Covering organic food production, system design (and re-design) for
comfort and lower energy consumption, and ideas on how to approach a sustainable
and positive community existence within your neighbourhood.
Come and learn practical strategies to better care and provide for
yourself, your family and the planet. A jam-packed weekend of
information, techniques, a site visit to Sydney's oldest Community Permaculture Garden
and great feasts of organic food, all within a comfortable walk from public transport.
This course will be taught by Nick Ritar, an award-winning educator of
community technologies and strategies for communication, and co-founder
of Milkwood Permaculture, providing practical, ecological, do-able
solutions for sustainable living and development. All previous editions
of this course have sold out quick smart - so come along, and start
your process of skilling-up for adaptation in a changing world....
Prior to attending your course, you might like to take a look at our ever-expanding reading list,
a bunch of recommended and practical texts on various aspects of
Permaculture, community resilience and sustainability... because you
cannot arm yourself with too much good information... none of these texts are pre-requisite for our Intro courses, we just like to be able to provide a bunch of suggestions on background reading, incase you're champing at the bit to get going...
Course dates:
- May: Saturday 23rd + Sunday 24th
- June: Saturday 27th + Sunday 28th
- July: Saturday 25th + Sunday 26th
- August: Saturday 22nd + Sunday 23rd
- September: Saturday 26th + Sunday 27th
Course times: 9am - 5pm each day
Course fee: $220 + GST
Course location: TBA, but most likely Orange Grove Public School, Perry St, Lilyfield NSW 2040 - Venue Map
Getting there: free public transport trip planner website
Getting there by bus:
Catch a 470 from Railway Square at Central, and get off at Balmain Rd
(end of the route). Walk north up Balmain Rd for less than 5 minutes,
and Orange Grove PS is on your left, on the corner of Perry St - see Venue Map for directions.
Getting there by train: Catch the train to Lilyfield and walk 5 mins to venue - see Venue Map for directions.
Getting there by car:
Parking in the Lilyfield area is a bit of a nightmare, and the venue for
this course will have no designated parking. May we suggest that you take
public transport to this event.
Course fee includes all educational materials, two generous organic home-made lunches (made with produce from
Milkwood Farm wherever possible),
and all the tea, coffee and snacks you will need while thinking,
learning and absorbing this great two day course.
About Milkwood Permaculture: We are a Permaculture Demonstration Site
near Mudgee in Central Western NSW. We provide world-class courses and
workshops in a wide range of sustainable farming practices - all within
a relaxed, professional and positive hands-on environment. Have a look at some photos from our previous courses
here. Any questions, just give us a call on 02 6373 7763.
Over this weekend you will learn how to apply pro-active, sustainable design
techniques to your immediate environment - whether you live in an inner
city apartment, a quarter-acre block, or a rural property.
