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:20160618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20160618T170000 DTSTAMP:20190217T072625 CREATED:20160602T042030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160602T093729Z UID:[email protected] SUMMARY:PDC Module 2: Tree Crops and Food Forests DESCRIPTION:\n18 June 2016\nA tree is deeply connected to its surroundings\, a dynamic element embedded in and reacting to an equally dynamic landscape.\n\n\nTrees give us food\, firewood\, timber\, weather protection\, security\, insect and animal habitat and fodder\, shelter\, shade\, beauty\, fun\, elements for making soil\, improved air quality and stabilization of the biosphere. How can all this be well integrated into a property design? \nWe’ll discuss choosing trees successfully. How to position and plant a tree. To prune or to train? Growing from seed or root stocks\, grafting and propagation. What are the best fruit tree varieties for the BOP? Herbal ley and guilds. Integration with animals. Appropriate tools. Recognize\, prevent and treat disease and parasitic invasions. Introduction to food forest design and management; firewood and timber groves\, hedgerows and shelterbelts. In the afternoon\, we’ll visit a four year old food forest\,  followed by a pruning workshop. \nTutors\nGisella Warmenhoven\, Neville and Catherine Dunton-McLeod. \n\n URL:http://plentypermaculture.co.nz/event/pdc-module-2-tree-crops-food-forests/ LOCATION:Whakamarama Hall\, 469 Whakamarama Rd\, Tauranga GEO:-37.7198502;175.9923362 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Whakamarama Hall 469 Whakamarama Rd Tauranga;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=469 Whakamarama Rd:geo:175.9923362,-37.7198502 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR