It looks like we will have a beautiful sunny day. Please dress to be outside for most of the afternoon sun hats, water, cloths you don't mind getting dirty...We will spend the morning at Town Farm's community room learning the "seed" of Permaculture-- its history,definitions, ethics. principles and main techniques.
There will be a vegetarian lunch of a monstrous quinoa salad with salad greens from Red Fire Farm, spinach from our coldframes at Montview Neighborhood Farm, sourdough bread from Hungry Ghost Bakery and homemade hot soup made with the last of our stored carrots, sweet potatoes and garlic. If you have any food allergies please let me know. Hot Coffee and Tea will be available throughout the day. If you cold bring a mug, bowel and spoon that would be great.
After lunch we will take a tour of the farm and spend the majority of our time in design teams doing what the British have coined a "Perma-Blitz", a period of intense collaborative design. We will end our blitz with a series of design concepts for the farm based on the farms goals and an understanding of the ecological and social situation of the site. If you have some of your own design materials (trace, markers, pencils) you can bring them. If not we will provide them. We will end our workshop with ways to plug in to this international movement and happenings in our local area.
Directions:
From the Center of Northampton head south on Pleasant St (towards Holyoke) make a left on Holyoke St. (after Northampton Coffee) and take a right at the T onto Williams. Take your first left onto Montview ave. Town Farm and Montview Neighborhood farm is the long driveway on the Left right before Henry St. Please park by the soccer field. We'll meet at Town Farm's community room head toward the greenhouse and you will see us.
Payment:
You can pay by check to Montview Neighborhood Farm or Cash. I am open to barter. If $ is stopping you from taking this workshop please talk to me.
If you would like to take all 3 Permaculture workshops it will be sliding scale $120-$250
Questions:
Feel Free to call me at 610-955-7168
See you Saturday!
