A hands on Organic Gardening & Permaculture Workshop, near Forster on the mid north coast of NSW, just 3 hours north of Sydney.
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 workshop is for you! It’s all about growing food in abundance, a permaculture workshop.
The Spring into your garden workshop will guide you through the hands on and theory behind growing your own fresh produce.
It’s fun and easy and you can go home and start growing your own vegetables with the knowledge you gain at this workshop!
Learn about:
Planning your Spring Garden for a Summer harvest
Sow what where
Creating soil & using compost in your edible garden
Nutrient cycling
Companion plants, watering & maintenance
Preventing pest & diseases in the vegetable garden
Workshop: 9.00am – 12.00pm
- 9.00am – 9.30am – Welcome & Introductions in our Rammed Earth Permaculture Education Centre
- 9.30am – 12.00pm – Hands on session & Home made Morning Tea including a selection of Organic Tea & Coffee in our Rammed Earth Workshop Room
About the teacher:
Megan Cooke, director of Garden to Table Permaculture has a combined 23 years experience in horticulture, permaculture and outdoor education. Megan taught a ‘Gardening for Sustainability Program’ for the Great Lakes Council and also enjoyed teaching children about growing their own produce in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program.
For the past seven years Megan has managed Forster Community Garden, working with indigenous and local community volunteers to produce healthy chemical free food. In 2014 Megan visited Malawi in Africa where she completed her second Permaculture Design Course.
Megan is passionate about teaching people the joys of growing and cooking their own organic food and 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.
*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!
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