From: | user 5. |
Sent on: | Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 1:39 PM |
Steps to creating your own Edible Eden. The
art and practice of permaculture
Join us for a hands-on reality of
designing & establishing a food forest.
We will cover sheet mulching, soil building, swales and earthworks/harvesting rainwater, planting patterns, mushroom inoculations, grafting, and more!
Beginning with just a few straw bales,
newspaper and cardboard we will move through the easy steps to begin
transforming your space into a thriving edible landscape.
Raised Bed Gardening Workshop. Sunday June 20th
Bring your garden closer to you through this interactive workshop where we will transform a patch of lawn into productive space. Also covered will be how to couple no cost raised beds with rainwater harvesting and companion planting.
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological systems and landscapes
throughout the Americas for the last 16 years focusing on applying permaculture
and ecological design to increase local food security and community health in
both tropical and temperate growing regions. The
founder of both Ecologia LLC, edible & ecological landscape design and Project Bona Fide, an international
non-profit supporting agro-ecology research. While he
continues to raise awareness and funds for his project in Nicaragua in the
U.S., Michael currently offers design consultation and implementation services
specializing in edible landscapes through Ecologia, LLC.