Making a Black Cockatoo Pocket Forest Demystified

This introductory workshop is aimed at local groups in the Perth inner city region who want to make a Black Cockatoo pocket forest and will provide participants with an understanding of what is required to plan and make 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 project. It 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 Black Cockatoo pocket forest (stage 1) and stage 2 site and associated soil making hub.