Hi All,
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 April 19th 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 systems
-Terracing techniques and installation
-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
-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 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 might be work
trade options instead of paying the $25.00
The will be light refreshments, but please bring your own sack lunch.
Please RSVP. We look forward to seeing you all at that point I will provide
directions and contact information.
Thanks,
Seth