Deep Green Permaculture

Community + Food + Forest

With a push within the Darebin Environmental Community for a Food Forest to complement the Northcote Library Food Garden, interested locals and others are invited to join a discussion and site visit to plan for an approach to Council.

Time: 2.30pm for registration and tour for 3pm to start

Where: Northcote Library Food garden, 32-38 Separation St, Northcote.

Duration :  1 ½ hours. Afternoon tea provided.

RSVP required, Maximum 30 people, Email : deepgreenpermaculture@gmail.com

or contact John on 0449 508 318 or Charlie on 0403216252 for further information.

Collaborating Groups: Heritage Fruit Society, Transition Darebin, Permaculture Inner North, Friends of Herring Island,  Deep Green Permaculture

I’ll be presenting a session at this event:

Darebin Community and Kite Festival 2012 - see here

Date: Sunday, 19 February 2012

Location: All Nations Park, Northcote, Melbourne

There will be lots of events on the day, including several speakers. I’ll be presenting the session “My Backyard Food Forest” in the Sustainable Living (SL) Village area, where there will be lots of other speakers too, see below:

 

SUSTAINABLE LIVING VILLAGE

Visit the Sustainable Living Village and learn how to create a better, cleaner, greener world. Information, giveaways and presentations in the Speakers Corner. We’re bringing you a food swap from 11-1pm so bring all the lovely excess garden surplus such as fruit, vegetables, seeds, gardening tips and stories.

11:00am – Food Swap

2:00pm – “My Waste Free Month” with Kathy Brunning

2:30pm - “My Energy Efficient Home” with Jeremy Critchett

3:00pm – “My Backyard Food Forest” with Angelo Eliades

3:30pm – Sustainable Gardening – Made Easy and Fun

Here are the links to the festival program and the festival map at the Darebin City Council web site.

We’ll be taking part in the Sustainable Living Festival this year, and we’ll be running a local event workshop:

Urban Permaculture in Action

Learn how to design and build an urban backyard food forest. See how a conventional backyard was transformed three years ago into a productive, biodiverse urban food forest using Permaculture Principles – with more than 30 fruit trees, berries, annuals & perennials, companion plants & many others!

Date : Sunday 12 February 2012

Sessions : 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm or 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Location : Preston, VIC, Australia

To register or to find out more, please email: deepgreenpermaculture@gmail.com