Courses and events in 2018
Practical Forest Gardening
Venue: Karuna, Shropshire
Dates: 11/12 August
Karuna is a well established forest garden on a beautiful 18 acre site. We will see many successful examples and create new forest garden guilds.
Contact: Karuna
http://www.karuna.org.uk/forest-gardening-course.html
Waldgarten-Intensivkurs
Venue: Peace of Land, Berlin, Germany
Dates: 24-27 September 2-18
Note: Dieser Kurs ist auf Deutsch!
Peace of Land ist ein junger Waldgarten im Osten Berlins, wo wir die Praxis und Theorie des Waldgarten erproben und durchleuchten werden.
Contact: Stefan Schneider, Peace of Land
UK Permaculture Convergence
A 4 day gathering of people involved in inspiring projects up and down the country. On Friday I will be presenting our work on Earthworm Housing Cooperative over the last 6 years, followed by an interactive workshop on forest gardening at the fantactsic community garden centre in Hulme on Saturday. On Sunday there will be outings to 3 public forest gardens aournd Manchester, among other site tours.
Bringing Forest gardens to Life - National Forst Gardening Scheme Conference
Date: 29/30 September
Venue: Oxford, Florence Park Community centre
You’re welcomed to join the first national conference to build momentum AND provide tools and guidance to get forest gardens planted up and down the country. This conference brings together practitioners, teachers, researchers, enthusiasts and commissioners. It is a chance to get practical advice as to how to plant and sustain forest gardens in your locality, hear the success stories and look to the future – how to continue to engage communities to create these inspiring spaces.
http://nationalforestgardening.org/