Fwd: Upcoming Permaculture Class

[Sky Blue]

Gardening Like the Forest Workshop with Dave Jacke, author of Edible Forest Gardens

February 4-6, 2011

At the Mountaintop Montessori School on Pantops Mtn. in Charlottesville, VA

Friday Evening Public Talk
February 4, 2011, 7-9 PM
*Gardening Like the Forest: Home-Scale Ecological Food Production**
*Suggested donation $10 at the door.

Healthy forests maintain, fertilize, and renew themselves, naturally.
Wouldn’t you like to grow an abundant food-producing ecosystem like this in
your back yard? You can! Edible forest gardens mimic the structure and
function of natural forests through all their stages of development and grow
food, fuel, fiber, fodder, fertilizers, farmaceuticals, and fun. We can meet
our own needs and regenerate healthy ecosystems at the same time! This talk
introduces the vision of forest gardening with some scientific background, a
few living examples, and a sampling of some useful perennial edibles you can
use in your own garden. The ecology of forest gardening can also teach us
some interesting things about how we might organize human societies. Contact
Terry Lilley at tyger...@gmail.com

<http://www.blueridgepermaculture.net/tyger...@gmail.com%20>for more

information.


Weekend Workshop with Dave Jacke:
February 5-6, 2011, 9 AM – 5 PM, with a Saturday evening lecture.
*Gardening Like the Forest: Designing Perennial Polycultures*

Effective perennial polycultures combine useful perennial plants into
vegetation patches that minimize competition, create additive yields, and
minimize the gardener’s work and outside inputs. Guild and polyculture
design are the most interesting and challenging part of the forest garden
design process. This in-depth, intermediate-to-advanced workshop explores
the specific ecological theories behind polyculture design through
experiential exercises and games. Participants will design perennial
polycultures together using a variety of design

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