Join us at the award-winning Randwick Sustainability Hub each Friday afternoon and learn skills under expert guidance in a friendly setting.

Food Forestry

Fridays, 1:30-4:00pm
April 29 - July 1 (10 Weeks)

Small spaces can yield big results when productive gardens are designed according to permaculture principles. With many of us with limited space, this practical course will help you grow more than you thought possible.

Apr 29 - Permaculture Principles - Observation and what is a Food Forest?
May 6 - Design Planning - Process and mud maps
May 13 - Design Planning - Sector analysis & zone planning
May 20 - Succession and Evolution - Complexity in a food forest
May 27 - Propagation - Cutting and grafting
June 3 - Pest Management - An ecological approach
June 10 - Soil Management - An ecological approach
June 17 - Implementation - How to plant plants according to your design
June 24 - Maintenance - How to care for your plants
July 1 - Harvest - Collecting and preserving your bounty

* * Workshops may be recorded and you may appear in the published video. Recordings of past topics can be found on Council's youtube channel under the PermaBee playlist.

WORKSHOP PROGRAM on YOUTUBE

Recordings of past topics can be found on Council's youtube channel under the PermaBee playlist.

PERMABEE GARDENING PROGRAM

Before the afternoon workshops, you are welcome to come gardening with us Friday mornings from 9:00am to 12:30pm and help us plant, weed, and compost. We share a cosy morning tea together and socialise and at the end of each day, you'll share in the bounty of any harvest!

You will work as a team and gain expert guidance. Over the course of a year, there is the opportunity to learn specialist skills like pruning, grafting and seed saving.

PermaBees work in the purpose built permaculture garden at Randwick Sustainability Hub.

For more information click here.

GROW IT LOCAL

Randwick Council is a proud supporter of the Grow it Local program that helps connect you with other people in your area that are growing, sharing and eating locally. Check it out!