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Permaculture Educators program with Morag Gamble

The message is loud and clear. The Earth urgently needs care, repair, and regeneration. We need more permaculture teachers in the world – practical educators, designer & activists. Will you join us in the Permaculture Educators Program in 2020 & be a positive changemaker? It’s online, flexible, friendly, comprehensive, self-paced, global & with lots of support. Save $500 by joining before February 1. Remember, if you book through the Yandina Community Garden website, we make a donation to the gardens. Read more here: https://ourpermaculturelife.com/be-a-permaculture-teacher/

Saturday, 14 December 2019, 9-11am, The Magic of Swales with Danial Lawton

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Optimal harvesting and retaining of water is a key element of Permaculture
design. Danial will explain how water can be effectively managed through design
of swales and level sill spillways.

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About the presenter:

Danial Lawton permaculture consultant, a second-generation permaculturalist in his work as a permaculture consultant, educator, entrepreneur and permaculture philanthropist.
Set in motion with a permaculture design course at the tender age of thirteen in Tena, Ecuador, Danial followed up with a Permaculture Diploma in site development, site design, and research.
At university Danial crammed in a Bachelor of Environmental science with double majors in ecology; conservation biology and Land; water management, a Masters in Environmental management and most recently a Masters in Environmental engineering.
With 20 years experience in the Permaculture field, Danial has worked for international permaculture projects in Central and South America, as water systems manager for Tagari farm (PRI Australia) and later as farm manager for
Zaytuna farm (PRI Australia).

Within this time Danial has taught and facilitated a variety of Permaculture design and hands on courses through Griffith University, PRI Australia, Northey Street City Farm, Noosa Forest Retreat and many others.

Danial Lawton permaculture consultant draws on environmental science and permaculture principles to design sustainable systems worldwide and for local Australian clients and government organisations.

Events at Northey Street City Farm, during November 2019

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We’re delighted to share with our readers the workshops that our Sister organization in Brisbane will be hosting during November 2019.

A Place in the Country with Michael Wardle

Date and Time: Saturday 9 November 2019, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: Northey Street City Farm, 16 Victoria Street, Windsor

Cost: $100/$85 Health Care Card + Eventbrite Fee

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Are you looking for a tree change? Does the appeal of country appeal to you? A Place in the Country is fundamental for anyone who has or plans to have a rural property.

Whether your goal is food, homesteading or enjoyment, this workshop offers the open, honest path to creating your own pleasing, productive and sustainable rural landscape.

Suitable for those interested in small hobby farms of all shapes and sizes, this workshop gives you down to earth, practical advice to help you achieve a long-term sense of peace and prosperity on the land.

Michael Wardle is the adult education coordinator at Northey Street City Farm and he is a father of 4, has worked in schools and the community and is a permaculture educator, designer and consultant for Savour Soil Permaculture. He moved from larger acreage to a more suburban block 6 years ago and has been applying the permaculture design process to his life and new property and has trained with Rosemary Morrow, David Holmgren, Dave Jacke and Dan Palmer.

 

Native Stingless Bees with Tim Heard

Date and Time: Saturday 23 November 2019, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: Northey Street City Farm, 16 Victoria Street, Windsor

Cost: $100/$85 Health Care Card Holder + Booking Fee

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Learn about bee nesting and foraging, diversity of wild bees, importance of bees in natural systems, traditional and modern stingless beekeeping in Australia and around the world, using stingless bees for pollination of gardens and farms, sugarbag honey, rescuing threatened wild bees and more. Demonstrations cover hive design, splitting hives, extracting honey. If available, we also transfer a colony from a natural location into a hive. Please let Tim know if you have a suitable colony.

 

Introduction to Permaculture

Date and Time: Saturday 30/11/2019 & Sunday 1/12/2019, 9:00 am – 4:00pm
Location: Northey Street City Farm, 16 Victoria Street, Windsor
Cost: $250/$200 Health Care Card + Eventbrite Fee

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Come to explore an overview of permaculture through the eyes of the ethics and design principles. This course tackles how to grow food, build houses and create communities, and minimize environmental impact at the same time. Its principles are being constantly developed and refined by people throughout the world.

Join us for two days to learn the basics of permaculture design. The course aims to inspire and empower you to use permaculture design in your everyday life.

You will learn the history, various definitions, design process, ethics, principles, other design tools and case studies from a range of applications.

This course will cover:
℘ What is Permaculture?
℘ Permaculture Ethics and Design Principles
℘ Soil Basics
℘ Composting for beginners
℘ Food Production (forest gardens and garden farming)
℘ Basic Design Framework
℘ Integrated Animal Systems
℘ Social Permaculture

Limited numbers to maximize the outcomes of this dynamic 2-day course.

What you get…
℘ Access to awesome online resources to match the on-ground learning.
℘ Practical examples of permaculture in action
℘ Design and gardening strategies to apply in both your inner & physical landscape.

Tea and coffee, will be provided.

 

 

 

Saturday, 26 October 2019, 10-12 noon, Members event, Open Garden of Morag Gamble at Crystal Waters

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Yandina Community Gardens Members have been invited by Permaculture Noosa to join this us for an informative tour through Morag Gamble and Evan Raymond’s permaculture garden.

Morag is an international ambassador for Permaculture and teaches permaculture on a range of levels, making a difference across our planet.

Come and spend some time learning about the Crystal Waters Community, followed by a knowledge sharing Garden Tour with Morag.

*When: Saturday 26th October
*Where: 50 Crystal Waters, Conondale (Crystal Waters Permaculture Village)
*Where to meet: Park and meet at the Crystal Waters Village Green at 9:45am
*Cost: $2 for Permaculture Noosa, $5 YCG Members and $5 Gympie Permaculture Members.
*Time: Please arrive at 9:45 to sign in/register with Dee. If you bring a shared plate, hand it to Dee at registration, and be ready for a 10am tour start.

At 10am Morag will walk you from the Crystal Waters Village Green, giving an introduction to Crystal Waters Permaculture Village along the way, and finally ending up, up the hill in her permaculture garden.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be some walking involved so please bring your own water bottle, hat and walking shoes (sneakers). This tour is not wheelchair friendly.

If you choose to arrive early, the Crystal Waters bakery and Cafe is open from 8am. Delicious organic sourdough bread and treats, plus great coffee is available.

*Bring: We would love you to bring a plate to share for a great social sharing after the tour, or just come and join us. Tea, coffee and watermelon will be supplied. (As mentioned above, you will be walking from the Village Green to Morag’s garden, so Dee will take your ‘shared plate’ contributions at the Village Green at 9:45am Sign in/Registration and will drive them all up to the house once the tour is underway.)

Note: You MUST be a member of Permaculture Noosa, Yandina Community Gardens or Gympie Permaculture to attend. (This event is NOT open to the general public.)

To become a member of Noosa Permaculture, follow the link on our Permaculture Noosa website.

Background Information:

Morag is a permaculture educator who has taught around the world for 25 years. She is a global permaculture ambassador and global ecovillage network ambassador. This is her home & garden she shares with her husband and three kids.

Even though her family has been away for over 6 months this year including volunteering in Uganda and Kenya and teaching in the UK, their garden is still abundant and resilient (although not in its most beautiful state). Morag will share her simple approach to low-maintenance and drought hardy gardening – a garden that supports her busy life of running the Permaculture Education Institute

(https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org), creating free permaculture information through the Our Permaculture Life blog https://ourpermaculturelife.com and Youtube: https:youtube.com/c/moraggambleourpermaculturelife (both with over 2 million views each), and leading a permaculture charity, the Ethos Foundation (https://ethosfoundation.org.au).

Morag has often held permaculture workshops and school camps in her garden and activities for young people too. She also homeschools one of her children – her two eldest completed their PDC in East Africa on a course she was mentoring.

What you will see and learn about:

Permaculture applied at a village scale design
Social Permaculture/invisible structures
Permaculture Home and Garden
Drought-hardy, low-maintenance garden
Robust perennials
Terracing
Keyhole water harvesting pathways
No-dig gardening
Worm towers
Owner-built home
Reedbed grey water system

Crystal Waters (https://crystalwaters.org.au) is a United Nations World Habitat Award winning ecovillage and Morag’s Garden was awarded a Glossies Edible Landscape Award.
You can see more about Morag’s garden and approach in her blog and youtube channel, and learn more about her online permaculture education programs here:
Permaculture Education Institute – Permaculture Educators’ Program: https://permacultureeducationinstitute.org
The Incredible Edible Garden (permaculture gardening course)

The Incredible Edible Garden

If you require further information – Contact Permaculture Noosa Open Garden Coordinator, Dee Humphreys on 0497754486 or deeianh@gmail.com

BE SURE TO JOIN US FOR THIS OPEN GARDEN OPPORTUNITY AT CRYSTAL WATERS!!!!

 

 

Yacon

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Yacon (aka yakon, sweet root or Peruvian Ground Apple)

Polymnia sonchifolia

Origin: wet, cool highlands of the Incas

Plant: Sept – Oct

Harvest: July – August

Small yellow sunflower-like flowers will appear at maturity. Harvest tubers when all the tops have died down but leave in the ground until at least mid to late winter as the flavour really does improve. Remove tubers carefully as they are brittle. It is a substitute for apple and can be eaten raw. Even with prolonged cooking, yacon stays crisp and it can be used as a substitute for water chestnuts in Asian stir-fries. The main components are fructose and inulin, making it a suitable food for diabetics. It is a good livestock forage crop.

Visit our nursery to get your Yakon plant. To see what else is in the nursery and shop. Click here

 

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