[Ccpg] [Lapg] SWAN SONG FOR THE LAWN WORKSHOP IN OJAI WITH LARRY SANTOYO

[Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: PAT ALLEN
805-646-4870
<mailto:patallen8 at comcast.net>patallen8 at comcast.net

SWAN SONG FOR THE LAWN WORKSHOP WITH LARRY SANTOYO

Looking for something green for St. Patrick's Day? How about rolling 
up your sleeves and transforming a water-guzzling lawn into a garden 
paradise with spiral paths, edible plants and bee and butterfly 
attracting flowers? That's what Ojai resident Pat Allen will be doing 
to her front lawn on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17 & 18 and you can 
join her! For $50 you can get dirty, have lunch and learn the basic 
principles of permaculture and sustainability with one of the West 
coast's leading professionals.

Larry Santoyo is a nationally and internationally renown permaculture 
teacher based in San Luis Obispo where he heads Earthflow Design 
Works, a consortium of sustainability professionals 
<http://www.earthflow.com/>http://www.earthflow.com. With over twenty 
years experience in ecological land use, planning and design Santoyo 
is passionate about replacing lawns with gardens. According to 
Santoyo, "Lawns cover more than 50,000 square miles of American soil 
and consume more fertilizer, pesticide and herbicide than all 
chemicals used in food related agriculture" (HopeDance #71, Jan/Feb 
2009).

Urgent calls to reduce consumer water use make headlines daily and 
farmers are concerned that sufficient water for crops is becoming 
increasingly scarce. Replacing lawns with gardens makes sense from 
any angle. Whether you're a homeowner tired of mowing grass and 
paying huge water bills, a foodie who wants to grown her own kale, or 
a concerned citizen who wants to learn more, this workshop will 
expand your knowledge and skills.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER CONTACT:
PAT ALLEN (805) 646-4870 or <mailto:patallen8 at comcast.net>patallen8 at comcast.net

--
"If there is any positive side to stark changes coming our way, it 
may be in the benefits of close communal relations, of having to 
really work intimately (and physically) with our neighbors, to be 
part of an enterprise that really matters and to be fully engaged in 
meaningful social enactments instead of being merely entertained to 
avoid boredom.

Years from now, when we hear singing at all, we will hear ourselves, 
and we will sing with our whole hearts."

"The Long Emergency", 2005, by James Howard Kunstler, Grove/Atlantic, 
Inc., publisher.

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