Farm Love

2012 Vancouver Urban Permaculture Design Course

saradent — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:51:23 +0000

Learn How to Grow Your Own Food & Permaculture Design in the City!

Downtown Eastside / Strathcona, Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Classroom Location: Ray Cam Cooperative Centre Map Link here

Course work + hands-on, organic gardening & permaculture practicum

Course Schedule: Introductory Weekend, May 4: 6:30-9:30pm, May 5: 11am-6pm, May 6: 10am-5pm

Saturdays, 11am-6pm, Sundays 10am-5pm:

May 19, May 20, June 9-10, June 16, July 14-15

Wrap Weekend August 17: 6:30-9:30pm, August 18: 11am-6pm, August 19: 10am-5pm

Cost: $225 Introductory Weekend, $900 – $1,100 Full Course

Sliding Scale / Payment Plans

ABOUT: Dive into the fundamentals of ecological design theory and practice and earn your internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate. From growing food and creating healthy soil to building community capacity and re-visioning the urban environment, this 72-hour course will give you the skills and experience you need to live abundantly in our changing times and be a regenerative force for the planet and your community.

As a learning community, we will study the design philosophy of permaculture and its application within an urban setting. We will focus on urban gardening, from design to plant propagation, building soil, composting and more. Vancouver’s Eastside will be our main classroom. Guest teachers will demo: bee keeping, backyard chickens, aquaponics and more.

The permaculture topics this course will cover include:

Permaculture Ethics & Principles

Observation & Site Analysis

Energy Conservation

Natural Cycles & Pattern Recognition

Mapping & Design Exercises

Animal Husbandry

Trees & Food Forests

Soil Building & Ecology

Plants, Propagation & Planting Strategies

Eco-Building & Appropriate Technology

Aquaculture, Water Harvesting, Management & Conservation

Urban Permaculture & Social Ecology

What is PERMACULTURE?

Permaculture is the ancient art of studying Natures principles and applying her gardening techniques through systems design to human habitats. In a natural ecological system there is no waste and no external inputs. In cities, we have the opportunity to put these ideas into practice to create more sustainable living environments that are less dependent on fossil fuels for food production and energy. The term permaculture was coined by Bill Mollison associated with the Australia Permaculture Research Institute (PRI). This course will follow Mollisons curriculum, with a focus on permaculture applications within an urban environment.

Information and Course Registration: sara@farmlove.org, 778-968-5518

Lead Facilitators / Permaculture Teachers:

Sara Dent is a trained organic farmer and Certified Permaculture Designer through the Linnaea Ecological Garden Programme (Cortes, BC), and Permaculture Teacher with the Urban Permaculture Guild. She has farmed across B.C. and in Mexico. She brings her enthusiasm for organic matter and growing local, along with her training as a facilitator to permaculture education. Sara is a member of Village Vancouver. http://saradent.ca http://farmlove.org

Erin Innes is a Certified Permaculture Designer and a recognized Permaculture Teacher with the Urban Permaculture Guild. She has a long history in community activism and collective organizing, focusing on popular education and un-schooling. She is deeply involved in grassroots food justice work, is a member of VIllage Vancouver, and founded the Farmhouse Farm Bike-Powered Urban Farm. http://passionatepermaculture.wordpress.com/

Guest Teachers:

Jodi Peters has a passion for empowering people to re-connect to the natural cycles that support life on this earth. She works with people of all ages in schools, community gardens and backyards, to help them learn how to grow nourishing food for themselves and their community in a way that enhances the surrounding ecology. She also adores fermenting just about anything! She currently works with the Environmental Youth Alliance (www.eya.ca) and teaches for Gaia College (www.gaiacollege.ca).

Oliver Kellhammer is a guerilla forest gardener, botanical artist, and one of the great permaculture visionaries of Canada. He has worked as a land artist and permaculture designer for over 25 years in British Columbia, and has trained a generation of permaculturalist at Linnaea Farm on Cortes Island BC. Oliver established the Cottonwood Community Garden, using permaculture principles to regenerate the land and open up space for community to grow food! www.oliverk.org

www.oliverk.org/weblog

Vancouver Urban Permaculture Design Course is sponsored by: Village Vancouver

Village Vancouver inspires individuals and organizations to take actions that build resilient and sustainable communities. We are one of several hundred official Transition Town Initiatives spreading across the globe, the first in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and pleased to join our fellow sustainability pioneers in Victoria, Nelson, Salt Spring Island, and Powell River. http://www.villagevancouver.ca

http://www.transitionnetwork.org

Permaculture Love

saradent — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 03:26:33 +0000

It is that time of year! I am getting the seeds organized for the season and dreaming of my plot design for 2012. I’m looking through past photos to figure out which one I will use to promo my permaculture design course this year. My time in Mexico and the States in 2010 was so precious. The shots taken at the L.A. Farm Lab bring me much joy- imagining how Vancouver can ‘re-imagine’ itself from a permaculture perspective, over the next 10 years.

Liz Beth + Fraser

saradent — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:19:12 +0000

A beautiful afternoon in the garden with Liz Beth & Fraser meeting the chickens they hatched from egglings!

To see more pictures from this set check Liz & Fraser out on FLIKR.

Goat Love

saradent — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:03:46 +0000

Taking the goats for a walk with Ryan on Cortes Island. To see more visit the Goat Love set on Flikr! To check out Ryan’s family business visit The Gathering Place Trading Company.

Marin in the Parsnip Patch

saradent — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:53:07 +0000

A beautiful day with Marin in the parsnip patch at one of the amazingly abundant vegetable gardens at White Crow Farm (Kootenays, B.C.)!

Peaches & Leah in the Garden

saradent — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:05:45 +0000

Capturing Leah and Peaches at work in the garden at White Crow Farm, Kootenays, B.C.

Farm School

saradent — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:07:24 +0000

In 2008 I attended the Linnaea Ecological Garden Programme on Cortes Island BC. I was part of a student learning community guided by Linnaea’s amazing and highly experienced farm stewards and the fauna and flora of the land. We focused on organic farming techniques and permaculture. During this eight month Permaculture Design Course, we worked as design teams with an on-island client/land assessment practicum. It was a wonderful year! 85% of Linnaea graduates continue on to focus on food production, policy and education, as well as permaculture design and teaching, and more.

To hear an interview with Deconstructing Dinner’s Jon Steinman and the 2008 Garden Students, please visit: http://www.kootenaycoopradio.com/deconstructingdinner/112609.htm

“The Last Supper?” @ Linnaea Ecological Garden Programme, Cortes Island, B.C.

saradent — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:07:22 +0000

This photo project has an amazing story! To read about it please visit: http://saradent.ca/node/184

Vancouver Urban Permaculture Design Course

saradent — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:08:40 +0000

Vancouver Urban Permaculture Design Certificate Course with:

Dent & Innes

Learn How to Grow Your Own Food & Permaculture Design in the City!

Downtown Eastside / Strathcona

Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver, BC, Canada

In association with SOLEFood Farm

72-Hour course work + hands-on organic gardening & urban farming techniques

Facilitators/Educators: Sara Dent and Erin Innes

Course Schedule: Introductory Weekend April 8: 6-9pm, 9 & 10: 10am-5pm

10am-5pm: April 30, May 21, June 25, July 23, August 13, 27, September 24

Wrap Weekend October 21: 6-9pm, 22 & 23: 10am-5pm

Cost: $225 Introductory Weekend, $900 – $1,100 Full Course

Sliding Scale / Scholarships Potentially Available / Payment Plans Possible

Dive into the fundamentals of ecological design theory and practice and earn your internationally recognized Permaculture Design Certificate. From growing food and creating healthy soil to building community capacity and re-visioning the urban environment, this 72-hour course will give you the skills and experience you need to live abundantly in our changing times and be a regenerative force for the planet and your community.

As a learning community, we will look at all aspects of urban gardening, from garden designing, plant propagation, composting, seed saving, to starting the winter garden and more. We will study the design philosophy of permaculture and its application within an urban setting. The DTES will be our classroom, from SOLEFood Farm, to Cottonwood Gardens and in between. Guest teachers will demo: bee keeping, aquaponics, backyard chickens, and more.

The permaculture topics this course will cover include:

Permaculture Ethics & Principles

Observation & Site Analysis

Energy Conservation

Natural Cycles & Pattern Recognition

Mapping & Design Exercises

Animal Husbandry

Trees & Food Forests

Soil Building & Ecology

Plants, Propagation & Planting Strategies

Eco-Building & Appropriate Technology

Aquaculture, Water Harvesting, Management & Conservation

Urban Permaculture & Social Ecology

What is PERMACULTURE?

Permaculture is the ancient art of studying Natures principles and applying her gardening techniques through systems design to human habitats. In a natural ecological system there is no waste and no external inputs. In cities, we have the opportunity to put these ideas into practice to create more sustainable living environments that are less dependent on fossil fuels for food production and energy. The term permaculture was coined by Bill Mollison of the Australia Permaculture Research Institute (PRI). This course will follow Mollisons curriculum, with a focus on permaculture applications within an urban environment.

About the teachers:

Sara Dent is a trained organic farmer and Certified Permaculture Designer through the Linnaea Ecological Garden Programme (Cortes, BC), and Teacher with the Urban Permaculture Guild. She has farmed across B.C. and in Mexico. She brings her enthusiasm for organic matter and growing local, along with her training as an arts facilitator to permaculture education.

Erin Innes is a Certified Permaculture Designer and a recognized Permaculture Teacher with the Urban Permaculture Guild. She has a long history in community activism and collective organizing, focusing on popular education and un-schooling. She is deeply involved in grassroots food justice work and founded the Farmhouse Farm Bike-Powered Urban Farm. Erin currently sits on the Steering Committee for the Main Street Village of Village Vancouver Transition Initiative.

Information / Registration: sara@farmlove.org, 778-968-5518