Fun in the Food Forest

Details: Published on Wednesday, 23 April 2014 11:00; Written by editor

Come have fun and develop hands-on experience with one of Canada's most experienced forest gardeners in our one-acre cold climate food forest when you join us at Clear Sky Center for this exciting new workshop.

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Sat, May 10 9am-5pm & Sun, May 11, 2014 9am-4pm

Clear Sky, Cranbrook, B.C., Canada Fee: $299

Price includes course fees and lunches on both days.

Accommodation and Meals (Optional): Accommodation and meals are also available (fees additional) for those who would like to stay at the center on May 9th or 10th.

Accommodation : $35 + 13% tax per night

Dinner : $14 + 5% GST, Breakfast : $9 + 5% GST

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Fun in the Food Forest includes:

A special invitation to celebrate the first anniversary of our one-acre food forest, planted in May 2013.
Discovering how Food Forests can benefit you, your land and well-being as well as our community.
The inside scoop on the design, site and layout principles of the one acre cold climate food forest at Clear Sky.
First -hand experience and in the field learning tools. You will explore with Richard, assessment of how the food forest over-wintered and how to address soil and individual plant needs in your initial years of growing a food forest and or garden.
Hands-on learning and explorations of how to use and further develop an abundant and diverse supply of food and medicinals in the formative years of a food forest.
The opportunity to make tinctures and other simple products from your garden or young food forest.

You will learn how to manage layerings of perennial nuts, fruits and medicinals in your garden or on your farm. This workshop is great for garden & food enthusiasts of all ages & experience levels. If you have done a food forest workshop or permaculture course, you will find that this course provides the practical details of how to care for your food forest endeavours in the formative years. You will also begin to explore uses in the kitchen and revenue generation opportunities with abundant diverse food and medicine supplies from our food forest.
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