Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network & Fairview Gardens Present:
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Urban Homestead Design
Lab~Workshop
for Property Owners &
Renters
with Author Rachel Kaplan
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Noon-4pm
Early Bird Price $60, after March 1, $75
Location: Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens
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Do you seek homegrown sustainability that matches your
values but don't live in the country? Eager to start homesteading
in your urban or suburban lot? Wondering how to begin when you rent
in the city? Learn about the different elements that make up an urban
homestead and how to put them together in whatever space you have.
Explore homestead designs that review the limitations and opportunities
of both your land & lifestyle.
Join Rachel Kaplan, author of Urban Homesteading: Heirloom Skills for
Sustainable Living, on Saturday, March 10, Noon-4pm, at Fairview
Gardens, for an exciting workshop that teaches the skills of urban
homesteading with working models for
affordable, abundant, and beautiful ways to live.
TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: Introduction to Urban Homesteading • Urban
Farming • Soil Building • Garden Design • Animals • BeeKeeping
Kitchen Skills • Medicine • Water • Energy • Natural Building •
City-Care • How-to Projects for the Small-scale Homestead • Basics in
Urban Permaculture
Rachel Kaplan has been gardening in and around urban environments for
more than 20 years, and belongs to a family of farmers and gardeners from
both the East & West coasts. She is a psychotherapist and
educator, and offers consultation with a permaculture focus for
businesses, non-profits, schools & community groups. Kaplan has
Master Degrees in both Inter-disciplinary Arts and Counseling Psychology,
and is a certified permaculture designer. She lives in Northern
California on her homestead Tiny Town Farm.
The event takes place on Saturday, March 10, Noon - 4pm, at
Fairview Gardens, Goleta, CA, 93117. Early Bird Price
$60,
after March 1 $75; reservations required. For more info & to
register:
Sharon@FairviewGardens.org
, 805-967-7369.
Additional Info:
Urban Homesteading:
Heirloom Skills for Sustainable Living, by Rachel Kaplan
http://urban-homesteading.org/ ;
Gives every day people the
tools they need to live more sustainably, in small and big ways
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.org
www.sbpermaculture.org
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