Sunday, January 07, 2007
Kangaroo Valley PERMACULTURE
The Permaculture design certificate course is an intensive 72 hr program of lectures, practical design work and field exercises,designed to provide participants with a conceptual and practical farm work for a sustainable future.
The course is open to anybody who wishes to design their own garden or farm, and to professionals seeking to develop an ecological approach to their work (eg.landscapers, architects, town planners, horticulturists etc). Anyone in fact who occupies a town block or a rural property, will find the course practical and relevant to their needs.
Key topics include:
- theory and principles of sustainable systems
- planning and design methods
- reading landscapes and understanding natural systems
- orchards and crops
- aquaculture and water systems
- appropriate building and technology
- organic soil improvement and gardening techniques
- poultry and animal forage
- micro climate , shelter and bushfire design
- personal, family and community strategies.
On most evenings there will be videos, slide presentations and discussions.
The course presenters will be John Champagne, David Arnold and others, who are all experienced teachers with a wealth of knowledge to impart.
The venue is a 150 acre property in Kangaroo Valley NSW, south of Sydney. There is a very large vegetable garden, subtropical orchard, hydro/solar power, excellent bush walking, rainforests, water falls etc. Accommodaton is spread around various buildings, including houses and farm sheds and while all arrangements are adequate, there are no frills (participants who provide their own tents/campervans etc will receive a small discount).
The cost is $750 for tuition , plus $380 for accommodation. All meals are included and we produce most of the fresh food on site. People coming by public transport will be picked up at Bowral or Nowra.
For more information:
contact:David Loneragan
tel: 44651364
email: david.loneragan@bigpond.com.au
// posted by Kim Hampson @ 9:06 PM
