PRACTICAL PERMACULTURE with Cathe’ Fish

Weekend Permaculture Workshop

October 3 and 4, 2009 in Chico, CA

Sponsored by the Chico Permaculture Guild

Learn to use nature for food production, housing & community!

Discover solutions for your apartment, backyard or farm in the areas of:

•  Water Harvesting

•  Seeds and Seed Saving

•  Easy to Grow Strategies

•  Edible Landscapes

•  Food Preservation

•  Making Compost Tea and Extract

•  Useful Tools

•  Solar Kitchens & Solar Ovens

•  Passive Solar Greenhouses

•  Soil and Creek Restoration

•  Community

•  Urban Permaculture

•  Green Buildings

•  Transportation

•  Local Financial Abundance

This course will introduce you to the basic principles and applications of Permaculture through beautiful multi sensory presentations, hands-on projects and materials.

Hands-on activities include: 

•  Designing water storage in swales

•  Using levels to determine contour lines

•  Digging swales

•  Inoculating cover crops & spreading them

•  Sheet mulching

•  Trees in local settings

•  Planting fruit trees & growing mushrooms

•  Making seed balls for hard to plant   areas

•  Making compost tea, extract & applying it

Instructor: Cathe' Fish

● 29 yrs Passive  Solar Instructor

● 22 yrs Certified Permaculture Designer/Teacher

● 21 yrs Master Gardener

● 7 yrs College Instructor

Fees:  

Fee postmarked or Paypal by September 19, 2009:  $150

Fee postmarked or Paypal by September 26, 2009: $165  

Fee walk in on day of class October 3, 2009: $175

Fee includes nutrient dense lunch both days

Registration: 

To register, please call 530-478-1852 or email practicalpermaculture@gmail.com

Info needed: e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, vegetarian or non-vegetarian. 

Mail check to: CATHE' FISH    503 REDBUD WAY    NEVADA CITY, CA 95959 

To pay with Paypal, e-mail Cathe' with the e-mail address you use for Paypal. Send e-mail to practicalpermaculture@gmail.com

Time:

Saturday October 3, 2009 9am to 5pm     REGISTRATION IS AT 8:30am!

Sunday October 4, 2009 9am to 3pm or so

Location:

Chico, California. We will send you location info and what to bring one week before the class.  Out-of-towners: There may be places to camp; please contact Stephanie (see below)

More Info:

For more info, contact Stephanie (Chico Permaculture Guild) 530-828-6390 or permagaia@gmail.com

Website:

www.practicalpermaculture.com