Come and build a worm farm and a chicken dome with us.
2-Day Weekend practical and hands-on Permaculture Course in Hoekwil – Garden Route!
Saturday 10th of July 9-5pm and Sunday 11th of July 9-5pm
The course will cover following topics:
Introduction to permaculture ethics and design principles.
Garden design maximizing on what nature provides. (Zoning and sectors).
Water catchments and use, Urban animals – we will build a chicken dome!
Bed preparations – No Dig, Double dig, Mandala Gardening.
Companion planting in detail, Creating and caring for the soil.
Creating compost, Worm farming – we will build a worm farm!
From seed to harvest. Propagating. Natural pesticides.
A detailed printed manual will be handed out to every participant.
Location: Christines Permaculture Garden at 130 Loerie Lane, Hoekwil, Tel:044-8501600 or Cell:082-7075390
Cost: R1200, lunch, refreshments and course materials (manual) included.
About the facilitator:
Hazel from Wild Olive Guest Farm in Stilbaai
transformed a former sheep farm into an organic olive farm with a thriving organic vegetable garden following Permaculture principles. These are her “before”and “after”pictures of her garden.
Hazel is a trained horticulturist and holds a Permaculture Design Certificate and is a “Train the trainer” graduate (Wales).
She has designed a course using the permaculture principles, which are suitable for anyone looking to equip themselves with the tools to live sustainably no matter where you live.
Permaculture is both a lifestyle ethic as well as a design system which utilizes a systems thinking approach to create sustainable human habitats by analyzing and duplicating nature’s patterns (ecology).
The word ‘permaculture’, coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren during the 1970s, is a contraction of permanent agriculture as well as permanent culture.
Permaculture is also about careful and contemplative observation of nature and natural systems, and of recognizing universal patterns and principles, then learning to apply these ‘ecological truisms’ to one’s own circumstances in all realms of human activity.
If you have any questions please call Hazel on Tel: +27+28-7542719 or e-mail on enquires@wildolivefarm.co.za
Please also visit her website: http:www.wildolivefarm.co.za
There is a big mind shift happening in the world with more and more people looking for solutions. Solutions to effective ways to grow healthy, organic food in urban environments.
Solutions to ways to farming that can both feed a family, earn an income and create the perfect soil. Solutions through thoughtful design principles to build sustainable lives and sustainable communities in a world crying out to be looked after. read more.
Please click here to see our permaculture photo album.
About the host:
Christine, editor of the Natural Living magazine, passionate gardener. After an extremely inspiring Permaculture course with Hazel at Wild Olive Farm, she established this garden from scratch at her new home in Hoekwil.
All beds are raised beds and in the first month the garden was already producing green peppers, chinese cabbage, pak choi, aubergines, spinach, parsley, rocket lettuce, celery etc.
Chicken manure and worm liquid helped the plants in thriving very quickly.
Come and learn how to establish your own food producing patch of eden!
Bookings:
Christine: Tel: 044-8501600 or christine@natural-living.co.za
(50% deposit required and payable into following bank account:
C.J.Squires, ABSA, ACC.NO: 923 114 6022, branch code: 632005)
For a picture gallery about Permaculture, please visit:
http://www.wildolivefarm.co.za/photoalbum/perma/flashThumperma/pics.html
