3/18, 6pm - Permaculture Potluck/Panel at Green Spaces!
Adam Brock
Willow Way teaching team, including Zia , Coco, Jeff, Jim, Adam and Mait
will come together to provide an
introduction to Permaculture and report on Willow Way’s progress during our
first year of working toward establishing a model of Permaculture. Ecological building, extending the growing season, purification of water & soil using biological processes, beneficial uses of Fungi, Permaculture business models, connecting with plant wisdom --and how these can weave into an integrated Permaculture design for any site.
FREE!
6:00 pm. "ZeroForks Potluck: Slow FingerFood, BYO (washable) napkin if you like.
Let's MEET 'n GREET and share food and Music!
7:15 Permaculture Panel with Willow Way Permaculture's teaching team
At GreenSpaces, 1368 26th Street, Denver. Map: http://www.greenspacescolorado.com/find-us.
SEE BELOW FOR MORE INFO ON OUR PC DESIGN COURSE,
CHILDREN'S PROGRAM AND HERBAL CSA
PERMACUTURE DESIGN COURSE
In our 100 hour Permaculture
Design Course (PDC), you will learn how to work with the wisdom of nature to
create Permaculture designs that conserve water and energy, produce healthy
food, regenerate social and ecological systems, build resilience and self-
reliance, and save you money.Instruction will be rooted in hands-on practices at Willow Way Permaculture farm which means being actively involved in the evolution of the projects and the design of a working Permaculture system. We also visit several other local Permaculture sites, and work on community projects. We include organizing & activism tools, body awareness and earth-based spirituality. All these help us “come to our senses” to rebuild our bond with the land and each other.
Our course includes a Core Curriculum and series of diverse Elective Workshops from which you can choose.
WORKSHOPS The workshops/elective courses are also available to the general public. To register call Zia Parker at 303.530.1415 or email ZiaP...@yahoo.com.
CORE CURRICULUM• Permaculture Principles and Ethics
• Permaculture Design Method
• Observing Nature
• Site Analysis
• Nutrient and Water Cycling
• Designing for Diverse Climates
• Creating Microclimates
• Four Season Gardening
• Ecological Building
• Renewable Energy
• Sustainable Community Design
• Urban Permaculture
WORKSHOPS/ ELECTIVES
• Fruit Trees: Selection,
Grafting, and Care
• Raising Poultry
• Building Soil Fertility
• Multiple Benefits of Fungi
• Low Cost Solar Dehydrators
• The Wisdom of Plants I
• The Wisdom of Plants II
• High Country Wilderness Plant Trek
• Building with Earth Materials
• Hoop Houses and Greenhouses
• Bioremediation with Constructed Wetlands
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Greywater Systems
• Aquaculture
FOR TEACHING TEAM, REGISTRATION and more information, see www.willowwaywellness.com
or call Zia at 303-530-1415 Registration closes
March 21.
PROJECT GROW:
CHILDREN'S PERMACULTURE PROGRAM
"Children need nature for the healthy development of their senses, and
therefore, for learning and creativity."
R Louv, Last Child in the Woods
In this summer program for children ages 7 to 12k we will teach bioregional
awareness, the fundamentals of sustainability, and traditional wisdom ways
through activities such as:
• Place, Body, Nature: observation, identification, local plant knowledge
• Sustainability: building projects such as a cold-frame, solar oven or solar
dehydrator
• Permaculture gardening and pragmatic earth-skills
• Expressive arts: theater, imaginative nature quests, storytelling and crafts
• Animal wisdom: What can we learn from coyotes, hawks, chickens, fish, bees,
worms?
Session I. June 14-18, 9 am- 3 pm, $300. Session II. July 12-16, 9 am-3
pm, $300.
Information and material in Session I and II will be distinct and new for those
who want to enroll in both sessions. Maximum enrollment: 12, not more
than 4 students per teacher.
To register, call Zia Parker at 303.530.1415 or email ZiaP...@yahoo.com.
For the teaching team, see www. WILLOWWAYWELLNESS.COM/PC
Willow Way Herbal CSA
We are pleased to announce Willow Way’s Herbal CSA. When you pay for a CSA
farm-share up-front before the growing season, you are provided with a weekly
share of fresh organic produce throughout the growing season, while lessening
the farmer’s risk. Our Herbal CSA shares will be distributed for each season.
You may sign up for Summer, Fall, Winter or Spring shares—or all four. Each
season’s share will reflect the needs of that time of year. For example, the
summer share will include herbal insect repellant along with summer sun teas,
skin creams & salves, etc.. The winter share will include herbal massage
oil, immune booster teas, medicinal honeys and local beeswax candles, etc.
In our quest to provide a Permaculture model, we aim at growing our fertilizers
on our site to maintain a healthy nutrient balance in our soil. We are serious
about cutting the petro-calories in each calorie of food.We are not yet
certified as organic. However, we do not use any chemical fertilizer or toxic
pest controls on our land.
What is a Willow Way Permaculture Herbal Share?
Our Herbal CSA shares provide you with quality herb teas for your table,
vibrant medicinal herbal products to keep you healthy, as well as culinary
herbs. A share consists of a wide variety of herbal health preparations
containing herbs organically grown on our farm. In general, they contain
formulas that both enhance vitality and address a variety of common conditions.
We grow herbs that are native or well-adapted here, thus not needing excessive
inputs, preferably those with low-water needs. Plants that are well-adapted
here will also help us adapt. We also grow local natives that are under
pressure from over-harvesting.
Paying for your share now will enable us to move forward with our
production plans for 2010. We are so appreciative of your participation. Shares
are available now.Sign up for one season-share, at $90. or all four seasons for
a 15% discount at $300.One share is recommended for one person. Shares will be
delivered to convenient pick-up points around the County.
Willow Way Wellness
Transition Skills for Earth~Body Healing
6481 N 63rd St, Niwot, Colorado 80503 303.530.1415
www.WillowWayWellness.com/pc
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- Adam Brock
The Wild Green Yonder: Regenerative Design and Education
www.thewildgreenyonder.com
twitter.com/adambrock
303.601.1621