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Event
- Title:
- Forest Garden Workshop 03/12 Mudgee
- When:
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Mar 9 2012 - Mar 11 2012 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Where:
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Milkwood Farm (2) - Mudgee
- Category:
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Forest Garden Workshop
Description
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Join Dan Harris Pascal and Nick Ritar for a hands-on workshop in designing and installing a temperate forest garden system. Forest Gardens (sometimes called food forests) are literally forests of food, which have been designed to produce year-round yields from the canopy, sub canopy and ground-cover plantings.
By careful design and biomimicry, a forest garden can make maximum usage of complimentary planting, spacing and timing to ensure that every space and season in the forest garden is both beautiful and productive.
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This workshop will cover:
- The theory and history of forest garden design
- Designing food forests for temperate environments
- Sample planting plans for maximising plant spacings and relationships
- Hands-on experience in planting a forest garden at Milkwood Farm
- How to ensure your forest garden survives it's first 5 years
- DIY forest garden irrigation system design and installation
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This workshop will involve both theory and hands-on components. We will be actively designing and installing a forest garden at Milkwood Farm as part of this workshop, so you will learn how to do everything you need to know. In addition to the concept, mapping and plant selection involved in the design for a drought-tolerant temperate forest garden, this workshop will also include designing and installing a basic drip-irrigation system as part of the workshop, for the establishment phase of the forest garden we'll be installing.
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Dan Harris Pascal's background in horticulture and passion for plants has led him to work in a range of forest settings in Australia and beyond. Dan brings a unique and extensive knowledge of temperate plant species and practical permaculture planting guilds to this workshop. Nick Ritar is a farmer and sought-after permaculture teacher, based at Milkwood Farm. He brings his passion for good permaculture design, his ability to explain just about anything in clear simple language, and his shovel to this workshop. |
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You, however, can just bring yourself. We will provide all design materials, plants, shovels, gloves and knowledge. You will leave this workshop confident, able and ready to design and plant your own temperate forest garden. Forest Garden resources:
About this workshop:
 This workshop will be held on-farm at Milkwood Farm. We will use a combination of our woolshed classroom and field time for teaching this workshop. Bring good solid boots, work clothes and expect to get dirty as well as knowledgeable during this workshop.
About the teachers:
 Dan Harris-Pascal is a plant whisperer who grew up gardening and walking in the Southern Tablelands. Dan’s passion for plants led him to Horticulture at the National Tropical Botanical Gardens in Hawai’i and, more recently, to design and teach in school gardens with a focus on learning-by-doing. Dan is passionate about teaching ecology and horticulture that is understandable and useful with a focus on examples and experience over words and theory.
 Nick Ritar is a permaculture designer, consultant and educator who works extensively across a wide range of bioregions, farms, watersheds and city environments. He is recognized nationally as a leading advocate on how permaculture principles can contribute to food security through good design and regenerative farming and living. Nick's full profile.
Included in your course fee:
Your course fee includes morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea each day of your workshop. Meals are organic country
cooking with omnivore or vegetarian options, with a high ratio of yummy
organic produce coming from Milkwood Farm itself. For a small additional fee you can camp at Milkwood Farm for the duration of your course, and this option includes breakfast and dinner each night. See our Staying at Milkwood page for full info on accommodation and facilities. Mates rates: we know that you're more likely to succeed in changing the world with a like-minded crew. To enable this, we arrange a 20% discount off full price for group bookings of 2 or more. Please get in touch for details. As part of our Fair Share policy, we provide pensioner, couples and unwaged discounts where needed. Please get in touch for more information.
Venue
- Venue:
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Milkwood Farm (2)
- Street:
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1466 Campbells Creek Rd
- ZIP:
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2850
- City:
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Mudgee
- State:
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NSW
Description
Milkwood is a small organic family farm near Mudgee in Central Western NSW. A Permaculture Demonstration Farm currently under development, Milkwood features extensive permaculture earthworks and water-harvesting features, our amazing passive-solar cottage, food-forests in the making, seedball production and many other examples of sustainable and regenerative best-practice for farming and living.
Our courses are held in our family's woolshed with beautiful views of Campbells Creek Valley and our organic farm cooking is such that students often joke about moving in permanently.
Getting here
Mudgee is an easy 4 hours by car or 40 minutes by air from Sydney, and is serviced by Countrylink Rail and Mudgee Airport. See our Getting to Milkwood page for a map and full details on getting here by plane, train or automobile. Accommodation- For this short course, we offer the option to stay at Milkwood Farm in our creekside camping area for $30 per person, per night. This option includes dinner, breakfast and use of all amenities. See our Staying at Milkwood page for more details. After booking into your course we will shortly contact you about whether you'd like to take up this option. - Stay at Bushlands Holiday Park in Windeyer, 15 minutes up the road. Bushlands has a range of cabin and camping options, and the Windeyer Pub, located right next door, does counter meals some nights of the week. - BaMack Homestead B&B is 20 minutes up the road from Milkwood Farm. They have special rates for Milkwood students, so mention us when you book: 02 6373 8312. - Stay further afield in Mudgee, which has a range of accommodation to suit all tastes and budgets. Mudgee Tourism Website.
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