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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. Hit the ground running this spring! This hands-on, 4 hour workshop explores simple yet incredibly effective methods to help you design an abundant spring garden. And a well-designed garden means you put in less effort to produce a larger, more diverse harvest of yummy, organic food! Growing your own organic vegies, berries and maybe even fruit and nuts is something we'd all love to do, and winter is the best time to start dreaming and planning for how you can make this the best spring ever! Dan and Adam will lead you through a wide range of tips, tricks and techniques for creating a spring garden that will love you back, no matter what your garden's size. This workshop covers:
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About this workshop:This workshop runs from 9am - 1pm on Sunday 5th 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.
Adam Kennedy is a Sydney permaculture instructor and guerrilla gardener who loves anything to do with soil, compost and growing good things to eat. Known for his energy, enthusiasm and DIY approach, Adam's passion for urban permaculture is often infectious. Adam has been instrumental to many Milkwood Permaculture courses and projects over the past year, so now we're letting him loose on Sydney with our new series of Winter Workshops!
