

our marinated olives

roasted beetroot hommus

house fermented sauerkraut

house made pepita, linseed & sunflower seed crackers

A stroll through the Food Forest & garden to harvest the salad
warm yourself up around the fire…

to start

Salad of roasted pumpkin & winter greens with house made labna

pepita dukkhah

honey vinaigrette

mains

slow cooked local grass fed beef,

with bay, thyme & great lakes cabernet shiraz,

gremolata, potato puree

or

kale & goats cheese double baked soufflé

(vegetarian)

for the table

pak choy stir fried with garlic,

black sesame, lime & virgin sesame oil

dessert

tastes of lemon:

 lemon meringue tart,

 home grown lemon sorbet,

lemon grass jellies

to drink

sparkling soda water with lemon juice

tea/ coffee

When: Sunday 9th August

Bookings close: Monday 3rd August

Time: 12pm – 3.00pm

Price: $65

Earlybird Special: $55 book and pay before 26th July

*As with all of our courses and events part of the proceeds with be donated to a Permaculture Project in Africa.

*Please note; due to seasonal availability of produce this menu may change

Gluten free, refined sugar free

Book now only 20 tickets available!

Once your registration is complete you will be automatically redirected to a payment page to secure your booking.

The Permaculture Design Certificate (72 hours) provides an introduction to permaculture design as created by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren.  Upon completion of the full curriculum students will earn the internationally recognised Permacutlure Design Certificate.

Course: Permaculture Design Certificate Course (PDC)

Date: Monday 13th November – 25th November 2017 (72 hours)

Venue: Garden to Table Permaculture, A Permaculture Homestead

Mid North Coast of Australia, Pacific Palms, NSW, just 3 hours north of Sydney

Includes: A 1 year subscription to PIP magazine and a 1 year membership to Permaculture Australia. Morning & afternoon tea, lunch & dinner.  *Students will provide their own breakfast.

Cost:

Earlybird price: $1995  ($300 deposit – Paid before September 20th)

(Full amount due by 13th October)

Full Price: $2300 (Paid after September 20th)

Group price: $1700 (2 or more people)

Nestled amongst a Eucalyptus Forest on the Mid North Coast of NSW Garden to Table Permaculture is just 3 hours drive north of Sydney. We are passionate about teaching people how easy it is to grow and prepare their own food in line with the Permaculture Ethics – Earth Care, People Care & Fair Share. A two week residential Permaculture Design Course taught on a small acreage Permaculture Homestead.

A small balcony garden in the city, a suburban block or acres, Garden to Table Permaculture will teach you how to make growing food part of your everyday life and have food at your fingertips to nourish yourself, your family and your community.

Do you want to learn skills for sustainable living, growing your own food, designing your own patch of Paradise or designing to create sustainable communities ? It doesn’t matter if you live in an apartment in the city, a suburban block or acres, you will learn how to make sustainable living part of your daily life.

Phone Megan Cooke on 0413 769 530 for more information, I’d love to chat to you personally about this course. We’re so excited!

 

 

Our teachers…

Brett Cooper owns and operates Limestone Permaculture Farm with his wife Nicole & two children in the Stroud Valley, on the Mid North Coast, a small diverse farm with a farm gate, market garden and mixed animals. He works as a Permaculture designer, educator & market gardener.

Brett is a Carpenter & Joiner by trade, has years of experience in Building & Landscaping, carries Diplomas in Project & People Management, is certified by Permaculture Research Institute for his PDC undertaken with Allyn River Permaculture and has been vegetable gardening for over 40 years.

In the past, Brett has been a director on the Gloucester Food Hub, coordinator for the Mayfield Community Gardens, manager for the Stroud Growers Market and is currently the Chief Steward of the ‘Produce Pavilion’ at the Stroud Show.

His passion is teaching small scale permaculture & designing ‘Permaculture Principled Homesteads’!

 

Megan Cooke, director of Garden to Table Permaculture, has a combined 24 years experience in horticulture, permaculture and outdoor education. Megan worked for Great Lakes Council teaching a ‘Gardening for Sustainability Program, taught children in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program and managed Forster Community Garden for seven years.

Certified by Permaculture College Australia in 2006  she completed her PDC with Robyn Francis. In 2012 she completed her Permaculture teacher training with Rosemary Morrow & Nick Ritar at Milkwood Permaculture. In 2013 Megan visited Malawi in Africa where she completed her second Permaculture Design Course.

Megan is passionate about sharing the knowledge she has learnt from her sustainable living journey of building a Rammed Earth passive solar house surrounded by Permaculture gardens, with her husband and two children in Pacific Palms.

 

Alexia Martinez, born on a suburban block complete with veggie patch, fruit trees, poultry, rabbits, and a gigantic compost bay, Alexia went to live overseas as a young adult and worked in marketing, communications and corporate training.

Certified and mentored by Rosemary Morrow in Australia, she completed her teacher’s training with Rowe in July 2011.

Alexia is a new generation permaculture designer and teacher with a combined experience of over ten years in permaculture, gardening, project management and teaching.

She teaches gardening and sustainability to school students and adults and she develops permaculture sites both within the city sphere and the rural landscape.

Alexia lives on a rural Permaculture Property, Valley’s End Farm in Jilliby NSW and is director of Terra Permaculture.

 

Permaculture Design Certificate Prerequisites

Whilst there are no prerequisites for a PDC it is helpful to have a basic understanding of what Permaculture is about.

Suggested Reading

• Earth Users Guide to Permaculture – Rosemary Morrow
• Introduction to Permaculture – Bill Millison & Reny Slay.

The Curriculum

Origins of Permaculture, why is there a need, Ethics & Principles of Permaculture

Basics of Ecology, Energy laws, law of return

Climate and microclimate

Designing for Different Climatic Zones

Garden Management

Small-Farm Strategies

Large-Farm Possibilities

Soils – erosion control, fertilisation, nutrient cycling

Plants and Trees

Eco-Building & Alternative Energy

Planning the Homestead

Guilds and Polycultures

Forests, Windbreaks, Trees

Plants, food forests

Water & Earthworks

Keyline Water Harvesting

Freshwater Aquaculture

Zone & Sector Analysis in Permaculture

Planning for Disaster

Reading the landscape – Patterns in Nature, Patterns in Design

Design

Working with People

Starting a Permaculture Business

Building stronger communities

The Global Permaculture Movement

 

NB: In keeping with the People Care ethic we believe in keeping a good ratio of students to teachers, to give you the most out of your PDC experience.

There will be a maximum of 20 students. As at 12.10.16 we have 7 students booked into the course.

 

ACCOMMODATION… just 5 minutes drive from Garden to Table Permaculture, right opposite Elizabeth beach!

Pacific Palms Caravan Park at Elizabeth Beach – www.pacificpalmscaravanpark.com.au

Phone (02) 6554 0209

Email: john@pacificpalmscaravanpark.com.au

Camping $15 per night at Elizabeth Beach Caravan Park

Shared Cabins: Approximately 4 – 5 people per cabin $300 for 2 weeks

(Accommodation options are paid separately directly to accommodation provider)

To find out more information contact Megan on 0413 769 530 or email megan@gardentotable.com.au

REGISTRATION PROCESS

1. Fill out the form below if paying via direct deposit. If paying by credit card (fees apply) don’t fill out the below form just click on the Buy tickets button at the bottom of the page.
2. After registering you will be directed to a page with our Payment details via Direct Deposit.

If you have any questions or problems filling out the form please call Megan on 0413 769 530.

*Part of the proceeds from our business is donated to our Permaculture Project in Africa. With our last donation of $250, Hardwell and his family in Malawi were able to buy some chickens and build and chicken house. 

 

 

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Maximum 15 participants – Book your place now!

 

Nutrient cycling

*Part of the proceeds from our business is donated to a Permaculture Project in Africa. With our last donation of $200, a small village in Malawi were able to buy some chickens and build and chicken house. 

Cost: 

$65- per person

Includes:

• Course notes
• Free Planting Guide
• Organic Tea, Coffee & morning tea

When: Saturday 5th December

Time: 9.00am – 12.00pm

Maximum 12 participants – Book your place now!

Once your registration is complete you will be automatically redirected to a payment page to secure your booking.

When: Monday 14th March

Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm

Garden to Table Permaculture will ‘open their doors’ to the public on Monday 4th of January, to showcase a permaculture demonstration site, including the outside of the rammed earth home and permaculture gardens, at Pacific Palms, just 3 hrs drive north of Sydney. Do you want to learn about living a more sustainable way of life, how to grow your own food and meet other like – minded people? Then this tour is for you!

Nestled amongst a Eucalyptus forest on 8 acres, owners Megan and Justin Cooke are combining their skills of teaching permaculture and natural earth building to create a Permaculture oasis.

The property features a seven year old food forest planted on swales, dripping with delicious sub tropical fruits including bananas, guava, feijoa, fig, mango, citrus and stawberries. A chook tractoring system, no dig gardens and a chop and drop mulching system have improved the soil on this rocky ridge where there is now a productive ecosystem. Happy chickens freerange in a fox proof chook house reusing an old caravan. Starting with zone 0 the solar passive home has been developed over the last 10 years with design features of rammed earth, light earth and mud brick,  including an on site grey water treatment system, solar panels and even home grown bench tops!

There will be 1 session on the day and bookings are essential as places are limited. Cost includes tour of the property & morning tea featuring homegrown produce.

Ticket price:

$25 – 1 x Adult  –

Child under 5yrs free

Child over 5yrs $10 -the kids will get to feed the chickens and pig

$60 – Family Ticket –  2 Adults, up to 4 children

*As with all of our courses and events part of the proceeds with be donated to a Permaculture Project in Africa.

To register for this event please fill out the registration form below. There are 2 payment options:

1. Direct Deposit – please deposit the ticket price into the account and send a receipt to megan@gardentotable.com.au
2. PAY PAL (Credit Card) – After filling out the registration form you will be directed to a PAYPAL page. Please have you credit card details ready.

Direct Deposit:
Account name: Garden to Table Permaculture
BSB: 082 603
Account number: 15-641-7777

 

 

Edible Garden Tour

When: Monday 4th January

Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm

10.00 – Registrations

10.30 – 11.30 – Tour of the permaculture garden & outside of the Rammed Earth House with Megan Cooke, Permaculture Teacher

11.30 – 12.00 – A delicious home grown morning tea including organic tea/coffee

 

The Permaculture Design Certificate (72 hours) provides an introduction to permaculture design as created by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren.  Upon completion of the full curriculum students will earn the internationally recognised Permacutlure Design Certificate.

Course: Permaculture Design Certificate Course (PDC) Part time course, held over 6 weekends

Date: 1st & 2nd April,  20th & 21st May, 3rd & 4th June, 1st & 2nd July, 5th & 6th August & 9th & 10th September (72 hours)

Venues: The course will be hosted between two Farms on the Mid North Coast of Australia, just 3 hours north of Sydney.

Garden to Table Permaculture, A Permaculture Homestead, 74 Coomba Road, Charlotte Bay, PACIFIC PALMS, NSW

Limestone Permaculture Farm, 846 The Bucketts Way, Stroud Road, NSW

Includes: Over $100 of resources included in the course price

1 year subscription to PIP magazine – Australian Permaculture Mag

1 year membership to Permaculture Australia

Earth Users Guide to Permaculture by Rosemary Morrow

Garden to Table Laminated Companion Planting Guide

Essence of Permaculture 20 page booklet by David Holmgren

Site visits to a local Worm Farm, Local Organic Seed Company & Permaculture School Garden

Lunch, Morning & afternoon tea.  *Students will provide their own breakfast & dinner.

Cost:

Earlybird price: $1995  ($300 deposit – Paid before 20th Feb 2017)

Full Price: $2300 (Paid after 20th Feb 2017 )

Group price: $1700 (2 or more people)

Testimonial

“I wholeheartedly recommend a Permaculture Design Course with Garden to Table. I feel inspired to take my knowledge and skills out into the world. The food and location are superb. The teachers are passionate and they offer lots of hands-on experience throughout the course. This course will touch both your heart and mind. I recommend it to anyone wanting to enhance their connection with themselves, their communities and our Earth.”  Lyb Makin, Sydney

Nestled amongst a Eucalyptus Forest on the Mid North Coast of NSW Garden to Table Permaculture is just 3 hours drive north of Sydney. We are passionate about teaching people how easy it is to grow and prepare their own food in line with the Permaculture Ethics – Earth Care, People Care & Fair Share. A two week residential Permaculture Design Course taught on a small acreage Permaculture Homestead.

A small balcony garden in the city, a suburban block or acres, Garden to Table Permaculture will teach you how to make growing food part of your everyday life and have food at your fingertips to nourish yourself, your family and your community.

Do you want to learn skills for sustainable living, growing your own food, designing your own patch of Paradise or designing to create sustainable communities ? It doesn’t matter if you live in an apartment in the city, a suburban block or acres, you will learn how to make sustainable living part of your daily life.

Phone Megan Cooke on 0413 769 530 for more information, I’d love to chat to you personally about this course. We’re so excited!

Our teachers…

Megan Cooke, director of Garden to Table Permaculture, has a combined 24 years experience in horticulture, permaculture and outdoor education. Megan worked for Great Lakes Council teaching a ‘Gardening for Sustainability Program, taught children in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program and managed Forster Community Garden for seven years.

Certified by Permaculture College Australia in 2006  she completed her PDC with Robyn Francis. In 2012 she completed her Permaculture teacher training with Rosemary Morrow & Nick Ritar at Milkwood Permaculture. In 2013 Megan visited Malawi in Africa where she completed her second Permaculture Design Course.

Megan is passionate about sharing the knowledge she has learnt from her sustainable living journey of building a Rammed Earth passive solar house surrounded by Permaculture gardens, with her husband and two children in Pacific Palms.

 

Brett Cooper owns and operates Limestone Permaculture Farm with his wife Nicole & two children in the Stroud Valley, on the Mid North Coast, a small diverse farm with a farm gate, market garden and mixed animals. He works as a Permaculture designer, educator & market gardener.

Brett is a Carpenter & Joiner by trade, has years of experience in Building & Landscaping, carries Diplomas in Project & People Management, is certified by Permaculture Research Institute for his PDC undertaken with Allyn River Permaculture and has been vegetable gardening for over 40 years.

In the past, Brett has been a director on the Gloucester Food Hub, coordinator for the Mayfield Community Gardens, manager for the Stroud Growers Market and is currently the Chief Steward of the ‘Produce Pavilion’ at the Stroud Show.

His passion is teaching small scale permaculture & designing ‘Permaculture Principled Homesteads’.!

 

ACCOMMODATION at PACIFIC PALMS dates – 2017

March 31 & April 1, June 2 & 3, June 30 & July 1, Sept 8 & 9 

… just 5 minutes drive from Garden to Table Permaculture, right opposite Elizabeth beach!

Pacific Palms Caravan Park at Elizabeth Beach – www.pacificpalmscaravanpark.com.au

Phone (02) 6554 0209

Email: john@pacificpalmscaravanpark.com.au

Camping $15 per night at Elizabeth Beach Caravan Park

Shared Cabins: Approximately 4 – 5 people per cabin $300 for 2 weeks

(Accommodation options are paid separately directly to accommodation provider)

ACCOMMODATION at STROUD dates – 2017

May 19 & 20, Aug 4 & 5

For more information on accommodation in Stroud click here.

To find out more information contact Megan on 0413 769 530 or email megan@gardentotable.com.au