Permaculture: Resilience by Design

Join Michelle Ritchie from Organics Unearthed for a fun hands-on Permaculture workshop including no-dig gardening and food forest makeover.

Explore the ethics and principles of Permaculture, then build and plant a no-dig vegie bed prepare an existing orchard for a food forest makeover.

"Permaculture is about designing sustainable human settlements. It is a philosophy and an approach to land use which weaves together microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, water management, and human needs into intricately connected, productive communities” Bill Mollison, 1991.

• workshop runs from 1-5pm, refreshments provided.

• bring gloves and a notebook can be handy
• camera's welcome 
• comprehensive notes provided
• be prepared for any weather - we will be working out in the open for a couple of hours – so make sure you have suitable clothing.  We will go ahead whatever the weather!comprehensive notes provided
• please come into the house – we’ll begin with theory indoors.
  

Cost: $80pp (12 places available and address upon booking).

Directions from Dunedin. Driving along Portobello Road towards Macandrew Bay: after The Cove keep going for a few minutes and where the cycleway is elevated over the water, the drive goes sharply up the opposite slope.

If it’s quite busy on the road it is often better to continue to Glenfalloch, and turn around there, so you can pull into the vege stall parking (on your way back), without having to cross the oncoming traffic! If you have a 2WD please park by the stall and walk up. PLEASE ONLY come up the drive if you have a 4WD (keeping to the left drive where it splits into two) and park up by the house. This arrangement should ensure we all fit!

Hosted by Organics Unearthed: Michelle Ritchie has been teaching Organics and Permaculture since 2002 and sees it as her job to unearth natural growing know-how, using the best ecological methods and systems for growing food naturally, and to share those learnings in a creative and fun way.