Feeling a bit garden shy? Not sure your thumb is green enough? Jenny Pell of PermaCulture Now is offering a two-day, intensive class to learn you right:
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! [email protected] – (206) 949-0496