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This course is now fully booked, but fear not! You can join the waiting list by contacting Adam Kennedy here, or browse our other fabulous seasonal workshops. A practical, 2-hour workshop that will provide you with the skills to grow and graft edible fruit trees this winter for a blooming spring. Grafting is an age-old technique that allows you to adapt fruit and nut trees and shrubs to best suit your climate and conditions, and can save you a heap of money once you get the trick of it. Grafting allows you to reproduce your favorite trees, create dwarf varieties, repair damaged trees, and even try your hand at turning street trees into edibles by means of guerrilla grafting! This workshop covers:
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About this workshop:This workshop runs from 10am - 12pm on Sunday 12th June. Complimentary tea, coffee and organic fruit included in your workshop fee. We also provide some useful take-home resources for students and all workshop materials. This course is now fully booked, but fear not! You can join the waiting list by contacting Adam Kennedy here, or browse our other fabulous seasonal workshops. Once you've booked in, we'll be in touch via email to confirm your booking and what to bring along with you. If you have any questions about this workshop, feel free to contact Adam Kennedy on 0410 092 860 or via our contact page. See you there! This workshop is part of Milkwood's new Seasonal Workshop series. Every three months we will have on offer a bunch of hands-on workshops that help you work, learn and re-skill with the seasons! See our Seasonal Workshops page for more information on the whole series, and we hope you enjoy what we've put together!
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Our Sydney course venue is Alexandria Park Community Centre, set in the grounds of Alexandria Community School, on the corner of Park Road and Power Avenue. This amazing place has multiple thriving community gardens, school gardens, a bush tucker garden and outdoor classroom learning areas. Venue MAP. Getting there by Train: The venue is 15 minutes walk from Redfern Station. Take the Gibbons St exit and continue south. Gibbons St will become Wyndham St, and soon you will reach Alexandria Park on your right. Cut through the park to the corner of Park Rd and Power Avenue, and there you are. Cityrail website. Getting there by Bus: The 370 and 355 bus routes run along McEvoy St, one block from the venue. Sydney Buses website. Parking: There is ample street parking around the school.
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FarmReady CoursesIf you are a farmer, a primary producer, a land manager or in the immediate family of someone who is, you may be eligible for FarmReady which covers course fees, travel and accommodation costs when eligible students attend specific Milkwood Permaculture courses that are FarmReady approved. Reading ListPrior 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 Permaculture, sustainable agriculture and community resilience. None of these texts are pre-requisite for our courses, we just like to
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Dan Harris-Pascal is a plant whisperer who grew up gardening and walking in the Southern Tablelands. Dan’s passion for plants led him to Horticulture at the National Tropical Botanical Gardens in Hawai’i and, more recently, to design and teach in school gardens with a focus on learning-by-doing. Dan is passionate about teaching ecology and horticulture that is understandable and useful with a focus on examples and experience over words and theory.
