We are bringing our Backyard Food Sovereignty Workshop to the Sunshine Coast! This workshop is aimed at kick-starting your journey to regenerative living, by teaching you how to grow abundant, resilient food gardens and how to build efficient closed-loop (composting) systems at home.

We are holding the workshop at an epic permaculture property, Noosa Forest Retreat, that is an amazing example of regenerative community living. There is free camping and other rooms available for accommodation on-site. Get in touch to secure accommodation.

You’ll learn how to design resilient systems, produce organic food using regenerative techniques in both a kitchen garden & a food forest setting, and how to turn waste into a valuable resource through different types of home composting systems. These skills will not only give you food & resources, but will cut your household costs as you spend less on food and garden inputs.

This course is meant for those who want to build food security and landscape resilience in the face of climate and political adversity. It is for those who want to understand how to have a reciprocal relationship with the land they’re on, becoming caretakers and also receivers of the abundance the land provides.

Our content can be applied to rural, semi-urban and urban blocks. All principles are able to be altered to suit your lifestyle.

What you’ll learn:

Efficient design for high-yield, resilient edible landscapes

Building a kitchen garden from scratch

Polycultures, guilds, succession planting, seasonal planning

Integrated pest management

Home composting: worm farm, chickens, hot/cold composting

Food forest design and management - stacking in time and space

Nutrient cycling using household waste and garden waste

Land regeneration & mushroom production

How to plan & phase a backyard project in your home immediately

Schedule:

Day 1

Foundations & design: site assessment, design techniques (zones, sectors), elements & placement.

Lunch - Home cooked meal with home grown Ingredients.

Building a kitchen garden

How to incorporate chickens

Day 2

Nutrient Cycling - compost, fertilisers and manures.

Build a worm farm

Application of homemade fertilisers.

Food forest walk and talk

Lunch - Home cooked meal with home grown Ingredients.

Agroforestry practical - hands on chop and drop session.

Outdoor fungi production practical.

What to bring:

Pen & notepad, sun protection, water bottle, enclosed shoes & pruning tools.

We provide: Plenty of tools, handouts, Catered lunch.

Accommodation:

Camping & rooms available on-site. Get in touch to book in accommodation.

Practical info

Date & time: 29th & 30th of August, 9am-5pm

Location: Noosa Forest Retreat, Noosa Hinterland, Sunshine Coast.

Capacity: Max 20 ppl with limited tickets available.

Cost: $385

Contact:

Liv - 0423249449

marsh.olivia96@gmail.com

Taranar - 0413240110

taranarpermaculture@gmail.com

Contact the host of Backyard Food Sovereignty Workshop - Sunny Coast

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