5TH April 2025 A WORKSHOP WITH CAROL AMAZON BLACK EARTH COMPOST This project started 6 months ago with a book “The Modern Grower’s Guide to Terra Preta or Amazon Black Earth” The materials: Bokashi Ferments, Rock Dust, Biochar and lots of Organic Matter....
Fermenting Food Crop Demonstrations of kimchi,fermented onion, carrot & beets,fermented vegetable salad and more… Let’s make Sauerkraut together! You will need a 1 litre wide mouthed jarWe will supply the cabbage and other ingredients Sunday 22nd October Held...
Sunday 24th September10am to 1.30 pm Endeavour Foundation 37 Hoare Street, Manunda. All welcome Members, old members, new members or just interested! We want your ideas so turn up and join in. Bring a plate of food to share for lunch. Program: 10am Cultivate demo for...
August Mushroom Workshop using Permaculture Practices Growing Mushrooms at home Sunday 6th August 9:30 to 2:30pm Once you know how, it is easy to grow Mushrooms at home. In this workshop you will learn to grow Oyster and Shiitake Mushrooms and these techniques can be...
July Compost Workshop using Permaculture Practices Worms and Compost for Recycling Household Waste Sunday 23rd July 9:30 to 2:30pm How to keep Worms and make Compost for the veggie patch. Compost will feed the microbes and they will feed your plants. Plants provide...
July Microbe Workshop using Permaculture Practices Microbes in the Soil, Worm Castings and Compost on the Big Screen Sunday 9th July 9:30 to 2:30pm We will look through the Microscope and project the images onto the big screen. See how many Bacteria and Fungi are in...
June Workshop using Permaculture Practices Growing Food in the Tropics Organically for Beginners Sunday 25th June 9:30am – 2:00pm We will discuss the importance of pH of the soil and its structure. Adding organic nutrients and Lime/Dolomite where necessary. The best...
April Workshop using Permaculture Practices Backyard Permaculture Design Sunday 16th April 9:30am – 1:30pm Presentation of Permaculture Principles and how to encapsulate them in a Backyard Design. Walk around of a Cairns Backyard to think about incorporating all the...
This event is free to all Permaculture Cairns and Biodynamics Members. $10 for non-members
March Workshop using Permaculture Practices Growing food Organically in the tropics. Sunday 5th March 10am – 3pm 10am to 12noon Propagating and raising of seedlings & cuttings, What seeds to plant for the wet tropics. 12.30pm to 3pm Soil preparations and planting...
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday 21ST February 6.30pm Venue: Endeavour Foundation Learning and Lifestyle building 38 Hoare Street, Manunda Hi All , just a quick note to remind you, membership fees are due and payable before the AGM. Fees are due on the 1st of January of...
27TH January 6pm at Balaclava Hotel, Earlville Come along a have a conversation about Permaculture 2023. RSVP 24th January @ info@permaculturecairns.org.au
A system that combines aquaculture and hydroponics, aquaponics is a closed loop food production system that produces fish and vegetables for consumption Join us at our July meeting as Rod Ingersoll (the Aquaponic Gardner) shows you how you can set up an aquaponics...
Insects are a crucial part to any healthy ecosystem, no more so than our backyard gardens! Some are allies, some are foes – but all have their place.In lieu of our usual meeting in June, join us at Manoora Community Garden for a walk and talk with Sally. A qualified...
For the first time since March we will be having a Permaculture Meeting in person. This event will take place at the Manoora Community Garden, 8 Rollinia Close, Manoora. We will meet on October the 20th from 4pm to 6pm. We will be gardening so come prepared! Bring:...
Sunday 15th March 2020 from 9.30am to 12.30noon. Venue: Earlville. (Registered attendee's will receive the street address) Permaculture Cairns Series of Workshops for 2020 - Grow your own food in the tropics Compost or Worm Farm Workshop Composting Ways to make...
Come to our first meeting of the year and find out what Permaculture is about. The meeting is free, but if you want to vote at the AGM a membership fee of $20 will need to be paid. You can pay at the meeting or directly into our bank account (go to...
A gift of ‘permaculture knowledge’ from Timor-Leste The revised and expanded international edition is a comprehensive reference guide to tropical permaculture. This unique book provides practical information for anyone, regardless of experience. The guidebook expands...
The Annual Permie Tour was on again. A coach of avid permaculturists started the day at Broken Nose Vanilla, morning tea at Madella Coffee, where we learnt about coffee growing. Then onto hear the story of Eco Bananas. We then explored the Johnstone River Community...
The Permaculture Education Institute Would you like to be a qualified permaculture teacher? Have you dreamed of making a living from your permaculture skills and creating your own home-based ethical business? Would you love to offer permaculture classes in your...
Permaculture Day 2019 was held on 12th May at Endeavour Foundation Building in Manunda. The day went really well thanks to our magnificent president Carol Laing and all her helpers. We had generous and enthusiastic support from local associations who came along to...
Permaculture Cairns Workshops Series 2019 “Grow you own food in the tropics” Saturday 26th January 2019 9am to 12noon TURNING DIRT INTO SOIL The benefits of Organic Matter in the soil. Methods of increasing Organic Matter Soil Structure, Soil Conditioners, Minerals....
Permaculture Cairns - “Grow your own food in the tropics" Series of Workshops in 2019 Workshop 1 - How to turn dirt into soil, Saturday 26th January 2019 9am to 12noon Presenter: Carol Laing Topics In this workshop: How to tell if you need Soil conditioners. What...
Permaculture Cairns Permi day Saturday 5th May 10am to 3pm Come join us in celebrating International Permaculture Day What’s happening on the day Videos on Syntropic farming, How plants communicate and more Check out the Library and the Kitchen garden. Find...
Another year is well on the way and we are looking forward to sharing some permaculture experiences with you all. WHERE: Endeavour Foundation, 37 Hoare St, Manunda, Parking off Warner St. DATE: 20/03/2018 TIME: 6pm for a 6:30 Start All Welcome, Free for Members, $5...
It was a great turn out for our first meeting of the year. First we talked about what exactly Permaculture is. The Johanna Kloot from Green Business Consultancy talked to us about her Permaculture journey and how she now works to help industries profit, by reducing...
Anotherr year is well on the way and we are looking forward to sharing some permaculture experiences with you all. WHERE: ARC Disability Centre, 92 Little St, Manunda DATE: 16/01/2018 TIME: 6pm for a 6:30 Start All Welcome, All Free! Come and find out what...
Come one, Come ALL! We are in the mood for a Celebration! 10 Years of Permaculture Cairns Inc. ALL WELCOME! There will be a Christmas roast provided. Please bring along some nibbles or deserts to accompany the feast. Also don't forget your own plate, fork and knife...
Movies to make you think and to inspire! Guest Speakers, Food Stall, Plant Stall and amazing movies VENUE: ARC Disability Centre 92 Little Street Manunda
Claire Richards (Author of "Tropical Cuisine") and Tonielle Christens (Author of "The Incredible Edibles") presented a wonderful workshop to a full house of enthusiastic particpants. The Students learnt how to cook Cassava, Spanakopita, rice salad, and many tropical...
Don't miss the 2016 Permaculture EXPO. Sunday 1st May 10:00 am to 3:30 pm We all enjoyed the 2015 EXPO and 2016 EXPO will be even better !
What a great sunny day we had. Lots of new faces, the kids brought their parents, the parents brought their parents all coming to find out about Permaculture. The kids loved the chooks and the snake. Parents loved the snake, the wicking beds, the rocket stove, the...
Since around April 2008 Free Range Permaculture have been conducting a school garden program at the Flexible Learning Center (FLC), Cairns, which operates as a Positive Learning Centre for disadvantaged youth and migrant kids ranging in age from 5 -- 17 years. The FLC...
