Friends,

We are back on for May 17th at 9 AM. Please forward to anyone you think might be interested.
 
 
We are hosting a series of workshops with Larry Santoyo renowned Permaculture designer and teacher. He is passionate about edible landscapes, and has an all-encompassing approach to his work in land-use consulting, design and installation. His work can be seen all over California, and his influence as a teacher has touched the lives of many. Check out his Facebook page. 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/EarthFlow... 

Our first workshop will be May 17th from 9am to 4pm. We will be focusing on Sustainable Landscape Construction Techniques. 

This workshop will touch on... 

-Rain water harvesting via earthworks and swale/drain systems 
-Terracing techniques & installation.  (See Attachments for garden wall    examples.)
-Site plan development 
-Balancing landscape for layers of privacy and community interaction 
-Designing the landscape for safe children play 
-Making use of landscape to grow edible food for house and community 
-Making Gopher Baskets
-Planting a portion of the landscape
-Q&A time to brainstorm about your own projects 

Our goals: 
-To get to know our neighbors 
-To provide a fun and informative learning environment for the community to learn and implement a sustainable landscape. 
-To celebrate the abundance of God's design and creation
-To terrace our front yard and lay the foundation for an edible landscape 
-To strengthen, beautify, and reinforce the values of living together in community 

The cost for this workshop is $25. Kids are welcome and free. Please note that there will be some medium to heavy lifting in this workshop, but there will also be light duty jobs that all can participate in. Please bring wheelbarrow's, shovels, work gloves, and a good attitude :) 
There are work trade options available $25.00

There will be light refreshments, but please bring your own sack lunch. 

Please RSVP. We look forward to seeing you all, 

Seth, Dionna, and Scout...

LOCATION

Schmidt House 
2033 National Ave. 
Costa Mesa 
949-375-0149 

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DATE AND TIME
Saturday, April 19, 2014, 9:00AM