Continue reading to learn about the latest round of Sustainable Living Workshops, running every Saturday at the Farm. These workshops are also being offered as part of our Permaculture Design Course, so places are limited this time!
Half day workshops: $50 ($35 concession).
Full day workshops: $85 ($65 concession).
To book your place in any of the below, email info@nscf.org.au, use our online contact form, or simply call (07) 3857 8775
Understanding Your Soil
12 May
9am – 12pm – limited places
Learn about soil, how to identify soil types and test for pH and structure. Full day fee if booked together with Improving Your Soil including composting and worm farming on the same day.
Improving Your Soil (including composting and worm farming)
1.30pm – 4.30pm – limited places
Learn the art, science and mystery of creating lush compost and enlisting worms to enrich and revitalize your garden soil. Full day fee if booked together with Understanding your Soil on the same day.
The Cultivated Ecology – Growing Healthy Vegetables
26 May
9am – 12pm – limited places
Seasonal selection, crop rotation, companion planting and other ways to get the best out of your edible garden. Full day fee if booked together with Establishing and maintaining a vegetable garden on the same day.
Establishing and Maintaining a Vegetable Garden
1.30pm – 4.30pm – limited places
Learn how to build no dig and other vegetable gardens, plant them out and
maintain them. Full day fee if booked together with The Cultivated Ecology on the same day
Animals in Permaculture
2 June
9am – 12pm – limited places
Learn how to keep bees, cows, goats, sheep and wildlife.
Keeping Poultry – keeping chickens in your backyard
1.30pm – 4.30pm – limited places
Learn how to keep healthy and happy chickens in your backyard for a supply of fresh eggs, garden work and entertainment.
Seedsaving and Propagation
16 June
9am – 12pm – limited places
Learn how to propagate useful plants from seeds, cuttings, tubers and root division. Learn how to collect and store seed. Skill up and create your own seed bank.
Sustainable Housing
30 June
9am – 12pm – limited places
Appropriate Technology
1.30pm – 4.30pm – limited places
Reduce your greenhouse gas emissions through good design and appropriate technology. Includes designing new houses and retrofitting existing ones
Thinking of a Tree Change? – Bus tour
14 July
7am – 5pm – limited places
Managing Pests and Diseases
21 July
9am – 12pm – limited places
Learn how to identify good bugs and bad bugs and how to treat, with a myriad of organic methods, pests and diseases in your garden.
Building a Local Permaculture Community
28 July
9am – 12pm – limited places
Learn about and discuss where you live and how you move around. Discuss Food miles, globalization vs re-localisation including case studies of re-localising communities. How to go about re-localising your community
Sustainable City Living Walking Tour
1.30pm – 4.30pm – limited places
Be inspired by visiting some interesting permaculture gardens and sustainable buildings in the inner city suburbs.
To book your place, email info@nscf.org.au, use our online booking form, or simply call (07) 3857 8775