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Greening Maribyrnong Conversations – Sun 13 Nov
Gardening in Small Spaces
It only takes a minute to register online at www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/greening
How do you find a green space and realise your gardening dreams when you have small outdoor spaces. There are many small spaces that are unconventional, in areas that may not have once been considered as a place for a garden. Come along and explore some great ideas about growing a garden on a verandah, in a courtyard or unusual nooks.
The workshop covers
• planting in pots
• balconies, courtyards and small backyards • plants for small gardens
Sponsored by City West Water
Date: Sunday 13 November 2011, 10.30am – 12.30pm
Location: Footscray Community Arts Centre, 45 Moreland Street, Footscray
Presenter: Sustainable Gardening Australia
My Smart Garden – Free Workshops
Free sustainable gardening workshops
As the weather warms up, why not learn new skills at spring workshops run by My Smart Garden program? The program, run by Moonee Valleyand Hobsons Bay Councils helps you grown your own food, shelter your home, use water wisely and recycle wastes.
As well as access to workshops, Moonee Valley & Hobsons Bay residents who sign up to the program receive sustainable gardening information, discounts from local garden suppliers and can win great prizes every month. You could win a rain garden worth $500 in October and a Fowler’s preserving kit worth $250 in November.
Introduction to organic gardening
Date: Saturday 15 October, 10 – 12pm
Strathmore Heights Community Centre,
Address: 1 Boeing Rd, Strathmore Heights
Beginner’s guide to chickens
Date: Saturday 22 October, 10am – 12pm
Louis Joel Arts and Community Centre,
Address: 5 Sargood Ave, Altona
Meet your garden bug life and control pests naturally
Date: Monday 24 October, 6-8pm
Flemington Library,
Address: 311 Racecourse Rd, Flemington
Garden for wildlife
Date: Thursday 3 November, 6-8pm
Avondale Heights Library,
Address: 69/72 Military Rd, Avondale Heights
Gardening in small spaces
Date: Thursday 17 November, 6.30 – 8.30pm
Newport Community Education Centre,
Address: 43 Mason St, Newport
To book in for workshops, please email
Contact contactus@mysmartgarden.org.au or call 9932 1142.
Worm wicking bed MiniBlitz/ workshop this Sunday 9 Oct 10am-2pm
Worm Wicking Bed MiniBlitz/ Workshop
Sunday 9 October 10am-2pm*
Angela and Alex’s in Maidstone
Very limited numbers due to space
RSVP to permablitz@pow.org.au for address details
*If you’re interested in future MiniBlitzes drop us a line at permablitz@pow.org.au
Angela and Alex are hosting an impromptu MiniBlitz/ workshop at their townhouse in Maidstone this Sunday.
We will be making 2 worm wicking beds in our newly constructed raised beds, made of recycled palletts.
What’s a wicking bed? Wicking beds are the perfect way to ensure your plants have all the water they need to flourish, and really come into their own in the hot summer months when high rates of evaporation and transpiration can seriously affect plant growth rates and yields.
Wicking is a technique of creating self-watering beds that water from below rather than above, and is incredibly valuable in minimising water use and maintaining gardens over the hot summer and when you go away for holidays. We will also make small wicking bed using a recycled polystyrene broccoli box perfect for raising seedlings.
These will be worm wicking beds because the design will also include a worm farm to maintain nutrient levels in the closed system bed.
There are loads of articles on wicking beds and worm wicking beds on the internet. Here’s one of them.
Very limited numbers tho due to space. RSVP to permablitz@pow.org.au for address details.
Please bring a shovel and/or bucket if you can and a plate of food to share.
2011 Permaculture Melbourne Conference – Book Today
Dates: Friday 30th September – Sunday 2nd October
Venue: South Melbourne Commons, corner Bank & Montague Sts, South Melbourne.
E-tickets: On-line tickets with GreenTix
More information http://www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au/2011/Conf/PcM_conference/permie-conference-2011.html
Friday Party
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Buffet dinner, Welcome and Guest speaker: David Holmgren. |
Saturday Conference
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“Permaculture Pioneers”, Kerry Dawborn, author |
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10:30 |
Nathan Alexander “The place of cities in a sustainable future” |
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11:45 |
Beck Lowe “Permaculture principles and peak body ponderings”Robyn Francis “Permaculture Australia – what is happening” |
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12:15 |
Mal Boyd “How do our various permaculture groups engage the future” |
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2:00 |
Tour: South Melbourne Commonsand Edible |
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Tour: CERES Harding St Market Garden & Merri Corner Community Garden, |
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6:30 |
Dinner BBQ & |
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7:00 |
Movie ‘Anima Mundi’ with director Peter Charles Downey |
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Sunday Conference
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Workshop streams with breakout space |
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‘Community and local government engaging each other on sustainability’ Cr Alison Clarke, Mayor Yarra ‘Working in public spaces’ David Arnold, Murrnong, |
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John McKenzie, Permaculture |
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12:30 |
Workshops |
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Ian Lillington, Beck Lowe. Facilitated by Sustainability Victoria |
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‘South Melbourne Commons: local project for local people’ Martin Pritchard & Paul Miragliotta, ‘Northey St City Farm, Brisbane’ Wendy |
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2:15 |
Workshops |
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Ian Lillington, Beck Lowe. Facilitated by Sustainability Victoria |
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‘Permaculture Melbourne’ Kat Lavers, |
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4:00 |
Permaculture Melbourne Annual General Meeting |
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How to grow and cook Asian veggies workshop in Ashwood
Saturday, 24 September 2011, 10:00am – 2:00pm
and repeated Saturday, 8 October 2011, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Ashwood College Permaculture Food Garden, Vannam Drive Ashwood
(this workshop is on the other side of time in Ashwood BUT considering the amazing array of Asian veg available to us in Footscray thought it could be of interest to POW members! If you’re interested in going you’re welcome to catch a ride with me, just email permablitz@pow.org.au)
Come to an exciting workshop that combines how to grow and cook Asian vegetables.
This workshop will explain the different growing requirements of a variety of tropical Asian vegetables anyone can grow in their back yard. Learn how to propagate Asian vegetables you can buy from the Asian grocer. The workshop will focus on vegetables that are usually not found in your nursery such as luffa, sugar cane, choko, long gourd, hair gourd, taro, snake bean, yam, sweet potato, water chestnuts, water spinach, Chinese broccoli, amaranth, holy basil and more. The cooking section will explain how to cook these vegetables. Seedlings will be available for sale.
Part of the workshop fee goes towards the Ashwood College Permaculture Food Garden. Cost is $50 for 4 hours, 2 hours of growing and 2 hour of cooking on Saturday September 24th 2011 at Ashwood College Permaculture Food Garden, Vannam Drive Ashwood.
Places are limited to 15 people. Contact Seila Hierk to book at place on 0413 895 260 or seilahierk@gmail.com.
Location : Vannam Drive Ashwood
Contact : Seila Hierk on 0413 895 260 or seilahierk@gmail.com
Permaculture Conference – 30th Sept – 2nd Oct
The conference and it’s associated events will bring people together to share stories and discuss where we’re going as a movement. Presentations will be given by a wide range of local activists from local group leaders to gardeners, educators, writers, designers, foresters and more. Site visits will be happening to local gardens and community sites
Dates: Friday 30th September – Sunday 2nd October
Venue: South Melbourne Commons
Address: Corner Bank and Montague Streets South Melbourne
30th Birthday Party
Friday Evening 30th September
Food and live band to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Permaculture Melbourne’s fouding.
Conference
Sat & Sun 1st–2nd October
The Conference program is a mix of networking and discussion, with an emphasis on swapping stories as well as discussing policy and planning issues
Saturday Evening
Film screening and BBQ
Screening of the just released documentary Anima Mundi. The director will be attending and speak about the project .
For further information contact
http://www.permaculturemelbourne.org.au/
Tickets
E-tickets from Greentix or
contact Ann annstevens@optusnet.com.au
Fermentation Workshop
Ever wondered what to do with that cabbage? The secrets of fermentation revealed by our very own Adam Grubb!
Living Food Workshop: Wild Fermentation and Raw Foods for Your Health
Learn about probiotic and living raw superfoods. With some hands-on activities in the kitchen learning the microbial magic of sauerkraut and real pickles, yoghurt, fresh cheese and wild herbs for green smoothies.
Date: Sunday 18/9/2011
Time: 11am – 1pm
Venue: Maidstone Community Centre
21 Yardley Street
Maidstone 3012
Melway Ref No: M41 F1
Cost: $50 (payable on the day)
RSVP to workshops@powvic.org to book your place as they are limited.
Sat 6 Aug Remake/ Remodel – a refashioning sew-along!
Got an op shop habit? Keep meaning to “do something” with that totally too-big frock, crazy shirt or vintage pillow case, but just haven’t gotten around to it?
Well now’s the time to drag out the guilt pile and do some reinventing!
Come along and meet other folk who like to nip & tuck, reinvigorate, repurpose those vintage finds. See what others have done and find out how they did it, get inspired by each other’s creativity and learn where to start if you’re new at this.
BYO scissors and sewing machine or good ole fashion needle and thread. Bring along projects you’ve worked on and ones you need help starting with and we’ll get you going. It’s easier than you think.
Remake/ Remodel – a refashioning sew-along!
Sat 6 Aug 2pm-4pm
Maidstone Community Centre
21 Yardley Street, Maidstone
$15 | $10 for POW members
Home Scale Aquaponics Workshop
Saturday June 11 9am – 12
Cost :$25 or $20 for Permaculture Melbourne members or concession card holders. BYO lunch.
Venue: Ballarat East (to be advised after registration)
Ian and Pat have built a simple aquaponics system using mostly salvaged and recycled materials. Rainbow trout live in a sunken 1000 litre tank; water from the tank is cycled up to four bathtubs full of ‘B’ grade blue metal into which vegetables are planted. After 15 minutes pumping up, the pump goes off and the water trickles back into the tank, aerating the water and keeping the fish happy. The system was built from scratch by Ian so this workshop will include his design tips as well as practical observations of how the system is working. We’ll discuss the general principles of setting up aquaponics systems, then
build a simple system on the day!
One of our members who wants a system will buy the pump and other articles, so we all get to actually put a system together. If you like learning by doing – this workshop is for you!
Everyone attending the workshop will be in the running for a door prize “Easy Aquaponics – Back Yard Fish and Food” donated by the Good Earth Book Club (the folks who bring you Earth Garden magazine) We will also have copies of the book for sale on the day for $20. The workshop will include print-outs of some useful articles. For address and any questions, please call Ian or Pat on 5333 2073. For bookings, email bpgworkshops@gmail.com to obtain a registration form