Making a Black Cockatoo Pocket Forest Demystified

This introductory workshop is aimed at groups and people in the Boorloo Perth region who aspire to make a neighbourhood scale Black Cockatoo pocket forest. It will provide participants with an understanding of what is required to plan, make and maintain a pocket forest using the Miyawaki pocket forest methodology. It will feature presentations by Dr Grey Coupland of Murdoch University who has made around 24 Miyawaki pocket forests in south west Western Australia and Ian Kininmonth from Transition Town Vincent (TTV) who coordinated delivery of the first community based Black Cockatoo pocket forest. The short course will cover:

• Objectives for making pocket forests

• Land and other resource requirements 

• Community engagement and recruitment

• Choosing plant species

• Making soil amendments

• The planting

• Costs and funding

• Project management

• Maintenance and monitoring

The short course will feature a tour of Transition Town Vincent's demonstration neighbourhood Black Cockatoo pocket forest stage 1 and stage 2 site and associated soil making hub.

A light supper will be supplied. Please bring a notepad and pen for taking notes and walking shoes for a short 100 metre walk to our Black Cockatoo pocket forest and soil hub.