Permaculture Chooks with Oliver Liddell

** DATE CHANGE! postponed from Sat 7 Sept. NEW DATE: Sat 12 October **

Join Oliver Liddell in this 'perma chook' workshop and learn about integrating poultry into permacultural and regenerative food systems. Suitable for both new and experienced chicken keepers, attendees will learn about managing chickens to maximise yields while improving ecosystem health.

Part 1: Chicken Talk  

• Familiarise yourself with the principles of permaculture and regenerative practice.
• Chickens from a permaculture perspective.
• Integrating chickens into food growing systems.

Part 2: Chicken Walk  

• Head into the EcoMatters organic teaching garden to observe and interact with chickens in a variety of settings.
• Learn how garden and forest ecosystems can meet the lifestyle needs of poultry, reducing care requirements and resulting in healthier, more productive birds.
• Harness the energy of chickens to aid in garden tasks such as weeding, composting, and fertilisation.

ABOUT

Oliver Liddell is a freelance gardener, creative, and permaculturist. Through his business, Altar of Earth, he helps people connect to and steward their land through regenerative practices and integrated food systems.Working with chickens is a passion of Olivers, and his writing on various poultry related topics can be found in recent and upcoming editions of New Zealand Lifestyle Block magazine.