[TheUWfarm] Fwd: Design and Plant an Urban Edible Yard - Eat Your Yard! 2 Day Workshop

Thought this may be interesting to some of you :)

Heather

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From: Jenny Pell <jennypell@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Subject: Design and Plant an Urban Edible Yard - Eat Your Yard! 2 Day Workshop
To: "SowingEvolution@gmail.com" <queenbee@herbnwisdom.com>

It's Spring!!  Time to get your garden into gear. Please join us for
this weekend Permaculture Intensive to kick-start your design and
planning, and build some skills.  Email or call me with any questions
and to register, and feel free to forward to friends who might be
interested.
Permacordially,
Jenny Pell and Marisha Auerbach
(206) 949-0496

Design and Plant an Urban Edible Yard
When: April 17 - 18, 10 - 5 both days
Cost: $195, some work trade available (offer something to barter!)
Teachers: Jenny Pell and Marisha Auerbach

Imagine transforming an urban lawn into an abundant garden in a
weekend! Join us and learn:

- Design techniques to quickly & beautifully convert an average urban
yard into a diverse edible garden
- Sheetmulching techniques
- Trellising and vertical gardening
- How to grow the best annual and perennials fruits and vegetables for
the Pacific NW
- How to create "suntraps" to extend the growing season
- and more!! ...

We will cover soil preparation, plant selection, strategies for
growing food in small spaces, and water saving strategies. We will be
planting annual vegetables as well as perennial berries, edible
flowers, medicinal herbs, and fruit trees. This is a design and
install event - come prepared to dig in the garden as well as learn
design.

Learning skills that help us provide for our basic needs and help
prepare us for a post-carbon future not only makes a lot of sense, but
also is incredibly empowering, joyful, and satisfying. Many people
complain of feeling powerless and depressed in the face of such huge
changes happening around us. Building basic skills also builds
community, gets you involved in actively realizing a different and
more resilient future, and just feels good from the inside out. All of
the basic permaculture skillsets can be converted into savings,
part-time income, or cottage industries, especially on the local
scale. Invest in yourself and your community; the rewards are
enormous!!

Please contact Jenny Pell via email or telephone for details and to register!
jennypell@gmail.com
(206) 949-0496

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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.  The second best time is now.
www.permaculturenow.com
(206) 949-0496

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"When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my
vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid."
Audre Lorde