BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Plenty Permaculture - ECPv4.7.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Plenty Permaculture X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://plentypermaculture.co.nz X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Plenty Permaculture BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20180113T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20180113T150000 DTSTAMP:20190213T053741 CREATED:20171022T040709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171130T211347Z UID:[email protected] SUMMARY:Forest Garden Design Workshop DESCRIPTION:  \nIn 2017\, 54% of our fossil fuel use in New Zealand has been used to produce\, transport and store food.  Reducing this number is a way to do our part for the environment and to invest in food security.  Any food you grow at home starts this most excellent trend.  Forest Gardens or food forests (two names for the same thing)\, when designed well for your climate\, produce the most food per square meter of any gardening system with no need for fossil fuel based fertilisers\, machinery or trucking. \nJust because a grocery store capsicum looks deep red\, big and blemish free\, doesn’t mean it is high in nutrition\, or free of dyes or harmful pesticide residue.  When you design a proper forest garden\, you imbed systems to: \n-get sufficient sunlight for each crop to ripen \n-grow fruits\, veggies and nuts that are nutrient dense \n-provide habitat for friendly insects to keep the pest damage to a tolerable level \nand as Edible Forest Garden author Dave Jacke says\, \n” -mimic forest ecosystem structure and function to grow food\, fuel\, fiber\, fodder\, fertilizer\, “farmaceuticals\,” and fun.” \nDuring this one day workshop\, we’ll cover the design fundamentals of forest gardens for the Bay of Plenty.  You’ll do a sample design with the help of your tutors.  You’ll leave the day with your design to refer to and the calculations and support materials to get started designing a successful forest garden for your own BOP home\, school\, community garden or organisation.  Your tutor is Catherine Dunton-McLeod\, who has studied forest garden design with Kay Baxter and is continually inspired by Martin Crawford and Dave Jacke. \nWe have room for 12 participants.  Please bring pens\, paper and a lunch as there are no restaurants close by.  Teas and coffees provided. Dress for walking in the paddock\, the classroom is a shoes-off zone and you might want a small pillow for our environmentally friendly but slightly hard chairs.   \n URL:http://plentypermaculture.co.nz/event/forest-garden-design-workshop/ LOCATION:Plenty Permaculture\, 375 Whakamarama Rd\, Tauranga\, BOP\, 3179\, New Zealand GEO:-37.7093107;176.0018286 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Plenty Permaculture 375 Whakamarama Rd Tauranga BOP 3179 New Zealand;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=375 Whakamarama Rd:geo:176.0018286,-37.7093107 ORGANIZER;CN="Plenty%20Permaculture%20Living%20Skills":MAILTO:[email protected] END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR