BioChar, Food Forest and Fruit Tree Workshop
Event description
Do you know about BioChar? Have you heard of the amazing benefits to the soil and the atmosphere due to it's incredible 'draw down' properties? Come and be amazed by all the information Azain has to share about Bio-Char.
See a demonstration of Bio Char production.
Do you know how to make a Food Forest? What is important to know will be revealed by the vast knowledge Graeme George PYV is going to share in the Food Forest Workshop.
Graeme will then inform us as to what varieties are likely to thrive on our Mountain, and how to care for them in the best way.
These workshops have been made possible by the generous funding from Yarra Ranges Council- we thank you.
Presented to you by Earthheart Foundation Inc, at Moora Moora Co-operative Community.
Schedule:
11am- Azain Raban presents on BioChar.
12-1- lunch Provided by Susanna Leubbers Catering
1pm- BioChar Demonstration
1.30pm- Fruit tree/ Food Forest Workshop with Graeme George
3pm finish
BIO – Graeme George
Graeme lives on a 5 ha property at Badger Creek where he runs a small market garden and heritage fruit orchard in a bushland setting. He has a background in conservation biology. Since 1993 he has delivered or taught on 60 PDCs and has used that experience to coordinate the development of the bioregionally-focussed “Syllabus for Permaculture Design in South-eastern Australia”. He was a founder of Permaculture Yarra Valley in 1992 and the Healesville Organic Farmers Market in 2004 and assisted in the establishment of two local enterprises — the Community Bank and Community Garden in Healesville.
For many years he has run annual pruning and grafting workshops and is currently running an advanced permaculture design course to develop a demonstration Food Forest at Yarra Valley ECOSS.
BIO - Azain Raban. Still to come.