APRIL
$100 Food Forest through the Upper Grand District School Board
When: april 9 & 16
Urban Chickens Course the Upper Grand District School Board
When: April 23 & 30
9 month Permaculture Design Certificate Course STARTS!
Permaculture design focuses on solutions that are based in nature, working with nature, and beneficial for nature. But it isn’t JUST gardening – it’s a way of seeing the world and going beyond self sufficiency to community resiliency.
It doesn’t matter where you live – an apartment, house, farm, or cottage, all aspects of life can be improved with permaculture – from garden design to business structures. We will be exploring them all.
This 9 month, 100+ hour course takes place over several weekends during the year. You will experience the natural cycle for all seasons. The extended length of the course, and on-line component, allows you to take what you have learned, apply it to your life, and get feedback from others in your permaculture community. It covers all of the standard PDC material set out by Bill Mollison, and extends it to cover areas that are relevant to our climate and living situations.
Introduction to Permaculture 2 day workshop
This 2 day workshop gives you the tools to take permaculture home and use it in your own life. Interactive activities make learning fun and makes it stick. You will also get an opportunity to see different gardens in different stages of development and what plants are placed together and why.You will leave with a much greater understanding of HOW to create a permaculture system in your own home.
MAY
$100 Food Forest Workshop
This workshop gives people a jumping off point to create their own food forest right in their own backyard with commonly available plants from their local garden centre.
Wholistic Observation
This 1 day course helps you to re-learn the skill of observation in new and different ways.Using techniques drawn from the arts, nature connection, and farming, to expand your sensory awareness. This is beneficial in many different areas, such as gardening, permaculture design, outdoor skills, and any area that requires even a basic awareness of your surroundings.
JUNE
Needle Felting 1 – 3D
Concentrating on handling and getting used to the wool, tools, and beginning to think like, not just a crafter, but an artist.
Needle Felting 2 – Figures and Armatures
This workshop focuses on creating a realistic figure. You will learn the steps to making a life like human or animal figure from start to finish.