Rehydrating Your Farm Landscape 2 Day Bootcamp - Bibbaringa, May 2023
Event description
Learn how to manage water and successfully implement a Landscape Rehydration project on your property.
This interactive, hands-on course will empower you to understand the water cycle to enhance the resilience and productivity of your rural landscape. Through activities that blend scientific principles and practical skills, you will learn about:
- The role of the water cycle and plants in farming landscapes.
- Drivers and indicators of a healthy and unhealthy water cycle.
- How to identify and prioritise issues on your property to ‘heal your hydrograph’.
- How to apply sound planning and design principles to give your Landscape Rehydration project the best chance of success.
The course will introduce you to a range of landscape rehydration strategies and tactics.
Presented by Landscape Planner Erin Healy and Jono Forrest from Mulloon Institute and David Hardwick, Agroecologist from Soil Land Food.
Mulloon Institute is a leading research and education organisation helping to build resilient regional communities by supporting the long-term, sustainable growth of Australian agriculture.
Soil Land Food is an independent agricultural consultancy that is passionate about supporting change in Australian rural landscapes, farming and food systems towards a more regenerative, ecological future.
Hosted by Gillian Sanbrook, Regenerative Farmer, Bibbaringa. Gillian operates Bibbaringa, a beef cattle enterprise applying holistic management planned rotational grazing program and Natural Sequence Farming principles.
Cost: $1,300
Family member discount - $1,000*
*second person at discount price (prices include GST)
This project has been assisted by the New South Wales Government through its Environmental Trust.