Upcoming Events
PUBLIC EVENING TALK
7 - 9PM, Friday, January 16, 2009, Minneapolis, MN
Gardening Like the Forest: Home-Scale Ecological Food Production
Sponsored by PRI Cold Climate.Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)
2501 Stevens Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
For info:
Kara Ferguson
karaferguson08@gmail.com
612.423.5441
Healthy forests maintain, fertilize, and renew themselves, naturally. Wouldn’t you like to grow an abundant food-producing ecosystem like this in your back yard? You can! Edible forest gardens mimic the structure and function of natural forests through all their stages of development and grow food, fuel, fiber, fodder, fertilizers, farmaceuticals, and fun. We can meet our own needs and regenerate healthy ecosystems at the same time! This talk introduces the vision of forest gardening with some scientific background, a few living examples, and a sampling of some useful perennial edibles you can use in your own garden. Suggested donation $10. No one turned away for lack of funds.
TWO ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS!
9AM - 5 PM, Saturday, January 17, 2009, Minneapolis, MN
REPEATS: 9AM - 5 PM, Saturday, January 17, 2009, Minneapolis, MN
Gardening Like the Forest: Fundamentals of Ecological Gardening
Sponsored by PRI Cold Climate.Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD)
2501 Stevens Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
For info and to register:
Kara Ferguson
karaferguson08@gmail.com
612.423.5441
Ecological gardening attempts to mimic the structure and function of natural ecosystems in food-producing ecosystems. This workshop explores the vision, theory, design, and practice of ecosystem agriculture using the temperate deciduous forest ecosystem as the model. Lectures and experiential class will reveal the nature of ecosystem architecture, social structure, underground economics, and succession. Participants will draw conclusions from these experiences, developing practical design principles, practices, patterns, and processes for garden design and management. This is a workshop for gardeners, designers, and students of gardening, ecology, and design.
Early Bird (Before Dec. 6th) $100
After Dec. 6th: $125
Workshop Kit: $185, includes Workshop, PRI Cold Climate membership, and Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS
9AM - 5 PM, Friday, January 23, 2009, Minneapolis, MN
Permaculture: Landscape Design for Ecological Cultures
Sponsored by PRI Cold Climate.Location TBA
For info and to register:
Register here.
karaferguson08@gmail.com
612.423.5441
How can humanity gracefully and ethically descend from the dangerous peak of energy and resource use upon which we find ourselves? This one-day intensive provides design professionals an opportunity to explore permaculture’s answers to this question so you can offer ecological design solutions to your clients. We will review core principles through case studies, and burrow into soil ecology and self renewing fertility. We’ll take plant communities apart and learn how to put them together in effective perennial polycultures. And we’ll explore ways to optimize establishment and minimize maintenance by design. As always, we’ll work to mimic ecosystem structure and function in our landscapes so we can gain the benefits natural systems demonstrate: stability, resilience, self-maintenance, self-renewal, increased soil quality, nutrient conservation, and more. If we designed our whole culture this way, what might it look like? Come get a glimpse of humanity’s possible future!
Detailed workshop description here.
Early Bird: (Before Dec. 6th) $150
After Dec. 6th: $175
Workshop Kit: $350, includes Workshop, PRI Cold Climate Annual Membership, and Edible Forest Gardens Vol. I & II by Dave Jacke ($385 value)
TWO PUBLIC LECTURES: $30 for members, $35 for non-members
10:30 AM - 2:30 PM, Saturday, January 31, 2009, Stockbridge, MA
Gardening for the Future: Dave Jacke and Paul Stamets
Berkshire Botanical GardenRoutes 102 & 183
Stockbridge, MA
For info and to register:
www.berkshirebotanical.org
413-298-3926
Bring Your Own Lunch!
Join expert mycologist and visionary biologist Paul Stamets and edible forest garden expert Dave Jacke for an in depth look at gardening for the future. Paul Stamets will discuss revolutionary ways to garden using fungi to promote and maintain a fertile soil. Examine practical techniques using fungi, the grand decomposers, to replace chemical insecticides and enhance sustainability. Dave Jacke will explain how to combine plants in woodland-like patterns that are both beautiful and productive. Consider growing fruits, must, vegetables, herbs, and mushrooms in ways that mimic natural forest ecosystems, creating a diverse, high-yield system that is largely self-maintaining.
FIVE WEEKEND PERMACULTURE DESIGN COURSE
with Ted Butchart, Christine Gyovai, Dave Jacke, Dave O'Neill & Joel Salatin
Feb. 13-15, Feb 28-Mar 1, Mar 14-15 & 27-29, Apr 4-5, Charlottesville, VA
Sustainability Strategies for the Blue Ridge
Sponsored by Blue Ridge Permaculture NetworkHeld at Pantops Mountain Montessori School
Charlottesville, VA
For info and to register:
www.blueridgepermaculture.net
tygerlilly@gmail.com
I will teach on the weekends of February 13-15 and March 27-29, along with my compatriots. An excellent 72-hour certificate course!!! See the website for more info.
CONNECTICUT MASTER GARDENER'S SYMPOSIUM: "GARDENERS GOING GREEN"
9 AM - 4:30 PM, March 21, 2009, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
Gardening Like the Forest: Home-Scale Ecological Food Production
Connecticut Master Gardenershttp://www.ctmga.org/#/2009marchsymposiumxvi
