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Have you always wanted to grow your own fruit and vegetables but don’t know where to start? Or do you have an existing productive garden but want to learn more?

Would you like to meet like minded people who share the same passion of growing organic produce in abundance?

Then this Permaculture workshop is for you!

Learn about:

Composting & no dig soil preparation

What to plant in Autumn for a bumper Winter harvest

Companion Plants for the Autumn/Winter garden & Integrated Pest Management

Permaculture Tips & Tricks including nutrient cycling

Enjoy: A delicious harvest lunch & afternoon tea

Workshop: 10.00am – 4.00pm

• 10.00am – 10.30am – Welcome & Introductions in our Rammed Earth Permaculture Education Centre
• 10.30am – 12.00pm – Tour of the Permaculture Garden & Composting Session
• 12.00pm – 1.00pm – A delicious homemade lunch celebrating the Autumn harvest
• 1.00 – 3.30pm – Plan your Autumn/Winter garden from the soil up, what to plant, companions, pest & diseases, hands on planting session
• 3.30 – 4pm – Enjoy a delicious homemade afternoon tea

Venue: Garden to Table Permaculture is set on an 8 acre property. Workshops are held in our Rammed Earth  Education Centre

Garden to Table Permaculture Rammed Earth Workshop Room

Megan Cooke Permaculture Teacher

About Permaculture Teacher, Megan Cooke 

Cost: 

$165 – per person

$145 – Early Bird Price Pay before 18th May

$145 – Seniors or concession card holders

$280 – Couples

Includes:

• Sow what when guide for Sub Tropics
• Laminated Companion planting guide valued at $10
• 2015 Forster Community Garden Calendar  valued at $10
• Course notes

When: Saturday May 23rd 2014

Time: 10.00am – 4.00pm

Maximum 12 participants – Book your place now!

This great Edible Gardening Calendar is a must have for yourself or the organic gardener in your life. It’s packed full of tips and hints for the edible vegetable garden, with permaculture and organic gardening month by month, plus a great monthly planting guide. This calendar is just $10 or $12.50 posted to anywhere in Australia. It’s the gift that gives twice as it not only makes a great present but all the funds are donated to Forster Community Garden.

If you would like a copy posted to you visit www.fnc.org.au or call the Forster Neighbourhood Centre on 6555 43 51

Pick up a copy locally around the Great Lakes from the following outlets:

PACIFIC PALMS:

Bluey’s Cellars – Boomerang Drive, Boomerang Beach

Blueys Yoga – Boomerang Drive, Boomerang Beach

Pacific Palms Visitor Centre – Boomerang Drive, Boomerang Beach

The Takeaway @ Smiths – Macwood Road, Smith’s Lake Shops

The Smith’s Lake Butcher – Macwood Road, Smith’s Lake Shops

Bluey’s Beach Newsagency & Supamart – Boomerang Drive, Boomerang Beach

Beaches Dental Care – Boomerang Drive, Boomerang Beach

FORSTER:

The Farmers Patch – Lakes Street, Forster

Perry’s Fruit Shop – Manning Street Tuncurry

The Forster Neighbourhood Centre – West Street, Forster

Forster Visitor Information Centre – Forster

Banks and Dade Chiropractors – 54 The Lakes Way, Forster

Garden to Table Permaculture will ‘open their doors’ on International Permaculture Day, Sunday May 3rd 2015, to showcase a permaculture demonstration site, including the rammed earth home and permaculture gardens, at Pacific Palms, just 3 hrs drive north of Sydney.

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 house has been developed over the last 8 years with design features of rammed earth, light earth and mud brick, solar passive home including an on site grey water treatment system, solar panels and even home grown bench tops!

There will be 2 sessions on the day and bookings are essential as  places are limited.

Cost: $20 per person & children under 12 free (cost includes tour of the property & morning tea featuring homegrown produce)

Session 1 – 10.00am – 12.00pm

10.00 – Registrations

10.30 – 11.00 – Tour of the permaculture garden with Megan Cooke, Permaculture Teacher

11.00 – 11.30 – Tour of the outside of the house with Justin Cooke, Earth Builder

11.30 – 12.00 – A delicious Morning tea including organic tea/coffee & a dessert using homegrown & local ingredients

Session 2 – 2.00pm – 4.00pm

2.00 – 2.30 – Registrations

2.30 – 3.00 – Tour of the permaculture garden with Megan Cooke, Permaculture Teacher

3.00 – 3.30 – Tour of the outside of the house with Justin Cooke, Earth Builder

3.30 – 4.00 – A delicious Afternoon Tea including organic tea/coffee & a dessert featuring homegrown & local ingredients

Sorry this event is booked out, please see our other courses for a chance to visit Garden to Table Permaculture.

A hands on organic gardening workshop, at Pacific Palms, near Forster on the mid north coast of NSW, just 3 hours north of Sydney. The Great Lakes area is surrounded by beautiful lakes and pristine beaches. For more information on the Great Lakes click here.

Join us to celebrate the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend with a Local Organic Harvest Lunch prepared by Chef Sarah Wilton. Enjoy the the delicious flavours of the Winter Harvest where all food is grown in our Organic Gardens or sourced locally. Our philosophy is all about using in season produce that will be harvested straight from the garden and enjoyed around the table with friends…

After lunch you’ll be guided around the garden by Permaculture Teacher Megan Cooke and hopefully you’ll leave even be inspired to go home and 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!

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

TO START

sharing platters:

our olives,

 comboyne culture cheese,

herb, caramelised onion & binnorie goat’s fetta tartlets,

cultured vegetable pickles,

house made seed crackers, silverbeet/kale chips

to drink:

organic kombucha – a fermented sweetened tea full of goodness

mains:

Gloucester grass fed beef,

slow cooked with bay leaf, thyme & great lakes cabernet shiraz,

kale colcannon mash

or

local market fish,

lemon ,olive & rosemary aioli,

kale colcannon mash

or

kale, caramelised onion & binnorie goat’s fetta tart with potato crust

for the table:

shredded carrot & beetroot salad

toasted seeds, kombucha vinaigrette

 green leaf salad, lemon vinaigrette

&

roasted winter vegetables,

toasted seeds, candied pecans, basil dressing

dessert:

warm sticky banana pudding

caramelised local honey & coconut ice cream

tea & coffee

When: Sunday 7th June

Bookings close: Wednesday 3rd June

Time: 12pm – 3.30pm

Price: $65

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

Book now only 20 tickets available

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