Kim & Chris Chisholm of the Wolf College, and Kelda Miller of the Divine Earth Gardening Project would like to invite you to attend our inaugural Permaculture Home & Garden Workshop this Sunday, May 15th, from 1:00-4:00 at the Wolf Home Campus in Puyallup. This workshop will be a prototype for a monthly series to resume starting September 25th.
Free for permaculture graduates (please bring your PDC certificate or note from permaculture teacher verifying your certification if Kelda Miller doesn't already know you) in exchange for bringing a pot-luck dish to share plus work-trade helping with workshop projects. The cost for the general public is $25 for one person, $20 for the second friend/family member attending together, and $15 per additional friend/family member attending together.
For more information, or to register, visit our website:
http://wolfcollege.com/wolfjourney/workshopssun.html In this workshop series, we will:
• Gather in our library of nature books and self-sufficiency guides to
overview the Principles of Permaculture and discuss at least one of those
aspects in detail, which in May will be "observing and interacting".
• Monitor recent changes to the landscape including wetlands, soils and
micro-climate, which in May will include soil modification and amendments to prepare for planting.
• Discuss methods for maximizing garden space which in May will include planning a keyhole garden and spiral herb garden. If the soil is warm enough, we'll even plant summer crops today!
• Identify plants growing on site and consider their benefits and uses
(edible, medicinal, utilitarian), which in May will focus on the plants
which have naturalized in the yard since the land was last farmed. We also like to focus on a specific plant that you'd likely find in your own lawn, harvest and prepare it, which in May will be Plantain, a "weed" and miracle plant for bee stings and a variety of other herbal uses.
• Identify beneficial wild animals on site and consider their benefits and
uses, which in May will focus on nesting birds who are dependent on our
yard trees and shrubs.
• "Hang with the Peeps" which in May will include the pros and cons of
raising chickens in the city.
Taught by Kelda Miller of the Divine Earth Gardening Project with Kim & Chris Chisholm who are on a journey to turn the Wolf Campus into an herbalist’s delight, a wildlife sanctuary, and a sustainable home that will provide food for family, students, neighbors and community. Our goal in sharing our process is for you to take home new knowledge and skills so that you, too, can create a more self-sufficient landscape around your own house or apartment.
