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 20 Miyawaki pocket forests in south west Western Australia and Ian Kininmonth, project coordinator of  Transition Town Vincent's (TTV) Black Cockatoo forest project. It will cover:

• Objectives for making pocket forests

• Resource requirements for making a pocket forest

• Community engagement and recruitment

• Choosing plant species

• Making soil amendments

• The planting

• Costs and funding

• Project management

It will feature a tour of Transition Town Vincent's demonstration Black Cockatoo pocket forest (stage 1) and stage 2 site.