Sept 12: Permaculture Design - Food Forests

~Spanish Translation Available~

Learn how to create a natural forest - with a forever yield of food, medicine and other renewable resources.

• See the entire Geoff Lawton video on Food Forests.
• Create a plan for an actual food forest, using several helpful concepts such as: the 7 levels of a forest, plant guilds, plus lists of plants that do well in our Pacific Northwest area.
• Establish the Forest (Phase One). Includes a guided walk through a beautiful forest to identify and collect seeds.

See below a preview of the video: Establishing Food Forests

Date : Saurday., Sept. 12 8 :30 am – 4 :00 pm

Cost: $55 (bring lunch)

Location : Yelm / Bald Hills area - call for info.

Contact : Bruce (360) 400-1350 OR  

Rosy, Irma, & Manuel at (360) 894-0596

Sept 13: Permaculture for

Small Farms & Homesteads

This workshop will pick up from the site evaluation in the previous workshop and look at preliminary concept designs to meet the needs of the farm's program.

The focus will be about applying the principles, mehtods and strategies of permaculture design to this small farm just outside Winlock.

Cost: $55 (bring lunch) - $65 (lunch included)

Sunday, Sept. 13th 9 am - 5 pm

Sept 26: Creating Microclimates:

Hedgerows and Huegel Beds

From traditional English hedgerows to Sepp Holzer’s giant Huegel beds - mounded earth and screening plantings have been used to dynamically tailor microclimates for more favorable production.

Learn ways to create microclimates which can raise temperatures and protect plants and animals (and humans!) from frost and wind chill damage.

RSVP for literature before the class.

Cost: $55 (bring lunch)

Location : Yelm – Bald Hills area

Contact Bruce at 360-400-1350 OR  

Rosy, Irma, & Manuel at 360- 894-0596

Date : Sat., Sept. 26   9 am – 5 pm

Sept 27 (Sunday): Rainwater Harvest & Management

This workshop will include a viewing of Geof Lawton's Rainwater Harvesting video. From there we will proceed with a preliminary layout of ponds and swales to collect sormwater runoff and mange it across the Winlock Meadows Farm.

Come watch the video, learn the principles, knowledge and techniques and then go on site and participate in the actual design of a swale & pond systems.

Bruce Weiskotten will walk you through the essentials for harvesting natural rainwater for any project whether it’s a permaculture homestead, wetlands mitigation or just a sweet landscape pond in your back yard.

See below for a preview of the video: Harvesting Water

Cost: $60 (bring lunch) - $70 (lunch included)
Location : Winlock Meadows Farm 186 Tingle Road, Winlock

Contact : Bruce (360)400-1350 Susie Kyle (360)785-4927
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