Sustainable Living

Sustainability

OPEN GARDEN with Heather Stevenson Visit a thriving urban food garden. Interested in growing your own backyard fruit and veggies, maybe incorporating a couple of chooks? You know a bit about it, but would love to see how someone else is actually managing it, warts and all. Spend a morning having a good old sticky - beak at Heather’s small kitchen garden. Wander around, ask questions, and get some great advice and ideas for your own food-based garden. Sat, 4 Sep | 9 am - 12 pm Mullum Concession: $44 Full Fee: $49

NATIVE BEES INTRODUCTION with Richard Ray Keeping native bees is easy! They are harmless, effective pollinators, which is what makes them a popular addition to many Australian gardens. During this workshop you will learn about native bee biology, husbandry, lifecycle and habits. So whether you are interested in keeping them for honey or conservation these little bees make a great addition to any backyard. Sat, 11 Sep | 9 am - 1 pm Mullum Concession: $76 Full Fee: $84

NATIVE PLANT IDENTIFICATION AND BUSH TUCKER with Joey Venables Join us for an introduction into the wonderful world of plant identification and become familiar with some of our local rainforest species and unique bush tucker. In the spirit of fun and inquiry, we will cover some basic and intermediate level botanic terminology, identify rainforest species, plant families, and discover what edible fruits, shoots and roots that are available in this area. Sat, 14 Aug | 10 am - 4 pm Mullum Concession: $101 Full Fee: $112 BEEKEEPING with Steve Fowler This workshop introduces potential bee keepers to the delight and fascination of this rewarding hobby. The session covers safety, myth busting, hands-on bee keeping (Steve will bring along a beehive), legal requirements and the most important thing - how to get started! Sun, 8 Aug | 10 am - 6 pm Mullum Concession: $122 Full Fee: $136

NATURAL BUILDING INTRODUCTION with Dani Wolff Come along to learn about various earthen building materials such as Strawbales, Cob, Mudbricks & Lightearth, and learn how to use them in your project. Sat, 4 Sep | 9 am - 1 pm Mullum Concession: $153 Full Fee: $170

PERMACULTURE ETHICS, PRINCIPLES AND PATTERNS - PDC with Bunya Halasz What is permaculture and why is it relevant to our world today? How can we integrate the ethics and principles of Permaculture in our daily lives? We will explore the foundations of Permaculture, where ecological understanding meets modern design and where science meets the arts and traditional knowledge systems. Learn about the underlying patterns in nature and how comprehending and working with them can support you to live a richer, more easeful life. Fri, 27 Aug | 9 am - 5 pm Mullum Concession: $97 Full Fee: $108

PLANT PROPAGATION AND SEED SAVING - PDC with Bunya Halasz Explore a range of simple plant propagation techniques including cuttings, root division and seed raising to allow you to grow a range of plants for your garden in a simple and cost effective manner. Learn a range of seed saving and storage techniques that empower you to secure the great diversity of food varieties on our planet. Discover how you can develop and evolve varieties of food plants that will have optimum productivity in the unique conditions of your own home garden. Sat, 28 Aug | 9 am - 5 pm Mullum Concession: $97 Full Fee: $108

INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE DESIGN - PDC - with James Nash The fundamentals of Permaculture design theory and practice. Explore how the elements of nature - earth, water, air and fire - define the unique conditions and opportunities of any site. Learn how to analyse and map these powerful forces to support you to work with, rather than against them to achieve your lifestyle and production goals. Sun, 29 Aug | 9 am - 5 pm Mullum Concession: $97 Full Fee: $108

COMMUNITY DESIGN AND SOCIAL PERMACULTURE - PDC with Dani Wolff Learn about social permaculture design, supporting humans to be effective and thrive together. Explore ideas around collaborative governance and decision-making, social enterprise, localised community living, integrated permaculture lifestyles. Fri, 17 Sep | 9 am - 5 pm Mullum Concession: $97 Full Fee: $108 TREES AND PERENNIAL CROPS - CREATING FOOD FORESTS - PDC with Bunya Halasz Learn how to design, establish and care for your own diverse, tree based food production system in a low maintenance fashion that works with natures fundamental processes of land and soil repair. Discover a huge array of fruit and nut trees from around the world that thrive in our warm, subtropical climate including indigenous bush foods. Sat, 18 Sep | 9 am - 5 pm Mullum Concession: $97 Full Fee: $108

VEGETABLES - INTEGRATED ORGANIC PRODUCTION - PDC with Bunya Halasz Explore a comprehensive range of Organic Gardening techniques including composting, crop rotation, companion planting and natural pest and disease management. Create a ‘no-dig garden’ from local, low cost materials and learn about seasonal planting in the humid Subtropics. Sun, 19 Sep | 9 am - 5 pm Mullum Concession: $97 Full Fee: $108