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SUMMARY:Practical Permaculture
DESCRIPTION:\nPRACTICAL PERMACULTURE  with Brian Kerkvliet\n10am to 4
 pm.\n**Co-sponsored by Transition Whatcom**\n\n\nA hands-on approach t
 o implementing some Permaculture principles: zones, sectors, ethics, m
 apping, compost and guilds. This fun information-stacked day will prov
 ide practical ways to design your environment into an integrated syste
 m of abundance and productivity. Using design strategies, we will expl
 ore ways of stacking elements within a system to be more productive an
 d self regulating. The morning will be class presentations and discuss
 ion; the afternoon will be a site tour and hands-on session working wi
 th guilds, sheet mulch and integrated composting and animal systems.\n
 \n\n\n  Registration Fee: $15 + Location Fee: $2\n  Instructors Fee:
  $20 + Materials Fee:  $10\n\n\n**Register by going to www.WhatcomFo
 lkSchool.org or calling Cindi at 319-7495\n \nIn addition to being a
 n accomplished glass artist and certified Permaculture Designer, Brian
  Kerkvliet has co-stewarded Inspiration Farm, a 12 acre homestead styl
 e farm located North of Bellingham, since 1995. Inspiration Farm is ho
 me to a diverse ecosystem of critters & plants that Incorporates perma
 culture, biodynamic beyond organic practices in relation to regenerati
 ve design for annual & perennial food webs, animal husbandry, integrat
 ed systems and land/water management.  Brian has maintained a grass-b
 ased integrated farm that includes livestock, and lawns and paths with
  a scythe for the past three years without the need for a gas powered 
 mower or weed eater. He has studied the finer points of scything with 
 Alexander Vido, a master in scything techniques, who runs www.scythewo
 rks.com. As a designer at Inspiration Farm he deals with maintaining a
  mixture of older orchard trees while planting a secession of food for
 est trees, shrubs, medicinal herbs, flowers, fiber, forage and fungi.\
 n\n\n\nFor more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/e
 vents/practical-permaculture-1
DTSTART;TZID=America/Boise:20110723T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Boise:20110723T160000
CATEGORIES:folk, school, class
LOCATION:Inspiration Farm
WEBSITE:http://www.inspirationfarm.com/
URL:http://www.inspirationfarm.com/
CONTACT:Cindi 319-7495
ORGANIZER:Brian Kerkvliet
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